-Innovative products and solutions for Industry 4.0 

For 75 years now, the HARTING Technology Group has been driving technological 
change. The vision formulated in 1996 by the owner family "We want to shape the 
future with technologies for people" remains the guiding star of our 
entrepreneurial activities. September 1 marks the 75th anniversary of the 
founding day of the family company. 

The manufacturer of everyday products such as waffle irons and irons has 
evolved into a worldwide leading supplier of industrial connection technology 
for the three lifelines of data, signal and power, a global player fielding 
innovative products and solutions focusing on Industry 4.0 and 
digitization.     

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Wilhelm and Marie Harting opened the "Wilhelm Harting Mechanical Workshops" on 
September 1, 1945, in a repair workshop covering a good 100 square meters in 
Minden. From 1950 onwards, the company gradually moved to the neighbouring town 
Espelkamp. This was the period in which the success story of the Han® connector 
commenced. The Han® (HARTING standard), patented in 1956 and a registered 
trademark since 1957, became the standard, the epitome of the industrial 
connector. Thanks to the Han-Modular® series, customers are able to achieve 
optimal design solutions for the supply of machines, systems and plants.   

In October 2015, Dietmar Harting, son of Marie and Wilhelm Harting, handed over 
the reins as Chairman of the Board to his son Philip. Today, Philip Harting and 
his sister Maresa Harting-Hertz work closely with their parents Margrit and 
Dietmar Harting on the Board. The body includes three managers from outside the 
family. 

Contact:

HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG
Detlef Sieverdingbeck
General Manager
Corporate Communications & Branding (CCB) 
Marienwerderstr. 3
32339 Espelkamp

Tel.: 05772 47-244
Fax:  05772 47-400
Detlef.Sieverdingbeck@HARTING.com 
More information at www.HARTING.com

Source: HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG