Data Privacy Policy
Thank you for your interest in the HÖRMANN Group.
www.hoermann-gruppe.com is the joint website for the HÖRMANN Group. Under an arrangement on joint control (Art. 26 GDPR), HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. KG complies with the data privacy obligations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for this website. In this data privacy policy, the term “we” includes all affiliated companies of the HÖRMANN Group. However, HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. KG complies with the data privacy obligations under the GDPR and hence is your point of contact at all times. Contact details can be found in section 2 below.
Data privacy is a particular priority for the HÖRMANN Group.
As a matter of principle, you can use the website without disclosing any personal data. If a data subject wishes to use our services via the website, this may necessitate the processing of personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we always obtain the consent of the data subject.
Personal data (e.g. the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject) is always processed in accordance with the GDPR and the national data privacy provisions applicable to us, particularly the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
This data privacy policy is intended to inform the public about the nature, extent and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us. This data privacy policy also informs data subjects about their rights.
As the processor, we have taken numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data processed via the website is protected to the greatest possible extent.
As a matter of principle, however, data transmission via the Internet can be subject to security flaws. As such, complete protection cannot be guaranteed. Needless to say, all data subjects may transmit personal data to the company by alternative means, e.g. by telephone.
1. Definitions
This data privacy policy is based on the definition used by the European regulator in issuing the GDPR. The data privacy policy should be easy to read and easy to understand for all users. Accordingly, the data privacy policy begins by explaining the definitions used. Among other things, this data privacy policy uses the following definitions:
- ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
- ‘data subject’ means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
- ‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
- ‘restriction of processing’ means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;
- ‘profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements;
- ‘controller’ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;
- ‘recipient’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;
- ‘third party’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data;
- ‘consent’ of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
2. Name and contact details of the controller
HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. KG and the HÖRMANN Group companies listed in the Legal Notice are the joint controller within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR for this website.
The HÖRMANN Group companies have concluded an arrangement under which HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. KG complies with the obligations under the GDPR for this website. Accordingly, your point of contact for all matters relating to data privacy is:
HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Hauptstr. 45-47
85614 Kirchseeon
Germany
T +49 8091 5630 0
F +49 8091 5630 195
info@hoermann-gruppe.com
Represented by the personally liable partner of HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. KG:
HÖRMANN Verwaltungs GmbH
Hauptstr. 45-47
85614 Kirchseeon
Germany
Itself represented by the management:
Dr.-Ing. Michael Radke, Johann Schmid-Davis
T +49 8091 5630 0
F +49 8091 5630 195
info@hoermann-gruppe.com
3. Contact details of the data protection officer
Herr Prof. Dr. Thorsten B. Behling
BUSE Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Berliner Allee 41
40212 Düsseldorf
T + 49 (0) 211 388 000
M +49 (0) 179 4922302
behling@buse.de
https://wwww.buse.de
All data subjects may contact the data protection officer directly and at all times with any questions and suggestions concerning data protection.
4. Erasure and blocking of personal data
We process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period required to achieve the purpose of storage or for the statutory storage period that the controller is obliged to observe under the applicable legislation.
If the purpose of storage no longer applies or a statutory storage period expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or erased in accordance with the statutory provisions.
5. Collection and storage of personal data and type and purpose of its use
a) when visiting the website
As a matter of principle, you can use this website without disclosing your identity. When you access the website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the website server. This information is stored temporarily in a log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your part and until erased automatically:
- IP address of the accessing computer,
- date and time of the access,
- name and URL of the file retrieved,
- website from which the website was accessed (referrer URL),
- browser used and, where applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.
The company processes this data for the following purposes:
- to ensure the connection to the website is established smoothly,
- to ensure the website is convenient to use,
- to evaluate system security and stability, and
- for other administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR. The legitimate interest of the company is based on the aforementioned data collection purposes. We never use the data collected to identify you. The data is erased after no more than 14 days.
We also use cookies and analytics services when you visit the website. Further details can be found in sections 9 and 11 of this data privacy policy.
b) when using the contact form or contacting us by e-mail
If you have any type of questions, we offer you the possibility of contacting the company using a contact form on the website or by e-mail. You must enter a valid e-mail address in order for us to know who sent the enquiry and be able to reply to it. All other disclosures are voluntary. It is up to you whether you submit this data using the contact form or by e-mail.
