Germany / Belgium - “HÜBNER is more than just a supplier of articulated bus systems,” announced Uwe Bittroff, Managing Director of the HÜBNER Group of Kassel at Busworld Europe last month. “As a global supplier, we offer our customers integrated, customized solutions – solutions that make buses and commercial vehicles safer, more comfortable, more convenient and reliable – just as we do for rail vehicles as well.”

The company used the show to demonstrate the breadth and depth of its competencies and product portfolio and stated that the diversity of products offered by the HÜBNER Group made its portfolio unique. These include:

• Technologies for chassis with systems for damping, suspension, steering and wheel guidance as well as hydropneumatic solutions.

• Door safety and sealing systems with finger protection profiles including sensors and sealing systems.

• Convenient and comfortable entry systems for customers and passengers with ramps and lifts.

• New offerings in the area After Sales & Service for consulting, spare parts support, inspections, maintenance, repairs and training.

• Engineering and software services with solutions for functional safety and cyber-security as well control units for steering of axles in buses and trucks.

• Articulated bus systems (‘1.6 metres of the bus’) with articulation systems, folding bellows as well as power guidance systems.

The HÜBNER Group has been developing this range of expanded components and systems over recent years through in-house organic development, but this has often followed strategic acquisitions of key technology companies along the way such as V.S.E. in the Netherlands and ATG in Germany.

The HÜBNER Group is a family-owned company, that today has a global network of more than 30 production and sales locations and subsidiaries. These atributes, the company suggests, allows for a high level of production and delivery reliability as well as in-depth technical and interdisciplinary exchange across the transport sector.

• HÜBNER (Kassel, Germany)

• HÜBNER Transportation (Kassel, Germany)

• ATG Autotechnik (Siek, Germany)

• ECUtronic (Dresden, Germany)

• GWU – Gummi Welz (Neu-Ulm, Germany)

• HEMSCHEIDT Fahrwerktechnik (Haan-Gruiten, Germany)

• V.S.E. – Vehicle Systems Engineering B.V. (Veenendaal Netherlands)

Highlighted advanced technology innovations launched at the show include: Hydropneumatic suspension and damping system¹; Smart Steering: Steering technology for high-capacity buses²; New material solutions for door safety systems³; Electric or manual: A hybrid entry system (wheelchair ramp) for everyone,⁴ and, Digital service support: Fast availability of spare parts⁵.

¹Hübner chassis Technology – a new name in suspension and steering system technology for the truck, bus and trailer industries

²Hübner offers new steering system in buses to revolutionize passenger transport in cities

³Hübner launches SensIQ door safety product family

⁴Hübner launches hybrid ramp for wheelchair bus access

⁵Digital service support: Fast availability of spare parts. The company announced at Busworld a new digital service offering that provides a fast and reliable availability of spare parts as well as expert support for repair and maintenance projects.