Körber
Körber is a global technology company providing integrated solutions for intelligent manufacturing and supply chains.
Last updated September 25, 2026
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Overview
Körber is a global technology company focused on intelligent manufacturing and supply chain solutions. The company describes its work as combining hardware, software, digital technologies, and services to help customers improve performance and address changing industry needs. Its website presents the business as serving customers across sectors including automotive, consumer goods, ecommerce and retail, food and beverage, nicotine, parcel and mail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, and third-party logistics. Körber’s offerings span several related fields. These include pharmaceutical processing for parenteral and solid products; packaging machinery and materials; warehouse automation and intralogistics; parcel and mail sorting; machinery and process equipment; sensor systems and quality control; consulting and implementation; and software and AI. The company also describes an ecosystem approach in which it works with partners to build connected solutions. Its partner network includes organizations working in mobile robotics, warehouse automation, industrial IT, and pharmaceutical manufacturing software. The company traces its origins to 14 July 1946, when founder Kurt A. Körber began the business that became Hauni Maschinenfabrik. It started in a small workshop in Hamburg’s Bergedorf district, repairing cigarette-making machines. The business later grew beyond its initial focus, and the company identifies Hauni as the origin of its current Business Area Technologies. Körber reports that it has 13,000 innovators and presents itself today as a global technology company. Its stated long-term framework is LIFE 2035, which it says is guided by Leadership, Innovation, Findependence, and Empowerment.
History
Körber’s corporate history begins with Kurt A. Körber’s entrepreneurial activity in Hamburg in 1946. According to the company’s account, on 14 July 1946 he made his first sales call from a telephone booth at a Hamburg railway station. That moment marks the establishment of Hauni Maschinenfabrik, the predecessor of what the company now calls its Business Area Technologies. The early business operated from a small workshop in Hamburg’s Bergedorf district and repaired cigarette-making machines. The company’s history describes an early shift from repair work toward product innovation. In 1955, Körber established its first international site in Richmond, Virginia, which it identifies as an important foundation for international growth and as a continuing production site for Business Area Technologies. In 1956, the MAX filter assembler became an international bestseller, according to the company. These milestones illustrate the development of an initially small machinery business into an international industrial enterprise. Körber’s current identity is broader than its founding tobacco-machinery activity. The company presents itself as a global technology company for intelligent manufacturing and supply chain solutions, integrating hardware, software, digital technologies, and services. Its stated areas include pharmaceutical processing, packaging, warehouse automation and intralogistics, parcel and mail sorting, machinery and process equipment, sensors and quality control, software and AI, and professional services. It serves a range of industries, including automotive, consumer goods, ecommerce and retail, food and beverage, nicotine, parcel and mail, pharma and life sciences, and third-party logistics. Körber describes its present approach as combining internal expertise with collaboration across a network of partners. Its public partner examples include robotics and warehouse-automation companies, industrial IT providers, and organizations working on digital systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing. The company says it has 13,000 innovators and uses the LIFE 2035 framework to guide its long-term direction; it identifies the framework’s themes as Leadership, Innovation, Findependence, and Empowerment. The supplied company materials do not specify the current ownership structure, headquarters, or named executive leadership.
Products and positioning
A global technology partner combining hardware, software, digital solutions, and services for intelligent manufacturing and supply chains.
MAX filter assembler
A filter-assembly machine that the company says became an international bestseller in 1956.
Parenteral and solids processing solutions
Processing solutions presented on Körber’s homepage.
Warehouse automation and intralogistics
Automation and intralogistics solutions listed among Körber’s offerings.
Parcel and mail sorting
Sorting solutions listed among Körber’s offerings.
Recent events
Körber agrees to acquire Siemens Logistics' mail and parcel business[5]
Reported:
Körber signed an agreement to acquire Siemens Logistics' global mail and parcel business.
Everest Technologies and Körber announce supply-chain partnership[6]
Reported:
Everest Technologies announced a supply-chain partnership with Körber. Everest will provide implementation and related services for Körber's Warehouse Management System solutions.
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