From the individual solution to Smart Factory

For their customers, the HAHN Group companies are able to implement any automation according to individual needs and specifications: starting with the smallest projects for individual grippers or robot arms, through the expansion of existing systems with flexible and standardized modules or test and inspection systems. With the planning, implementation and commissioning of complex production lines, the HAHN Group supports its customers worldwide and accompanies them on their way to the Smart Factory.

Represented worldwide to be close to the customer

For the highest level of advice and service, the HAHN Group companies have numerous locations in the main economic regions and time zones. This global network enables fast response times and offers local contacts for customers. This close proximity to the customer, in combination with customized solutions, establishes long-term partnerships.

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Automation is our passion – in every language and region

The HAHN Group management team

With its experienced management duo, the HAHN Group is shaping the future of the automation industry worldwide.

Philipp Unterhalt

Managing Director, CEO

Axel Greschitz

Managing Director, CFO

From startup to a global network

Within almost 30 years, the HAHN Group was able to develop from a small design and engineering office in the Hunsrück region to a global group of companies. Thomas Hähn founded the company “Hähn Engineering” in his garage in 1992. This later gave rise to HAHN Automation, which opened its first foreign location in the USA, only eight years after incorporation. In 2014, RSBG SE joined HAHN Automation as an investor, which already had 350 employees at seven locations. The HAHN Group was founded in 2017 and serves as a platform for the further development of the group’s companies. They retain their independence and benefit from the exchange and synergies, as well as the skills within the group. Today the HAHN Group employs approximately 1,600 people in 14 countries within its subsidiaries.

2021

30 locations with a new CEO
The HAHN Group is reorganizing. Founder and CEO Thomas Hähn moves to the top of the management board of our shareholder, RAG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Automation and Robotics Technologies GmbH. In the future, he will be responsible for the strategic orientation and new technology investments of the HAHN Group and the United Robotics Group.

His successor as CEO of the HAHN Group will be Philipp Unterhalt. Philipp Unterhalt has already contributed significantly to the success of the HAHN Group in the past as Managing Director.

The HAHN Robotics Network establishes two new locations in Germany in Fichtenau (Baden-Württemberg) and Ponitz (Thuringia).
2020

1,500 employees worldwide
DAHL Automation becomes part of the HAHN Robotics Network and expands the portfolio with solutions for mobile robotics and intralogistics.
2019

Further diversification in the HAHN Group portfolio
DFT, Walther Systemtechnik, HAHN Ruhrbotics and REI Automation become part of the HAHN Group.

With HAHN Digital the HAHN Group establishes a startup company for the development of digital technologies and advisory for their customers and their own company network.
2018

The HAHN Group expands its network
GeKu becomes an additional member of the Material Handling Division.

With HAHN RobShare the HAHN Group establishes a company for robot rentals. HAHN Automation acquires a new location in Great Britain.

The HAHN Group invests into Kitov Systems, manufacturer and developer of the EVE Vision system for visual quality inspection and end-of-line testing.

The HAHN Group takes over the assets of Rethink Robotics and re-establishes the company in Germany as a GmbH.*

*In 2021, Rethink Robotics GmbH was transferred to the newly founded United Robotics Group GmbH, which is set up as a sister company of the HAHN Group within RSBG Automation & Robotics GmbH.
2017

Incorporation of the HAHN Group
The HAHN Group is established in 2017 as its own company.

Invotec, Inc. becomes part of the HAHN Group company network. At this point, the HAHN Group has 800 employees.
2016

Entry into the healthcare industry
Waldorf Technik becomes part of the company network around HAHN Automation. The company is specialized in high-speed automation in injection molding and well-known for its VarioTIP®-System.
2015

First acquisitions and incorporations
HAHN Robotics is founded in Rheinböllen as an expert for industrial and collaborative robotics.

HAHN Automation establishes additional company locations in China and Mexico.

In Sweden the HAHN Automation adds WEMO Automation to its network.
2014

RSBG as investor
In 2014 the RSBG SE joined HAHN Automation as an investor. At this point, HAHN Automation had 350 employees and established a new location in Croatia.
2012

First location in Eastern Europe
HAHN Automation establishes a new location in the Czech Republic.
2009

Expansion into Turkey and Switzerland
HAHN Automation expands its international activities with new locations in Turkey and Switzerland.
2007

Takeover of REMAK in Southern Hesse
In 2007 HAHN Automation takes over REMAK, thus gaining and expanding a new location near Frankfurt, Germany.
2000

First international location of HAHN Automation
Only seven years after incorporation, HAHN Automation founds their first location in the USA.
1992

Incorporation of Hähn Engineering
Thomas Hähn founded the company Hähn Engineering with three employees in 1992. This is the foundation stone for the later development of HAHN Automation and the HAHN Group.

A long-term partnership

RSBG SE has held a majority stake in the HAHN Group since 2014. The holding company acts as a long-term partner for medium-sized companies that are also active in the field of new technologies and help shape global changes. In accordance with current world market trends, RSBG SE and the HAHN Group are jointly focusing on expanding technologies and competencies in the areas of automation, robotics, Industry 4.0 and digitization.

With the establishment of RSBG Automation & Robotics Technologies GmbH in 2021 under the direction of Thomas Hähn as CEO, RSBG SE opens up the possibility for additional technology investments besides the HAHN Group. The HAHN Group is 100 percent owned by the new platform and focuses on automation and robotics in the industrial environment. In addition, further investments in automation and robotics in non-industrial areas are planned via the newly founded United Robotics Group GmbH as a sister company of the HAHN Group.

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From the individual solution to Smart Factory

Represented worldwide to be close to the customer

Automation is our passion – in every language and region

The HAHN Group management team

Philipp Unterhalt

Axel Greschitz

From startup to a global network

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