HÖRMANN Automotive Eislingen GmbH has begun operations with a new power coating system at its factory in Ebersbach. ‘This system is used to pre-treat workpieces and assemblies of fuel tanks, panels and flaps as well as heating ducts for buses and similarly sophisticated components in a multi-stage wet chemical process and then to coat them with powder paint in a manual or automated booth,’ explained Tobias Frenzel, managing director of HÖRMANN Automotive Eislingen GmbH.

The first issue, for which the cover story is entitled ‘Times of change’, looks back on 65 years of company history and, alongside the new brand identity and plenty of news and articles about innovations, explores the extraordinary capacity of our employees to keep the HÖRMANN Group in a constant state of renewal and thus to work together to determine what the future will look like.

Chemnitz-based HÖRMANN Vehicle Engineering is working with Flexiva Automation & Robotik, also located in Chemnitz, and Leipzig company HeiterBlick GmbH on developing a one-of-a-kind innovation: Europe’s first tram powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

Cities are dynamic ecosystems in which transport has a significant impact on quality of life. If the latter is to be not only maintained but also improved, it will be necessary to make adjustments to urban transport as soon as possible and offer adequate solutions to an array of challenges. These include an ever-growing population, particularly in major cities; rising levels of CO2 and particulates; outdated transport infrastructure; high noise levels; and severely limited useable space. ‘Last-mile’ logistics is incredibly important in this respect.

HÖRMANN Logistik on TV. RTL introduced HÖRMANN Logistik’s range of warehouse logistics solutions to a wide audience on its Guten Morgen Deutschland programme.

As the market leader, HÖRMANN Warnsysteme GmbH installs and maintains most of the sirens in Germany.

Funkwerk has provided 300 cameras to keep a watchful eye on all operations on Line 1 of the Turin Metro.

When it comes to electric vehicles, HÖRMANN Automotive is a one-stop shop for everything from development to testing