Milestones in Company History

Foundation of the building company

by Rudolf Hering. He a skilled bricklayer when he founds the company HERING in 1892. Would he have believed, more than 100 years ago, that the family business HERING was going to be successful within and even beyond the European borders and that it was going to continuously strengthen its position! Without the courage and the ability to obtain people to pursue a common task, this would not have been possible.

First public and industrial orders:

• Construction of the wall surrounding the Niederdresselndorf station (client: Deutsche Reichsbahn)
• Construction of ballast silos in Lützeln and loading silos near to the Dresselndorf station (clients: the companies Storch and Schöneberg)
• Reconstruction as general contractor of the dynamite production plant in Würgendorf (client: Dynamit Nobel Würgendorf)

Ernst Hering

assumed control of the company in 1928, at a time of serious economic uncertainty. He studied architecture and gained the title of master builder in 1935.

Construction of the first company building in Hickengrundstraße

Core activity: complex building construction projects, e.g.:

• Construction of the post office in Haiger
• Construction of the Blue Cross family hostel in Holzhausen
• Reconstruction of the goods station in Wetzlar
• Construction of the furniture store “Franz” in Haiger

Purchase of a tamping machine at a time when track laying started to become more technological

Hartmut Hering

studied architecture and became head of the company in 1960 until he handed over his baton in 1996.

Construction of the precast concrete sections factory

First big project: construction of the central furniture warehouse “Franz” in Haiger

Introduction of a profit share scheme for staff,

the so-called “partnership model”

Development of first standard products:

Weather shelters, HERING WC facilities

Successful completion of first turnkey projects:

Fire stations and gymnasiums

Acquisition of the dynamic track stabiliser DGS 62 N

Setting up of a new branch in Leipzig and purchase of a second track laying crane

First building company in Europe to be validated according to EMAS

Annette Hering

graduated from her studies as an industrial engineer and today is the fourth generation to take responsibility for the company.

Development of foreign markets

First external audit according to DIN ISO 9001

Development of the system platform type modula®

Closure of the pre-assembled turnkey activity

and focus on prefabricated high-quality facades

Award “Supplier of the year 2003 by DB AG” (German Railways)

Extension of rail crane fleet by a 150 tons crane

Winner of the BMAS "Shaping Employment" competition

Takeover of VolkerRail Deutschland GmbH

and foundation of HERING Gleisbau GmbH, Wesel

Development and market launch of "rail & fresh",

HERING's premium public toilet facility for railway stations

First great order in the field of "Noise protection systems for railways"

on the railway line between Coburg and Ilmenau

Market introduction of HERING Architectural Concrete HAC

at the BAU 2015 in Munich

Nomination as “2016 Supplier of the Year” by DB AG (Deutsche Bahn AG)

125-year anniversary of HERING!

HERING opens Germany’s first transit hotel “MY CLOUD”

inside Frankfurt am Main Airport

First declaration of compliance

issued in accordance with the ‘Deutsche Nachhaltigkeits Kodex’ (DNK – ‘German Sustainability Code’)

First sustainability report with integrated environmental statement in accordance with EMAS

EcoVadis "Gold" award

Deutsche Bahn Supplier Awards 2020 / 2021: HERING nominated in the ENVIRONMENT category

Development of Foundation Construction Train

A new special foundation construction technique revolutionizes railway construction

ASCA becomes part of the HERING Group

ASCA develops and produces organic photovoltaics (OPV) in Germany