Hörmann KG

The company was officially founded in Bielefeld in 1935 under the name “Bielefelder Stahltürenfabrik” by August Hörmann (1886–1944). His son, Hermann Hörmann (1912–1994), took over the company in 1944 and moved the headquarters to Steinhagen. By adding the up-and-over garage door to the product range, he laid the foundations for today’s group of companies.

The company became synonymous with home garages in Germany in the 1950s, and was widely known for introducing the Berry swing gate to German consumers. Since that time, its product range has expanded to include wooden interior doors, canopies, steel sheet doors, door frames, interior and exterior entrance doors, manual and drive-driven industrial door systems, and state-of-the-art fire protection and multifunctional door systems for commercial real estate.

In 2015, the company opened a training and exhibition center in its hometown of Steinhagen, Germany. The following year, a nationwide survey held by Deutschland Test found the Hörmann Group to be one of the most popular family-owned businesses in Germany, with 100,000 customers expressing an overall positive experience with the company and its products. Its place in the ranking was 52nd of 229 participating companies.

The family business is now run by the fourth generation, the great-grandchildren of the company’s founder. The personally liable partners are Martin J. Hörmann and Christoph Hörmann.

Hörmann has over 40 production sites across Europe, North America and Asia, and is represented by over 100 of its own sales offices in more than 40 countries, as well as by distribution partners in over 50 further countries. In addition to its sales and production sites, Hörmann operates several training and exhibition centres for its staff and customers, including the Hörmann Forum at its headquarters in Steinhagen and an installation centre near Stuttgart.

The Hörmann Group comprises the following subsidiaries:

ALUKON KG (Germany)

Seuster KG (Germany)