The data submitted is processed in order to handle your enquiry. The data is erased immediately after your enquiry has been handled unless it is subject to a statutory retention period.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (b) GDPR if the enquiry is necessary for the performance of a contract or to take steps prior to entering into a contract, Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (c) GDPR in the case of statutory retention periods, and otherwise legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in processing your enquiry in order to provide you with the best possible service even if it is not necessary for the performance of a contract or to take steps prior to entering into a contract.
The data is processed solely in order to reply to your enquiry and stored for the duration of the statutory retention period (6 years in accordance with section 257 (1) no. 2, (4) of the German Commercial Code (HGB)) if it constitutes commercial letters. The data is otherwise erased immediately after your enquiry is replied to.
6. Additional information on the legal basis of processing
Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing where consent is required to be obtained for a certain processing purpose. If processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. The same applies for processing in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, e.g. enquiries about products and services. If we are subject to a legal obligation to process personal data, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. In rare cases, processing of personal data may be necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. In this case, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (d) GDPR. The legal basis for processing may also be Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR if processing is not covered by one of the aforementioned legal bases but is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests perused by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject. In particular, such processing is permitted because it is specifically mentioned by the European legislator (see Recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).
7. Consideration of legitimate interests
If the legal basis for processing personal data is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is the performance and fulfilment of business activities to the benefit of our employees and shareholders.
8. Use of cookies
We use cookies on the website. Cookies are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone etc.) when you visit the company’s website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device or contain any viruses, trojans or other malicious software.
Cookies are used to store information arising in connection with the specific device used. However, this does not mean that the company becomes directly aware of your identity as a result.
Cookies are used in order to make it easier for you use our website. For example, we use session cookies that recognise when you have already visited individual pages of the website. They are erased automatically when you leave the website.
We also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness. These are stored on your device for a defined period. When you return to our website to use our services, the fact that you have previously visited the website, the data you entered and your settings are automatically recognised so that you do not have to enter them again.
We also use cookies to record statistics on the use of the website and to evaluate this data in order to optimise the website for you (see section 7). These cookies allow the website to automatically recognise the fact that you have previously visited it when you next return. These cookies are erased automatically after a defined period, and in any case after no more than six months. You can also erase the cookies in your browser before they are erased automatically. Please see your browser’s help function for details.
The data processed by cookies for the aforementioned purposes is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser to reject the storage of cookies or to always ask for permission before creating a new cookie. Please note that disabling cookies entirely may mean you are unable to use all of the functions of the website.
9. Analysis and tracking tools
The legal basis for the tracking tools listed below and used by us is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR. The company uses tracking tools to ensure the appropriate design and continuous optimisation of the website. The company also uses tracking tools to record statistics on the use of the website and evaluate this data in order to optimise the website for you. These interests are legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
The respective data processing purposes and data categories are detailed in the corresponding tracking tools.
10. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files that are stored on your computer and that enable the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie on your use of this website is typically transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Please note that Google Analytics has been extended on this website to include the “anonymizeIP” code in order to ensure that IP addresses are recorded anonymously (IP masking). This means that your IP address is abbreviated in Member States of the European Union or in other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to being transmitted to the USA. The full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there only in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on the website activities and perform other services in connection with website use and Internet use for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser for the purposes of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. You can configure your browser software to reject the storage of cookies; however, please note that this may mean you are unable to use all of the functions of this website in full. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being recorded and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in that can be accessed at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
You can prevent data from being recorded by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. This will set an opt-out cookie that prevents your data from being collected when visiting this website in future: Deactivate Google Analytics
For more information on the conditions of use and data protection:
• http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html
• https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners/
• https://policies.google.com
IP addresses and other personal data are stored only for the minimum period specified by Google Analytics, which is 14 months.
