HOERBIGER sells ORIGA to Parker
HOERBIGER Holding AG in Zug, Switzerland, has parted with its Business Division Industrial Pneumatics and the ORIGA brand. Effective October 1, 2008, the HOERBIGER Group has sold HOERBIGER Origa Holding AG, Zug, Switzerland, to the Parker Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio. USA.
With the sale of the ORIGA Group, in the field of automation technology, the HOERBIGER Group is focusing on its strategic business areas in the automotive industry and in mechanical engineering. The HOERBIGER Group will expand its leadership role in these segments. The goal is to develop, enhance and expand key components and services for market segments in which both the Strategic Business Unit Automation Technology and the Group can benefit in the long term from their core competencies and unique selling propositions.
For years, the ORIGA Group has been an extremely successful company in the field of industrial automation. The basis for this development was laid by the company founders of ORIGA, a Swedish company, with the invention of the rodless pneumatic cylinder, which was patented in 1971. While the global market for industrial pneumatics has since consolidated, the growth potential for full-service providers with a high worldwide market presence remains attractive.
Parker Hannifin Corporation´s broad product range and global presence provides excellent opportunities for the continued growth of ORIGA. There is a perfect complement between the products and services offered by ORIGA and Parker.
Like HOERBIGER, Parker feels especially responsible for its employees. Employee development, success planning, lean business processes, and excellent customer service rely on the commitment of every employee.
HOERBIGER acquired the ORIGA Group in 1992 and later integrated it into the Strategic Business Unit Automation Technology as the Business Division Industrial Pneumatics. It continuously promoted the expansion of the distribution network, technologically enhanced the ORIGA cylinder and supplemented it by numerous system components.
In 1996, HOERBIGER introduced the ORIGA SYSTEM PLUS OSP in the market. The modular drive system, which is based on the ORIGA cylinder, is available in eight cylinder diameters between 10 and 80 millimeters and at stroke lengths of up to 41 meters provides the user with maximum flexibility. ORIGA SYSTEM PLUS offers the customer the ability to select a rodless pneumatic cylinder or an electric drive with toothed belt, ball screw or trapezoidal screw. The modular system is comprised of pneumatic and electric drive units, guides, brakes, sensors, displacement measuring systems and the matching accessories.
With the controllers and the standard, micro and activated carbon filters produced at the Wiener Neustadt site, as well as with the central and injection lubricator systems, HOERBIGER Origa in addition has a high-performance program for compressed air conditioning. The spectrum of components and systems offered ranges from production equipment and customized solutions to integrated compressed air management.
The following link takes you to Parker-ORIGA on the internet:
www.parker-origa.com
About Parker
With annual sales exceeding $12 billion, Parker Hannifin Corporation is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs approximately 62,000 people in 48 countries around the world.
About HOERBIGER
The HOERBIGER Group in Zug, Switzerland, is active throughout the world as a leading player in the fields of compression technology, automation technology and drive technology. In 2007, its 6,300 employees achieved sales of around 1 billion Euro. The focal points of its business activities include key components and services for compressors, engines, and turbomachinery, pneumatic and hydraulic systems for vehicles and machine tools, as well as components and systems for shift and clutch operations in vehicle drive trains of all kinds.
Your contact:
Ludwig Schönefeld
Phone: +41 41 560 75 79
E-mail: ludwig.schoenefeld@hoerbiger.com