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HUBER+SUHNER AG with the headquarters in Herisau and Pfäffikon ZH, is a globally active Swiss company that develops and manufactures components and system solutions for electrical and optical connectivity. The company serves the three main markets of Industry, Communications and Transportation with applications from the three technologies of radio frequency, fiber optics and low frequency. Through a global production network, combined with subsidiaries and representatives in over 80 countries, the company has a worldwide presence.

The company has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1998 (HUBN) and employed 4410 people worldwide at the end of 2020. In 2020, HUBER+SUHNER generated net sales of CHF 737.9 million.

Market focus and positioning
HUBER+SUHNER serves the three market segments: Industry, Communication and Transportation. Each segment is structured in Sales, Strategy and Business Development, and Technology and Operations.

Radio frequency
HUBER+SUHNER develops and manufactures radio frequency and microwave products for various requirements. The range includes passive components such as cables, connectors, cable groups, antennas, lightning protection and resistive components.

Fiber Optics
The fiber optic range consists of cables, connectors, cable groups, cable and distribution systems as well as highly miniaturised wavelength division multiplexing.

Low Frequency
The low frequency range of HUBER+SUHNER includes single wires, cables, cable groups, hybrid cables and cable systems. Plastic compounds for cable insulation are produced according to formulations developed in-house. Another core competence is electron beam crosslinking.

History
HUBER+SUHNER AG was founded in 1969 through the merger of the two traditional family-owned companies Aktiengesellschaft R.+E. Huber in Pfäffikon ZH and Suhner & Co. AG in Herisau. The public limited company R.+E. Huber was founded in Pfäffikon in 1882. It was originally a telegraph wire and cable factory and also traded as a rubber and gutta-percha goods factory.

Founded in 1864, Suhner & Co. AG built up on cable and cable insulation as well as a plastic pressing plant with injection moulding processing.

After the merger in 1969 and subsequent expansion to Australia in 1973, the internationalisation of HUBER+SUHNER began. By 1999, the company was already present in 28 countries. In 2002, the company focused on the realignment of the 3x3 strategy - 3 technologies for 3 main markets and exited non-core businesses. At the end of December 2012, the US company Astrolab, Inc. based in Warren, New Jersey was acquired.[1] In addition, HUBER+SUHNER opened production in Changzhou, China in 2013, enabling the manufacture of the products of all three core technologies radio frequency, fiber optics and low frequency in China.

In 2014, HUBER+SUHNER further expanded its position in fiber optics through the acquisition of Cube Optics in Mainz. In May 2016, HUBER+SUHNER acquired Polatis, a provider of purely optical switches which, unlike conventional electrical/optical switches, do not convert the signals but control them optically. Polatis' portfolio was a complement to the existing product range of HUBER+SUHNER, particularly in the data centre market.[2] This was finally followed in 2017 by the acquisition of Inwave Elektronik AG in Reute, Switzerland. With this purchase, HUBER+SUHNER strengthened its technological expertise in the high-frequency systems business. In spring 2019, HUBER+SUHNER acquired Kathrein's antenna business (rail, bus, special communications), thereby strengthening its leading market position in connection with the growing need for mobile communication in public transport.

Also in 2019, the German BKtel Group was acquired[3]. With the acquisition, HUBER+SUHNER expanded its portfolio in the areas of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), hybrid fibre coax (HFC) and distributed access architecture (DAA), as well as in optical signal processing.

Web links

 * HUBER+SUHNER website