Peter Hoberg and Toni Driesch founded their private steel pipe trading company in Düsseldorf in 1948 to offer their customers something extraordinary: a seamless, quality-oriented supply of high-quality steel pipes, always available, always ready for delivery.
Today, Hoberg & Driesch is one of the leading European wholesalers for steel tubes. With locations throughout Europe and perhaps the most satisfied customers.
As an independent private company, we give you the security you need for a trusting business relationship. We focus on a broad and deep range of seamless and welded quality tubes from international manufacturers.
Foundation of the steel tube trade by Peter Hoberg and Toni Driesch in Düsseldorf
Opening of the Kornwestheim branch
Acquisition of the company Süddeutscher Röhren-Vertrieb (today Munich branch)
Foundation of the Hamburg branch
Acquisition of the company Schumacher Stahlrohre Düsseldorf
Acquisition of the Kühnlein company (Nuremberg)
Purchase of the Dresdner Röhrenhandel company (now the Dresden branch)
Purchase of the GERO company (Gelsenkirchen)
Relocation of the company headquarters and central warehouse to the new building in Düsseldorf-Rath
Establishment of a sales office in Turkey (Istanbul)
Acquisition of Jung & Co. (Kamp-Lintfort)
Acquisition of BHT Stahlrohrlager (Kornwestheim)
Acquisition of the companies MUTT/MUTA (Prague, Czech Republic)
Acquisition of the business activities of the stockholding tube trade from Knauf Interfer
Reorganization of the tube group and merger of the brands Hoberg & Driesch, GERO, Schumacher, BHT and Rohrunion to form Hoberg & Driesch Röhrenhandel GmbH (sales) and Hoberg & Driesch Logistik GmbH (purchasing & logistics)
Acquisition of the company RSC Rohr-Service-Center (Wesseling)
Acquisition of the company Pouchard et Cie S.A. (Mitry Mory, France)
Foundation of the company Hoberg & Driesch Finland Oy (Oulu)
Foundation of the company Hoberg & Driesch Sweden AB (Halmstad)
Foundation of a sales office in Spain (Barcelona)
Foundation of the company Hoberg & Driesch South East Europe (Čačak, Serbia)
Acquisition of Stahlrohr GmbH and change of name to Hoberg & Driesch Stahlrohr GmbH