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1981 | Foundation of the company, focussing on the vehicles for the textile industry |
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1983 | Order of the European Organization for Nuclear Research Cern, Geneva, for assembly equipment for accelerator magnets weighing 8.0 t in the proton accelerator tunnel |
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1985/86 | Due to the crisis in the textile industry, HUBTEX broadens its product range and acquires increasingly customers from other industrial sectors.
The first major customer is Hörmann Garagen
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1988 | Order of the printing machine industry for 6 driverless multidirectional sideloaders with 9,000 kg load bearing capacity |
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1989 | Foundation of the US marketing company in Fredericksburg, VA |
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From 1990 | The company starts opening up new business segments in the timber industry and the timber trade |
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1992 | Technological innovation: HUBTEX replaces the previous rigid chassis frame with the two-part articulated frame and offers a new quality |
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1992 | HUBTEX is the first company to introduce the joystick for sensitive, proportionally controlled lifting mast movements |
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1992 | Order of the aircraft industry for a 12.0 t assembly platform for engines |
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1993 | The company starts opening up new business segments in the glass industry; the first customer is Trakya Cam, Lüleburgaz |
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1994 | HUBTEX is the first company to introduce soft elastic tires for fourway sideloaders for the use on uneven and semi-solid ground |
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1994 | First order placed by the timber trading company Holzzentrum Gebhardt, Cham, for order-picking equipment for long loads |
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1995 | First order placed by the float glass industry for giant equipment for Saint Gobain in Poland |
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1996 | Foundation of the HUBTEX marketing company in Lyon / France |
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1997 | Introduction of a quality management system according to DIN ISO 9001 |
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1999 | Foundation of the HUBTEX marketing company in England |
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1999 | Order of Skoda for 1 tool transporter with 63,000 kg load bearing capacity |
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1999/2000 | New ergonomic design with rounded cabin. It also includes a multifunctional joystick for all control functions |
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2000 | 1,352 m² factory extension for sawmill, laser and gas cutting machine, benders as well as long load storage |
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2002 | 2,649 m² factory and office extension high bay warehouse for production, second hand equipment warehouse and extended research and development facility |
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2002 | Foundation of the HUBTEX marketing company in Belgium |
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2002 | Replacement of the well-proven direct current technology which has been used for many years with three-phase AC motor control technology in 48 V |
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2003 | Tyre option for all multidirectional sideloaders: Vulkollan, Pevopur or superelastic. |
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2004 | Shareholding in Genkinger; now Genkinger-HUBTEX based in Münsingen south Germany
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2004 | Delivery of the 100th fourway sideloader to Deceuninck (Belgium)
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2004/2005 | Expansion of the three-phase AC motor control technology to 80 V for all series |
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2005 | Shareholding in Schulte-Henke GmbH / stabau in Meschede Germany |
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2005 | Award from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce - "outstanding Achievement“ for in house training and apprenticeship schemes |
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2007 | Foundation of the HUBTEX marketing company in the Netherlands |
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2007 | Start of the manufacture of tool change transporters with 50,000 kg load capacity at Ford Europe |
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2008 | Foundation of the HUBTEX marketing company in the Czech Republic |
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2009 | Takeover of parts of the MAFI heavy duty product range: Electric platform trucks, electric tractor heads and rail cars |
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2009 | Foundation of the HUBTEX marketing company in Hungary |
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Prospects for 2010 | Enlargement of the headquarters production area in Fulda Germany to enhance facilities for the manufacture of heavy trucks and equipment |
