Hansa-Flex

Hansa-Flex is a German industrial company in the fluid technology sector with its headquarters in Bremen and specialises in the development and manufacture of hydraulics components and the associated services.HistoryJoachim Armerding founded the company in 1962 as a one-man operation in Achim near Bremen. Under the company name Joachim Armerding Industriebedarf, he specialised at first in the bespoke assembly of hose lines and established himself in the growing market for hydraulic hoses.In 1965, Armerding moved premises to a former plumber's workshop in Bremen and took on his first employee. In 1969, Günter Buschmann – Armerding's long-time work colleague and friend – became a partner in the company. He ran the second branch in Osnabrück. In the same year, the company changed its name to Hansa-Flex. Further people joined the company as partners in 70s and 80s.By the end of 1988, the number of branches came to 21. In 1989, the company opened its first branch outside Germany in Elst, the Netherlands. Following reunification with the GDR and the political collapse in eastern Europe, Hansa-Flex established itself in the new German federal states as well as in Poland and the Czech Republic. In 1990, around 250 employees worked for the company, and the annual revenue was around DM 50 million.