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Johann Heinrich Hoffmann,
Founder
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Company history in figures
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| 1874 |
Founded by Johann Heinrich Hoffmann
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| 1879 - 1884 |
Purchase of a steam engine, building of foundry and dry oven
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| 1892 - 1895 |
Starting 1892 the company name is “Maschinenbau, Eisen- und Metallgießerei”. 1895 it became an oHG
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| 1900 |
Building of a new foundry which was extended already two years later
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| 1903 |
Starting January 1st, 1903 the company became a GmbH (Ltd) with the partners Fritz Hoffmann and August Remy. The business was pump and machine production, casting of iron and metal, purchasing and sales of machines, iron and metal goods as well as the operation of a brick production
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| 1915 |
Death of founder J. H. Hoffmann with 84 years. At his 80th birthday he became honorary citizen of Herborn
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| 1944 |
On Nov. 24 the company was nearly fully destroyed by the war
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The years after the world war were used for rebuilding and modernising the company and the production. At first the Herborner Pumpenfabrik made high quality pumps for the industry.
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Fritz Hoffmann,
Managing Director |
Fritz Hoffmann sen,
Managing Director |
Dr. Bindemann,
Managing Director |
August Remy,
Managing Director |
Walter Hoffmann,
Managing Director |
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Old factory
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Old factory
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| 1970 - 1974 |
A lots of modernising measures were done. With a new rotary calcining kiln, a new test field and the renewed foundry acc. to environmental protection requirements the company reached the top of the pump industry in Europe.
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| 1991 |
Reconstruction of the foundry with an automatic molding equipment
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| 1995 |
Founding of the second production place in Landsberg/Sachsen for sales and mounting purposes
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| 1998 |
Completion of a new production hall in Herborn to increase the capacity, use of 3D-CAD
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| 2001 |
Modernising of the CNC machines and the test field for EUR 2,5 Mio.
Direct installed frequency converters are brought onto the market („Compact drive“)
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| 2002 |
Opening of the East-Europe-Office in Landsberg
Market launch of heat recovering motors in water-cooled “C”-version that give back 95% of the lost heat to the media
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| 2003 |
Starting planning to extend and modernise the foundry
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| 2004 - 2006 |
First phase of modernisation of the foundry with sand preparation, mixer technique, laboratory and sandblast room
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| 2007 |
EUR 1 Mio were invested in a linkage of the processing centres as well as a new 5-axle-turning-milling-centre. Starting using the CAD/CAM for production
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| 2008 |
New construction of a store for unfinished castings and the transmission department.
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| 2009 |
Investments of over 1 Mio. Euro for the restructuring of the pump production including the construction of two assembly lines with
product specific test fields as well as a mobile racking system.
Presentation of the new motor technology with PM motors for highest energy efficiency (permanent magnet motors)
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| 2010 |
Modernisation of the moulding facilities’ mechanical engineering in the foundry
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| 2011 |
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A glance into future investments:
The investments are planned for buildings and machines to react to risen sales
figures and optimise the manufacturing line and the stock and logistics technology.
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Carrot cutter in 1877 |
Hand pump |
Innovations shape the future
The history of the Herborner Pumpenfabrik and their products has been characterized by different engineering achievements. In the first years for example the sewage pumps and carrot cutters were the main products. With the experience of the founder the continuously increasing requirements of the customers could be realized. A self-defined quality concept was already fulfilled arount the at the turn of the century. The economical success was supported by an constantly growing production program. Beneath the agricultural equipment the company started to make different kind of pumps. Motivated by the demand on special customized products there had been developed a wide range of pumps like for example manually operated pumps, piston pumps, centrifugal and membrane pumps. |
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