11. Social media plug-ins
We use plug-ins for social networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+) on the website on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR in order to increase awareness of the company via these channels. The underlying commercial purpose constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for operation in compliance with data privacy legislation must be ensured by the respective provider. The company integrates these plug-ins using the two-click method in order to protect visitors to the website to the best possible extent.
a) YouTube
This website uses YouTube videos in the data privacy-friendly two-click variant, i.e. personal data is processed only when you enable the plug-in by clicking on it. YouTube plug-ins are plug-ins provided by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
When you enable the plug-ins, information is transmitted to YouTube LLC and may be transmitted to Google Inc. in the USA. This enables YouTube and Google to see that you have visited our website. If you are logged in to your YouTube and/or Google account when you enable the plug-ins, YouTube and/or Google may be able to identify you directly.
Please note that, as the operator of this website, we have no information about the data transmitted to YouTube and Google, the purposes of data collection or the use of this data by Facebook. You can find more information on the data collected in Google’s data privacy policy, which can be accessed at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
We cannot provide any information on the storage period, as this falls solely within the area of influence and responsibility of YouTube or Google respectively.
b) Google Maps
This website has integrated a map from Google Maps in order to show you our locations. If you access our website with the Google Maps map, this establishes a connection to Google’s servers and may transmit personal data to Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you are logged in to your Google account, Google may be able to identify you directly. If you wish to avoid this, log out of your Google account.
Google’s data privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
12. Job applications
If you submit a job application to us via our careers page or by e-mail, your personal data will be processed for the purposes of handling your application. The legal basis is section 26 BDSG (data processing for employment-related purposes) and Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR (legitimate interest). In the case of rejection, your data will be erased six months after your application is rejected. We have a legitimate interest in retaining your data for a period of six months even after rejecting your application in order to defend ourselves against claims under the German General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
13. Rights of the data subject
You have the right:
- to obtain information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you may obtain information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or will be disclosed, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, the existence of the right to request the rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing or to object to such processing, the existence of the right to lodge a complaint, the source of your personal data where not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and meaningful information about their details where applicable,
- to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data or the completion of personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR,
- the right to obtain the erasure of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims,
- the right to obtain the restriction of processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR where the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful but you oppose the erasure of the personal data, we no longer need the data but it is required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR,
- to receive the personal data you provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to demand that this data be transmitted to another controller in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR,
- to withdraw the consent you previously gave to us at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. This means we will no longer be permitted to process the data covered by this consent in future, and
- to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. You may typically lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority for your habitual residence or place or work or the domicile of one of our companies. An overview of the supervisory authorities can be found here (https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_link…); the supervisory authority that is typically responsible for HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. KG is the
Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision
Promenade 27 (Schloss)
91522 Ansbach
Germany
T +49 98153 1300
F + 49 98153 5300
poststelle@lda.bayern.de
http://www.lda.bayern.de
14. Right to object
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation or where the objection relates to direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object that we will implement without this requiring grounds relating to your particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw consent or your right to object, simply send an e-mail to:
datenschutz@hoermann-gruppe.com
15. Data security
We use the widely used Secure Socket Layer (SSL) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser when you visit our website. This is typically 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, the company instead uses 128-bit v3 technology. Whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form is indicated by whether the key or lock symbol in the status bar at the bottom of your browser window is closed.
We also take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties. These security measures are continuously improved in line with the state of the art.
16. Validity of and amendments to this data privacy policy
This data privacy policy is currently valid and was most recently amended in April 2025.
It may be necessary to amend this data privacy policy in response to the further development of our website and the services provided on it or due to changes in statutory and/or regulatory requirements.
Guiding Principles
These guiding principles form the basis for the corporate culture of the HÖRMANN Group. Adherence to these principles is vital to the company’s success. They are based primarily on the following fundamental values:
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP in the sense of an active responsibility and when taking business opportunities
- CREATIVITY and using a high degree of knowledge, skills and competencies for the benefit of the Hörmann Group’s customers
- INTEGRITY in the sense of the compliance of the Hörmann Group’s employees with these guiding principles
The Hörmann Group’s employees actively apply these values in their day-to-day dealings with each other and in their interactions with business partners and third parties.
