The planning department at HÖRTIG rohrpost directs one's attention to integrate always new ideas and products in already existing systems.
1977 MAY
the "HÖRTIG AIR-BREAK" for Conveyor Tube Systems was applied for a patent.
1978 SEPTEMBER
Development and installation of a special system for transport of nuclear samples for a science laboratory in Germany.
1980 AUGUST
Set-up of the first "More-line system" with 64 stations.
1984 MARCH
On the exhibition "HANDWERKS-MESSE" in Munich the HÖRTIG station for desk- in built was awarded with the "STATE-PRIZE" of the Bavarian Government with the "GOLD-MEDAL"
1987 OCTOBER
Development of the Conveyor Tube System "JUMBO" for the transport of goods with weights up to 10kg or more.
1994 SEPTEMBER
Development and first installations of Cash-Conveyor-Tube Systems H36 with simple user- and service operation.
1996 SEPTEMBER
First installations of the new development, fully-micro controlled Conveyor-Tube System H61E "EVOLUTION" in BUS-technology.
1997 MAY
Development of a special Conveyor-Tube System for pharmacies with fully automatic transport of medicaments.
1998 APRIL
Development and installation of a fully automatic system to load and transport pulverised material like stone powder.
2000 APRIL
A new development of the Cash - System H38, the check outs can send and receive money individually.
2000 JUNE
Development of the Compact Cash System CC1, specially for filling stations. The transport of money directly from the check out into the safe.
2000 OCTOBER
Development and starting of the 3 way-diverter to separate the rubbish.
2001 JANUARY
Delivery of the System "Cargo" for the transport of goods with weights up to 25kg and a tube diameter of 315mm.
2001 FEBRUARY
The System for automatic filling and refilling with laboratory-tests was applied for a patent.
2001 MAY
We developed the worldwide first Conveyor Tube System Cargo Plus with a tube diameter of 500mm. It is already installed by our client.
2002 JANUARY
Development of the station with "front-loading" for hospitals.
2002 MARCH
HÖRTIG rohrpost received an award as TOP 100, being part of the best 100 innovate middle-class enterprises in Germany.
2002 MARCH
First use of the Transponder-Technology to identify the user at the station of the Air Tube Transport System.
2002 OCTOBER
We present at the fair MEDICA a laboratory station with a 2-fold sending storage.
2003 MARCH
Setup of a transport system with tube-dimension Do200mm for the transport of X-rays for quality control by manufacturing stainless steel tubes.
2003 APRIL
At the Hanover-Fair we show an impulse controlled captive-conveyor Do110mm for the automatic sampling of bulk cargo like granulate, pallets, powdery material or medicines.
2003 APRIL
The TV-Stations BR3 and BR alpha report in their TV program EXISTENZ about the innovative manufacturer of Air Tube Transport Systems HÖRTIG rohrpost is an example for succesful companies.
2003 AUGUST
We expand the range of products for more-line systems in the field of hospitals with a transfer revolver. In this revolver carriers according to their importancy could be sent and the space for the complete transfer unit will be reduced to a minimum.
2003 SEPTEMBER
We open an Air Tube Transport System to send hot steel samples from the furnace to the laboratory. The driving speed of the carrier is 20m per second, the control unit is a stored-program controller SIEMATIC S7.
2004 APRIL
At the Hannover-Fair Industry we present an automation system Do110 for the fully automatic sampling of bulk cargo meanwhile the current production.
2004 MAY
The new Software R-Tube WIN for remote maintenance developed by us is now installed successfully on several customer PC's.
2004 SEPTEMBER
In the Clinic Neumarkt we open an Air Tube Transport System with tube diameter Do200mm.
2004 DECEMBER
Finishing our works at Clinic Nürnberg North on an 8-lines system with approx. 3,5km of tubes and more than 1,000 bends in stainless steel quality.
2005 MARCH
In Shanghai we open a 4-lines system with 66 stations Do160mm.
2005 JUNE
Installation of an Air Tube Transport System for the automatic sampling of powdery materials.
2006 NOVEMBER
The biggest Russian bank orders for it's central at Moscow two systems.
2007 JUNE
We sign an order with a hospital in Beijing to make one of the biggest systems in the world. 1st phase opens with 125 stations and 7 zones.
2008 SEPTEMBER
We open at the Univerrity Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany the fastest tube system, which was ever installed. Up to 96 carriers will be transported at the same time.