HOERBIGER ::

By 1945 the main facility in the Simmering district in Vienna had been destroyed. Not only had the material assets been lost by the end of the war; all the company’s intellectual property, patents and processes had been released for general use.

After the passing of Alfred Hörbiger in July 1945, his widow Martina Hörbiger assumed management responsibility for the company.

Through her tremendous entrepreneurial courage and will power, Martina Hörbiger not only laid the foundation for the company's early globalization, she also decisively expanded its portfolio: In 1958, HOERBIGER & Co. KG in Schongau, Germany, started the series production of clutch plates. The cornerstone for the Strategic Business Unit Drive Technology was laid. In 1972, the basis for the Strategic Business Unit Automation Technology followed with HOERBIGER Pneumatik GmbH.

Martina Hörbiger passed away in August 1989. She left behind a successful global enterprise operating close to the customer. In the time that followed, her successors established new, forward-thinking management structures and the global expansion continued. Throughout these necessary transformation processes, HOERBIGER maintained its family business nature. Today, this is represented by the company values of Courage and Pioneering Spirit, Fairness and Closeness.