Corporate History

About Hönle: Dr. Hönle AG, head of Hönle Group, is one of the world’s leading suppliers for industrial UV technology. The UV specialist, who is listed on the stock exchange, develops, manufactures and distributes UV/LED-UV systems, UV lamps and UV measuring equipment, worldwide. The systems are used for the cross-linking of photo-reactive substances, for surface disinfection, solar simulation and lighting.

Hönle products are used at manufacturing processes in electronics, microelectronics, precision engineering and the optical industry, as well as in the printing, coating, automobile, aerospace, pharmaceutical and photovoltaic sectors.

For almost 50 years, the UV specialist Hönle has been very successful in developing curing and coating technology. The innovative Hönle UV and LED-UV systems can be easily integrated into various manufacturing processes where they achieve excellent results.

For more than 30 years, Hönle has also been developing high-efficient UVC devices for the disinfection of surfaces but also of water and air.

Hönle is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified. Our products have the CE marking.

About the Hönle Group: In addition to the parent company UV systems specialist Dr. Hönle AG (UV / UV-LED units and systems, professional lighting technology), the Hönle Group comprises several subsidiaries. In the field printing/coating there are sheet-fed offset specialist Eltosch Grafix (UV/LED-UV/IR/hot air dryers and peripheral units, i.e. ink fixation and powder systems), the UV specialist for web printing PrintConcept, as well as coating expert GEPA (coatings systems, equipment).

The company group’s glass division consists of  quartz glass expert Raesch (customized quartz glass components) and uv-technik Speziallampen (IR and UV lamp manufacturing, power supplies, sensors).

In the field Life Science Engineering Sterilsystems develop UVC devices for air, water and surface disinfection.

A further subsidiary is the specialist for industrial adhesives Panacol. 

The German based Hönle Group owns local subsidiaries in China, Korea, France, UK, Austria, Malta and the USA as well as a sales office in Italy. The company group has an extensive worldwide network of experienced sales and service partners.