Company History

16.08.2023

30th company anniversary.
 

2023

Installation of 4 more wall boxes in our employee parking lot in Halskeststraße, for a total of 9 charging points.


Installation of another photovoltaic system with 50 kWp on the roof of our production hall for our own use, for a total output of 211 kWp.


86 employees. 

2022

Purchase of a second Spinner TTS 65 Triplex turning center for our HSB-kgt® production. Complete integration of UniPPS, now also in our sales force. 

2021

Addition of 2 electric and 5 hybrid vehicles to our fleet and installation of additional wall boxes, for a total of 5 charging points. 

November 2020

Expansion of the photovoltaic system on the company-owned neighbouring building. The total installed capacity on both buildings is thus 161 kWp.

01.07.2020

Acquisition of the company ComTRI GmbH business solutions, including the ERP software UniPPS, namely UniPPS GmbH business solutions. Relocation of their headquarters to In Laisen 76, our neighboring property. 

2019

Expansion of the automatic manufacturing cell with another Heller H2000 horizontal processing center.

Acquisition of the neighboring property with the goal of further expansion at the In Laisen location.

Over 90 employees. 

16.08.2018

25th company anniversary

2016 - 2017

Acquisition of an Urban UF8000 long bed machining center for the machining of our HSB-gamma® aluminum and steel profiles and a laser sintering plant (3D printer) for the machining of plastics.

Relaunch of our website. 

Over 80 employees.   

2014 - 2015

Expansion of our product range to include the HSB-sigma® gantry drives and expansion of the office space to approx. 750 m².

Establishment of our own training workshop for our apprentices.

Acquisition of a Spinner TTS 65 Triplex turning cell, with main and counter spindles, 3 tool revolvers, and a maximum of 36 driven tools, for the production of our HSB-kgt® ball screw nuts.

2012 - 2013

Expansion of the production space to approx. 3600 m².

Expansion of the cassette high rack to 481 racks.

Expansion of the automatic manufacturing cell with a Heller H2000 horizontal processing center to 72 machine and 108 material pallets.

2010 - 2011

Expansion of our product range to include the HSB-gamma® gantry drives and expansion of production capabilities.

Development of HSB-kgt® ball screw nuts begins. 

2008

Integration of a fully automatic manufacturing cell, comprising 2 Heller horizontal processing centers and a Fastems pallet rack system with 30 machine pallets and 50 material pallets.

Installation of our first photovoltaic system with 98 kWp on the roof of our production hall for grid feed-in.

Certification in accordance with DIN ISO 9001:2008.

72 employees.

2007

Expansion of the production space to 2700 m².

Expansion of the cassette high rack to 340 cassettes and 6 retrieval stations.

62 employees. 

2006

Cooperation with Schunk GmbH & Co. KG, Lauffen am Neckar begins. 

2005 - 2006

01.10.2005: Relocation to new production site at In Laisen 74, Reutlingen with 1700 m² of production and 700 m² of office space.

Installation of a cassette high rack with 170 cassettes, each capable of holding 2000 kg.

Expansion of our product range to include the HSB-delta® series and expansion of production capabilities. 

1999 - 2005

Expansion of our product range and production capabilities to approx. 1300 m² of production and office space.

Certification in accordance with DIN ISO 9001:2000.

30 employees. 

01.01.1999

Relocation to own production site at Lembergstrasse 46, Reutlingen with 850 m².

1993 - 1998

1995 -1998:   Development and manufacture of HSB-beta® mechanical linear drives and
    HSB-alpha® linear tables.

 

1993 - 1995:   Special purpose machinery and subcontracting.
     
    2 employees.

 

16.08.1993:   Foundation of HSB Automation GmbH