I. Scope
These “Guiding Principles of the Hörmann Group” set out the common framework for HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. and its subsidiaries and equity investments (hereinafter also referred to collectively as the “HÖRMANN Group”). The management boards and managing directors of the subsidiaries and equity investments are obliged to ensure that these Guiding Principles are applied as binding within their respective companies. Employees who conduct themselves with personal integrity are essential to the credibility and strong public image of the HÖRMANN Group.
Every employee is obliged to know and comply with the relevant laws and provisions, including these “Guiding Principles”. Any breach may have disciplinary consequences up to and including the termination of the employment relationship.
II. Organisation, management, supervision
The high degree of independence and responsibility enjoyed by the managing directors of the individual Group companies ensure that they are extremely motivated to respond quickly, expertly and successfully to the requirements of the market and customers. The management structure selected to achieve this – comprising responsible managing boards and managing directors monitored by supervisory boards and advisory boards – serves to protect the legitimate interests of the company and its owners while also providing the best possible support for operating business.
III. Integrity: Compliance with laws and internal regulations
Strict compliance with the law and the regulations prescribed by the Hörmann Group for its employees forms the basis for the actions of the HÖRMANN Group’s employees. Fair, correct and legally sound business dealings with customers, suppliers and other parties create the foundations for cooperation in a spirit of mutual trust. More detailed provisions may be set out in additional binding regulations of the HÖRMANN Group.
1. Good business relationships instead of corruption
Good business relationships with customers, suppliers and competitors are a prerequisite for business success. Managing these business relationships must never cross the line of undue influence. The use of corruption in any form to achieve business purposes is prohibited. Corruption primarily takes the form of the bribery or venality of public officials, e.g. civil servants, and the acceptance or granting of advantages in respect of non-public officials. Corruption in its various forms is punishable by law in Germany and almost every country of the world.
Accordingly, no employee of the HÖRMANN Group may offer or provide business partners, their employees or third parties with illegal advantages. No employee of the Hörmann Group may demand or accept illegal advantages. Benefits in the form of gifts, invitations to business hospitality, events, donations and sponsorship that may be suitable to influence the business decisions of partners can already be interpreted as corruption. Even giving the impression of potential influence must be avoided.
2. Cooperation with business partners
With regard to cooperation with certain business partners and the associated risks, the HÖRMANN Group has adopted a standard process for the examination, approval and documentation of these third parties that is tailored to the respective company and that is required to be applied by all HÖRMANN Group companies. HÖRMANN Group companies are obliged to establish corresponding processes that meet these standards. All employees of the Hörmann Group are obliged to conduct this business partner compliance check before commissioning or entering into a contractual relationship with such third parties. The separate “Business Partner Integrity Check” guideline applies.
3. Integrity in competition
In Germany and most countries of the world, freedom of competition is protected by strict competition and anti-trust laws. In particular, agreements and concerted practices between competitors with the aim of preventing or restricting competition are prohibited.
Anti-competitive arrangements in tender processes may be punishable by strict custodial sentences. Furthermore, it is not permitted to abuse a dominant position in the market. Any form of coordination with competitors of the HÖRMANN Group that could be relevant to competition between the HÖRMANN Group and the respective company is prohibited. The protection of competition is monitored by the anti-trust authorities – in Germany, the Federal Cartel Office. This protection is a key regulatory task in any economic system based around a market economy. A supplier or service provider may not be preferred without objective and verifiable justification for doing so. Contracts are awarded on the basis of the business model of the respective HÖRMANN Group company, which sets clear rules within the framework of the applicable legislation.
4. Integrity in foreign trade
The HÖRMANN Group ensures compliance with all provisions concerning the export of goods, services and information in accordance with the applicable statutory export control regulations. The HÖRMANN Group ensures compliance with the statutory prohibition on money laundering that applies in most countries.
5. Prevention of conflicts of interest
In working for the HÖRMANN Group, employees are obliged to safeguard the interests of the HÖRMANN Group, maintain confidentiality with regard to company matters and not enter into competition with HÖRMANN Group companies. In performing their work, employees must not enter into any conflict between the interests of the HÖRMANN Group and their own interests. If the possibility of such a conflict exists, employees are obliged to inform their superior.
