Hofmann GmbH
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| Company type | GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mechanical engineering and vehicle engineering[1] |
| Founded | 1952 in Egenbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Founder | Walter Hofmann |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Frank Hofmann and Jan Philipp Hofmann[2] |
| Products | Roadway marking machines and complementary products |
Number of employees | 100[3] (2015) |
| Website | hofmannmarking |
Hofmann GmbH Maschinenfabrik und Vertrieb (abbreviated: HOFMANN GmbH) is a family-owned German company, based in Rellingen. That develops, produces and distributes road marking machines.[4][5] The company was founded in 1952 in Hamburg.[6]
Walter Hofmann (1907–1999), the company's founder, began by designing and constructing Agricultural machinery,[7][6] in 1962 Hofmann purchased property in Egenbüttel (now Rellingen).[8] The company moved three years later.[7][better source needed]
In 1955 the company introduced its first special machine to the market: the Rolling disk marker unit.[9] It has since developed quite varied machines, components and systems that differ in their dimensions, drives, application systems, environmental compatibilities, functions and technical performance data.[10] In this context the company applied for a number of patents in painting and spraying technology.[8][4][11][12] Moreover, it repeatedly expanded the Company grounds.[7]
In 1982 the registered merchant enterprise became Walter Hofmann GmbH.[7] In 1992 the founder quit his job as managing director of the company, and his son Frank Hofmann took over.[13]
In 1990 the Rellingen company acquired the Quickborn-based company S+S Gesellschaft für Sicherheit auf Straßen m. b. H. Herstellung und Vertrieb von Straßenmarkiermaschinen, which is also active in the road marking technology.[7] Twelve years later the two companies merged completely,[14] ever since (2002) the company acts as Hofmann GmbH.[7] At the beginning of 2008, Jan Philipp Hofmann, grandson of the company founder, entered the management.[15]
The first decade of the 21st century was characterized by a pronounced growth. Thus the number of employees increased from 67 (end of 2000)[4] to 100 (mid-2011).[16]
[17][18] In March 2009, the VDI nachrichten listed the company 37th of the fastest-growing small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany.[19]
In 2012 the company developed the first line width stabilizer. In road-dependent airless-spraying, it automatically keeps the line width variance within narrow limits.[10]
