Joachim Armerding founds the company “Joachim Armerding Industriebedarf”, thus laying the foundation for what would later become HANSA-FLEX AG. His garage in Achim, near Bremen, serves as the company headquarters. It is here, on his “green workbench”, which is still at the company headquarters today, that he assembles the first hose lines.

In the mid-1960s, the company’s annual turnover exceeded 100,000 Deutschmarks for the first time. His friend Günter Buschmann joins the company as a partner and opens a second branch in an old carpentry workshop in Osnabrück.

In 1970, the company’s turnover exceeded one million Deutschmarks for the first time. The demand for hydraulic lines and the customer network continued to grow.

The first head office building was opened in Bremen-Mahndorf. In the same year, the third and fourth branches were opened in Elze in Lower Saxony and in Duisburg.

With the addition of new shareholders and the establishment of additional branches, the company’s name was changed from “Joachim Armerding Industriebedarf” to “HANSA-FLEX”.

The metal hose division was established in Höxter. HANSA-FLEX began to assemble metal hose lines, which are used in particular in the food sector and the chemical industry.

All existing branches are equipped with a standardised IT system. The ability to check customer and product information in real time makes HANSA-FLEX a digital pioneer of its time.

The sons of the company founders, Thomas Armerding and Uwe Buschmann, join the company and learn the business processes from scratch. This is a forward-looking step that ensures its continuation as a family business.

The new head office and warehouse were built at Panrepel 44 in Bremen-Mahndorf. In the same year, the current company logo was introduced. The number of company branches in Germany reached 26.

Thomas Armerding and Uwe Buschmann were appointed as Managing Directors.

HANSA-FLEX opened its first branch outside Europe in İskenderun/Turkey.

With the opening of facilities in Billings/Montana, USA, and Blumenau, Brazil, HANSA-FLEX was represented on the American continent for the first time.

The first HANSA-FLEX branch in Africa opened in Port Elizabeth/South Africa. In the same year, cylinder repair in Königshofen and sealing technology in Eisenberg, Germany, became operational.

HANSA-FLEX expanded its customer services with a 24/7 mobile service. The number of Mobile Hydraulic Service vehicles reached 26 in Germany. The Mobile Hydraulic Services reach the customer directly as quickly as possible and reduce machine downtime.

The company founder Joachim Armerding stepped down from his position as Managing Director and continued his work in an advisory capacity.

HANSA-FLEX sets new standards in spare parts supply. Thomas Armerding introduced the X-CODE at the VDBUM major seminar. The alphanumeric code identifies all product features of hydraulic components.

HANSA-FLEX opened its headquarters in Asia in Shanghai/China. It had established its first branch in China in 2003.

The second central warehouse in Geisenfeld was opened to supply branches in southern Germany and southern Europe.

The company founder Joachim Armerding established the HANSA-FLEX Foundation to support young people with scholarships during their training. In the same year, he founded the first training centre run exclusively by trainees.

HANSA-FLEX is celebrating its 50th anniversary. With 384 branches and 269 Mobile Hydraulic Service vehicles worldwide, HANSA-FLEX now has over 3,000 employees worldwide.

The HANSA-FLEX app and the HANSA-FLEX online shop went live (shop.hansa-flex.com).

The third generation of the founding families, Thorben Buschmann, Alina Armerding and Cedric Buschmann, began to work actively in the company.

The foundation stone was laid for the largest construction project in the company’s history. Construction began on the new production and logistics centre in Bremen-Mahndorf.

On the company’s 60th anniversary, the new head office building was opened.