6. Protection of business assets and certain information
Employees of the HÖRMANN Group are entrusted with business assets in the course of their work. All employees are responsible for the careful handling and protection of business assets. Confidential company information must be protected as required by law and taking into account statutory or regulatory disclosure obligations. The applicable statutory and company rules on the protection of personal data and on data and information security must be observed.
IV. Corporate responsibility
The HÖRMANN Group is aware of its corporate responsibility to its employees, customers and business partners. This includes a responsibility to society and its underlying principles. The Hörmann Group and its employees respect the personal dignity of every individual and tolerate no discrimination in the company’s activities around the world.
Prejudice on account of ethnic origin, gender or sexual orientation, religion or belief, disability or age is not tolerated by the HÖRMANN Group. Accordingly, we undertake to uphold human rights and international standards on employee protection.
The HÖRMANN Group is aware of the scarcity of resources and acts in line with the principles of sustainability. This includes environmental responsibility and occupational safety and protection measures that ensure employees’ physical and mental well-being.
V. What to do in cases of doubt?
If employees are in doubt as to whether a certain behaviour is consistent with these Guiding Principles or suspect that an irregularity may have occurred, they are requested to report this. They can do this internally by informing their supervisor or the responsible compliance officer. Details of the employees responsible for compliance at the individual HÖRMANN Group companies are displayed on noticeboards and made available by e-mail on the Internet and can also be requested from the management of the respective company.
All employees are expressly requested to make use of one of these channels for reporting irregularities. No employee who submits a notification should fear being placed at an unfair disadvantage as a result, even if the notification ultimately proves to be unjustified.
Compliance Guiding Principles
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Projects
HÖRMANN Digital supports digital projects with specific core competencies regarding external digitalisation in the areas of software development, data analytics & machine learning and accompanies the HÖRMANN companies as an ideal partner in the digital transformation.
Connecting ideas – experiencing possibilities
HÖRMANN Digital develops products, services and new business models for the digital challenges of tomorrow.
Company
HÖRMANN Digital was established in order to bundle expertise in digitalisation within the HÖRMANN Group and accelerate the process of rapidly advancing digitalisation by leveraging lots of synergies. This structure reduces the resource footprint of the individual companies while also boosting their long-term competitiveness.
Services
We accompany the development of innovative digital software solutions and business models – from the idea to the finished product. In doing so, we leverage the synergies in the HÖRMANN Group.
Projects
We support the HÖRMANN companies in digital projects with the following specific core competencies: software development, data analytics & machine learning, digitalisation consulting and knowledge & best practices.
Our culture
HÖRMANN solutions help customers to go a step further – or make a quantum leap. The recipe for success: the corporate culture of a family company with the freedom to develop new ideas, a strong team spirit, and employees who want to make a difference. As a start-up in the HÖRMANN Group, we have a special culture and we embody innovation and progress.
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Our culture
HÖRMANN Digital, the start-up in the HÖRMANN Group, embodies innovation and progress.
We are actively driving development in the world of high technology. That is why we continuously reinvent ourselves. The more dynamic the change, the more important it is to take a clear stand: the HÖRMANN Group is more than the sum of its companies. We are a team. Togetherness is a strength! We work together in line with the values that made our family company what it is today. They are deeply rooted within us – and keep us on our growth path.
Our recipe for success: the corporate culture of a family company with the freedom to develop new ideas, a strong team spirit, and employees who want to make a difference.
Values of the HÖRMANN Group: innovative spirit – embodied by the start-up HÖRMANN Digital
Engineering Day – or how it all started …
“Digitalisation will be instrumental in shaping the future of the HÖRMANN Group.”
Anna Hörmann, Founder
In 2018, the HÖRMANN Group held its first Engineering Day – a platform that brings various innovative ideas of the Group together. Along with keynote presentations on innovations and setting up new businesses in the context of the digital transformation, there were interactive workshops to develop shared, interdisciplinary business ideas. The event also sparked the establishment of HÖRMANN Digital.
Impressing with expertise
Digitalisation places particular demands on all companies in the Group. That is why this expertise is bundled in a dedicated unit – the HÖRMANN Digital competence centre. A dedicated group of specialists applies interdisciplinary specialist industrial and IT knowledge to tackle digital challenges. This allows customers and the Group to implement new business models.
