Waltenhofen 2018: More than 40 years after the company was established in 1974, the enormous building complex of Hörburger AG – one of the leaders in building automation, control cabinet manufacturing and retail facility management – still cuts an impressive figure. Quite a bit has changed here in recent years: The technical requirements are becoming stricter, processes have become significantly more complex, and finding skilled machinists is getting more and more difficult. One person who has always been deeply familiar with all this is Christian Hörburger, CEO of Hörburger AG, which is headquartered in Waltenhofen.
“At Hörburger, we’re with you from the very beginning: in the engineering office, during quote preparation, planning and programming, all the way to commissioning the system, and even for service and maintenance, if necessary. To offer these services, we need a lot of room,” says Hörburger, gesturing at the company’s large premises behind him.
This large building also symbolizes the growing challenges: The interfaces are becoming increasingly difficult, and there is no longer a uniform standard for small or large projects. “But that makes it more exciting,” says Hörburger. In WAGO, the company has found an excellent partner to support it through these challenges. “The requirements of industrial customers who want to automate their plants or office buildings are becoming more and more challenging,” says Hörburger. This is true of their customer KUKA, one of the world’s leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions. KUKA performs extensive tests in environmental chambers for robots daily – tricky technical questions are the order of the day. The solution: WAGO’s new TOPJOB® S Rail-Mount Terminal Blocks with levers.
