The HandlingTech Success Story

Together with prestigious partners, HandlingTech celebrates 25 years of automation during a special evening event.

Despite the fact that the production area is not increased in size and personnel setbacks, a strong increase in incoming orders and the success experienced in the implementation of the structuring measures, HT realizes enormous growth.

HandlingTech becomes a sponsoring partner for the Nordic combined athlete Manuel Faißt.

The HT Sales Center West in Werdohl is launched.

Planning begins for the first complete production line for an automotive customer with a hall floor space of 2,400 square meters, which is then delivered in 2018.

In this year, a total of 7 youngsters start their apprenticeship.

The modular and easily expandable palletZ for easy pallet handling is introduced for the first time at Automatica in Munich.

More departments are moved into the neighboring building and the first Kardex storage tower eases up the situation relating to the space problems.

The eromobil receives the German Design Award.

HandlingTech becomes a sponsoring partner for TVB 1898 Stuttgart.

HandlingTech celebrates its 20-year anniversary.

The ecoZ receives the Red Dot Award and development of the HaTPad begins as a touch control element in times of digitization.

The company’s growth requires eromobil® and the conveyor belt be moved into the neighboring building of Hutzel DrehTech.

The Good Design Award is presented for the ecoZ and the product celebrates its introduction to the market.

The new product line eromobil® metal eroding unit with automatic feed is created.

A solar system is installed and HandlingTech becomes the official partner of the Stuttgart Kickers. Social commitment for children from Chernobyl.

Move into the new production facility in Steinenbronn.

Development of an innovative robot cell, which practically loads your machining system “around the corner”, is advanced. The ecoZ concept is finalized at the end of the year.

A merger is completed with Waldmann & Weigl GmbH and eromobil is installed as a separate product line at HT.

New construction begin in Steinenbronn, which advances at a record-breaking speed.

HandlingTech is honored with the FANUC Award for special achievements in the field of automation.

The NewDesign ROBAX cell is awarded the iF product design award for innovative design.

Sales increases by 70% in this year.

However, the space in Möhringen is no longer large enough to cope with the rapid growth after the financial crisis was successfully overcome. Planning of a new building in Steinenbronn with double the capacity is now resumed.

Design of the ROBAX Cell in modular form for production lines using rail or top-mount-solutions.

Education partnership with the secondary school in Möhringen is initiated.

Because of the drop in orders during the course of the economic crisis in 2008/2009, the company ventures down new roads. In cooperation with an industrial designer, a practical and extraordinary cell format is developed for the cost effective ROBAX cell. With the NewDesign ROBAX cell, HandlingTech emerges strengthened from the crisis.

The office space requires urgent expansion as a result of the consistent growth in Administration and Engineering.

First apprenticeship position in the technical division.

Waldmann & Weigl with its eromobil® eroding unit is exclusively taken over. At the same time, the conveyor belt sector is expanded into a separate department.

HandlingTech celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Within a decade, the “cellar kids” have become a company that has established a name for itself in the market.

ROBAX, the first industrial robot solution, is introduced to the market. FANUC is found as a partner and the range of products is expanded to include articulated robots. Solar cells are installed on the company building.

HandlingTech automation solutions start to become more complex and larger. The assembly area used in the past is no longer large enough. Move into the facilities in the company headquarters in Stuttgart Möhringen.

Introduction of the PORTAX linear portal solution (today referred to as lineX) for loading and unloading machining systems.

A 3D CAD system is introduced and more complex customer requirements can be better implemented.

The production space has to be expanded.

Prestigious customers from the automotive industry as well as machine manufacturers and distributors are acquired as customers.

To celebrate HandlingTech Automations-Systeme GmbH’s fifth anniversary, the first in-house show takes place in the company’s new facility. This marks the hour of birth of the In-House Show.

The first expansion of the administrative offices occurs in 1997. HandlingTech moves into the first floor of the company next door.

With his diploma fresh in hand, engineer Jörg Hutzel, his brother Jochen Hutzel, managing directior of Hutzel DrehTech and Bernd Vollmer bravely took the first step in the field of automation. The first product of the company’s portfolio, a pneumatically driven linear loading unit for lathes, is given the name PROAX.

Sponsoring the Hutzel Racing Team.

Because the single device is being produced in the basement of Hutzel DrehTech in Steinbronn, the HandlingTech employees are often referred to internally as the “cellar kids”.