Successful as a team
On account of the HÖRMANN Group continuously investing in the employees’ expertise and state-of-the-art technologies, the family company has grown to include 30 affiliated companies. The Group is successful in four segments: Automotive, Communication, Intralogistics und Engineering. HÖRMANN solutions help customers to go a step further – or make a quantum leap. Our strong team makes all this possible!
Services
We accompany the development of innovative digital software solutions and business models – from the idea to the finished product. In doing so, we leverage the synergies in the HÖRMANN Group.
Guidance
In the first step, we analyse the company to better understand structures and processes. Questions or weak points are discussed in close consultation with those responsible and ideas for solutions are developed. Thanks to our many years of experience and knowledge in the production environment, we are able to solve industrial problems in a sustainable manner and harmonise them with our experience from other HÖRMANN companies. We combine digital knowledge with our experience and work together with the Hörmann companies to drive forward innovations in software development, data science and machine learning.
Co-innovation
With innovation techniques such as design thinking, we define the right solution together. The aim here is to find appropriate solution approaches that can be developed convincingly from the user's point of view on the one hand, but also profitably from the market perspective of the HÖRMANN companies on the other. In addition, HÖRMANN Digital supports the development of business models around the solution through:
- Business knowledge and understanding
- Market information and a broad industry network
- Methodological knowledge and best practice approaches
Development
HÖRMANN Digital offers agile software development and consulting on the topics of software architecture, cloud services and develops appealing design concepts for intuitive operation (UX / UI). We serve as an impulse generator in the ideation and concept phase and validate ideas and concepts together with the HÖRMANN companies within the framework of POC's (POC = Proof-of-Concept) and first testable MVP's (MVP = Minimum Viable Product). The customers of the group of companies thus have the opportunity to use a concept that meets all their needs after only a short period of time. Agile, flexible and cost-responsible, we offer the optimal solution accordingly and also accompany long-term software development projects together with the HÖRMANN companies.
Optimisation
We have in-house Data Science competences and can therefore quickly analyse and understand the situation and the resulting questions: Where are the sources of error in the production process? How do certain factors affect productivity? Why does the same problem occur again and again? Using the right tools and methods enables us to analyse production data and investigate these questions in order to extract appropriate clues for optimisation from the data.
Projects with a sustainable approach
With the development of a digital product in the field of "Connected Maintenance" and the evaluation of sensor data for selected machines at the HÖRMANN Automotive plant, a first application for multimodal, bidirectional communication between maintenance management, maintenance staff and machine operators was created. A continuous statistical, algorithmic evaluation of the IoT and process data in real time enables the generation of tradable information and thus the basis for an effective maintenance strategy. More projects
About us
HÖRMANN Digital was established in order to bundle expertise in digitalisation within the HÖRMANN Group and accelerate the process of rapidly advancing digitalisation by leveraging lots of synergies.
Exchange of knowledge
A highly qualified team brings up-to-date knowledge and digital expertise to the various companies in the HÖRMANN Group. The widely diversified companies have the opportunity to initiate a project with HÖRMANN Digital for specific tasks in the individual business areas that the company concerned deems highly relevant to the external digitization. HÖRMANN Digital supports the companies with its digitalisation expertise and can apply knowledge and experience from previously delivered projects.
We work agile
An important aspect of our work processes is the strong customer focus according to agile approaches and methods. This leads to a mix of traditional project management, as it is often relevant for customers in the public sector, to agile software development in order to be able to react quickly to changing customer requirements. The team basically consists of experienced software developers & data scientists, a UX / UI designer, as well as a product owner, who coordinates and is responsible for the product development with the respective contacts of the HÖRMANN companies.
Use technology knowledge
Based on our versatile competences, we want to develop sustainable, unique products and services for our customers. In doing so, we always orient ourselves to the market, because we want to understand our customers' wishes and fulfill them in the best possible way. We are particularly innovative in the use of new technologies. This requires specialized technological knowledge. With a team of experienced technology experts, we solve both the problems of the operational business and current development topics with regard to artificial intelligence in production and service.
Creating the future together
At HÖRMANN Digital, a young team from more than five countries works on exciting digitalisation projects for various parts of the HÖRMANN Group.