TOP Ausbilder 2023

HOFFMANN - A traditional company

The engineer and qualified toolmaker Georg Hoffmann started his own business in the early seventies in Braunschweig – in the proverbial garden shed. Before then, he was the industry representative for imported oil mist separators. Many could do that in those days already. But Georg Hoffmann had by then seen enough metalworking businesses from the inside in Germany to know what they were lacking: Filtration systems in the micrometer range to filter and re-cool between 150 and 20 000 litres of oil per minute. Today, with a staff of more than 200 plus 24 apprentices, HOFFMANN works under strict quality policies on 30.000 sqm.

Chronicle

Year
Event
1971
Foundation of the company by Mr. Georg Hoffmann in Braunschweig, Germany in a wooden hut. Development and manufacture of precoat filters, pressure filters and oli mist separators
1980
Site relocation to Lengede, Hauerstr.2-4 - formerly ore mine "Mathilde"
1984
Foundation of Hoffmann Filter Corp. in Michigan/USA
2000
Broistedt factory built for DBF-filters, coolers and control-cabinets
ab 2005
Service-partners around the world
2008
Jump in quality: New final assembly center in test run in Lengede
2014
Factory expansion in Lengede and Broistedt
2017
"Filter meets cloud": Digitalisation of filtration
2018
Wholly-owned subsidiary: HOFFMANN Coolant Cleaners & Chillers (YANTAI) Co., Ltd.; China
2020
Sharp drop in sales due to Corona worldwide
2021
Strong recovery in the course of business
2021
Introduction of a flow line in chiller production, reduction of throughput times at the Broistedt plant