History
History
1966 |
Foundation by Hans-Jürgen Leue, Bernd Horsch and Horst Schmidt, 60m² office in Nibelungenstraße in Augsburg (5 employees) |
1981 |
Extension to 1,600 m², move to Beimlerstraße (54 employees) |
1988 |
From the drawing board to the computer: Entry into CAD, the first CATIA workstations are set up |
1990 |
Move into the new building and the present day office in Bürgermeister-Wegele-Straße |
1991 |
Foundation of HLS Meerane |
1994 |
Entry into robot simulation with Robcad |
1999 |
Foundation of HLS Czech Republic in Mladá Boleslav |
2006 |
HLS becomes a subsidiary of KUKA Systems GmbH |
1994-2008 |
HLS India (later KUKA India) |
2009 |
Foundation of HLS Vietnam in Ho-Chi-Minh-City |
2015 |
HLS becomes independent again; KUKA Systems GmbH sells HLS to the shareholders TerVia Invest, Aheim Capital and Ulrich Betz |
2015 |
Takeover of the design consultancy PCM GmbH in Fulda |
2016 |
HLS 50-year anniversary |
2017 |
Takeover of EffiSi GmbH in Chemnitz; start of the business of robot-based automation |
2019 |
HLS SACHA GmbH becomes the corporate succession of HLS Engineering Group GmbH and HLS Ingenieurbüro GmbH |
2020 |
Relocation to the new headquarter Hery-Park Gersthofen - Augsburg |
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