Hoberg & Driesch

Hoberg & Driesch is a German steel tube wholesaling group headquartered in Düsseldorf. Founded in 1948 by Peter Hoberg and Toni Driesch as a steel pipe trading business, the company has grown through organic expansion and acquisitions into one of Europe's largest stockholding steel tube distributors for seamless and welded steel pipes. Its customers are primarily in mechanical engineering, steel construction, the energy sector and the automotive industry. The group's core activities are trading, warehousing and refining of steel tube products, complemented by processing services and tailored logistics solutions. According to its own figures, Hoberg & Driesch operates around 175,000 square metres of warehouse space, holds roughly 90,000 tonnes of stock material, carries about 15,000 different articles, and has 18 subsidiaries in 11 countries. It advertises a 24-hour delivery service and near-unlimited processing options. Processing capabilities include fixed-length cutting, series cutting, mitre cutting, blasting, painting, peeling and rolling, as well as internal and external machining. The company can saw fixed lengths for pipe diameters up to DN 800 and use autogenous flame cutting for diameters above DN 800, and it offers contour cuts for steel construction, pipeline construction and offshore applications. Additional acceptance testing and certification services are available, including third-party inspection by certified acceptance companies and certification and stamping to special standards such as those used in the automotive sector. Logistics is a major part of the offer. Hoberg & Driesch handles the entire transport process, from organisation and freight documents to customs paperwork, uses consolidated transports for cost efficiency, and states that around two thirds of all orders leave its warehouse on the same day, with express shipping available for urgent shipments. Since a reorganisation of Hoberg & Driesch GmbH & Co. KG in 2018, the tube wholesale business has been structured into three companies from the beginning of 2019: Hoberg & Driesch GmbH & Co. KG as the group holding based in Düsseldorf; Hoberg & Driesch Röhrenhandel GmbH as the sales arm with locations in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Bad Vilbel, Kornwestheim, Munich, Dresden and Turkey; and Hoberg & Driesch Logistik GmbH covering purchasing and logistics, with central purchasing in Düsseldorf and warehouse locations in Düsseldorf and Kornwestheim. Subsidiaries include Pouchard Tubes & Barres in Mitry Mory, France; Hoberg & Driesch Finland OY; Hoberg & Driesch Sweden AB; Hoberg & Driesch South East Europe d.o.o in Cacak, Serbia; Rohr- und Stahlhandel Jung & Co. GmbH in Kamp-Lintfort; MUT Tubes s.r.o. in Prague; Hoberg & Driesch Processing GmbH in Wesseling; and MUT Automotive s.r.o. in Prague. The group remains a private, family-style wholesale business and continues to present itself as a quality tube trader, combining long-standing supplier relationships with modern processing and logistics.

Hoberg & Driesch was founded in 1948 by Peter Hoberg and Toni Driesch as a steel pipe trading business. Over the following decades the company grew through generic expansion and corporate acquisitions, developing into the Hoberg & Driesch Röhrengruppe, one of Europe's largest stockholding steel tube traders for seamless and welded steel pipes. Its customer base spans mechanical engineering, steel construction, the energy sector and the automotive industry. The group's activities have historically centred on trading, warehousing and refining steel tube products, with processing services and logistics solutions added over time. By the 2010s the business had expanded internationally, with subsidiaries in France, Finland, Sweden, Serbia and the Czech Republic, among others. A significant structural change came with the reorganisation of Hoberg & Driesch GmbH & Co. KG in 2018. From the beginning of 2019, the tube wholesale business was divided into three companies: Hoberg & Driesch GmbH & Co. KG as the group holding based in Düsseldorf; Hoberg & Driesch Röhrenhandel GmbH as the sales division with locations in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Bad Vilbel, Kornwestheim, Munich, Dresden and Turkey; and Hoberg & Driesch Logistik GmbH for purchasing and logistics, with central purchasing in Düsseldorf and warehouse locations in Düsseldorf and Kornwestheim. Subsidiaries of the group include Pouchard Tubes & Barres in Mitry Mory, France; Hoberg & Driesch Finland OY; Hoberg & Driesch Sweden AB; Hoberg & Driesch South East Europe d.o.o in Cacak, Serbia; Rohr- und Stahlhandel Jung & Co. GmbH in Kamp-Lintfort; MUT Tubes s.r.o. in Prague; Hoberg & Driesch Processing GmbH in Wesseling; and MUT Automotive s.r.o. in Prague. Today the group presents itself as a quality tube trader with extensive processing capabilities and logistics services. Its stated key figures include around 175,000 square metres of warehouse space, approximately 90,000 tonnes of stock material, about 15,000 different articles, 18 subsidiaries in 11 countries, and a 24-hour delivery service. The company continues to invest in processing technology and maintains long-standing relationships with selected European manufacturers.

• 2019

  Tube wholesale business restructured into three companies: holding, sales and logistics.

• 2018

  Reorganisation of Hoberg & Driesch GmbH & Co. KG.

• 1948

  Peter Hoberg and Toni Driesch found a steel pipe trading business.

One of Europe's leading stockholding steel tube wholesalers, combining a broad product range with individual processing and tailored logistics.

• Seamless steel pipes

  Seamless steel pipes for mechanical engineering, steel construction, energy and automotive applications.

• Welded steel pipes

  Welded steel pipes supplied from stock in a wide range of dimensions.

• Cylinder tubes

  Cylinder tubes produced on the company's own peeling and rolling line to the highest quality standards.

• Fixed-length cut tubes

  Tubes cut to fixed lengths, individually checked and documented on request, ready for direct use in production.

• Series-cut tubes

  Series cuts using high-performance processing units, even for tight tolerances and surface-sensitive requirements.

• Contour-cut tubes

  Contour cuts for steel construction, pipeline construction and offshore applications.

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