Dr. Martin Komischke

Dr.-Ing. Martin Komischke, Chairman of the Executive Board HOERBIGER Holding will speak on the topic of "Medium-sized companies, diversified and yet successful?".

The HOERBIGER Group, Zug, Switzerland, is a global leader in the fields of compression technology, automation technology and drive technology. 6000 employees generate sales of around 1 billion euros. Its business activities focus on key components and services for compressors and large engines, pneumatic and hydraulic systems for vehicle construction and mechanical engineering as well as components and systems for shifting and coupling vehicle drivetrains.

The Group strategy consists of innovation-driven leadership in attractive niche markets. HOERBIGER combines innovative strength and technological leadership worldwide with reliability and cost-effectiveness. Its customers include leading companies from the following sectors:

• Gas and process industry
• Mechanical and plant engineering
• Automotive industry

The series of patent applications dates back to 1894, when the inventor and scientist Hanns Hörbiger laid the foundation for over 100 years of successful company history with his idea for a simple, but for the time revolutionary and powerful valve.

Dr. Martin Komischke studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and received his doctorate from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in 1988. After completing his doctorate, his career initially took him to Mannesmann-Sachs and Kolbenschmidt AG before he became Chairman of the Management Board of Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik GmbH in 1993. He has been a member of the Group Executive Board since 1996 and became Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Hoerbiger Holding AG in 2004.

Status: Beginning of 2008