HUBTEX is constantly working to reduce the environmental impact of its own company activities as far as possible. This concerns our products, the production facilities and all other sites as well as the entire logistics chain. Technologies with high energy efficiency, electricity from renewable energies, sustainable architecture, shorter sea freight routes and as few

HUBTEX vehicles are pioneers in their sector, not only in terms of energy or fuel efficiency, but also in terms of emissions. HUBTEX strives to maintain its status as market leader in the segment of special vehicles and industrial trucks by further developments of all equipment components and to convince with the lowest possible energy consumption. Our products are available with diesel, gas, electric and hybrid drive. In essence, we have been relying on electric drives for almost 40 years. Despite strong competition from diesel and gas-powered vehicles, HUBTEX has always relied on multi-directional forklifts and special vehicles with electric drives to protect personnel and operators from emissions. During the last 8 years the share of diesel-powered vehicles has been reduced from almost 20% to less than 5%. Diesel vehicles are now only developed if the conditions of use require it and the electric drive

In its product range HUBTEX focuses on the electric drive. Here, too, we are continuously working on the product improvement of our vehicles. Examples are the introduction and optimization of energy-efficient controls in our electric multidirectional sideloaders in 2015 and the development of the HX steering system, which also saves energy and reduces consumption. With both systems in combination up to 25% energy could be saved. A current example is the introduction of electric steering in our new modular system for electric multidirectional sideloaders called PhoeniX. The use of electric steering reduces energy

At HUBTEX, aspects of sustainability play an important role during the entire product life cycle and are already taken into account during the development of new products. Central components of our vehicles are steel components and the battery. Most of the batteries we use are currently still based on lead. Lead and steel are almost completely recyclable. Lithium-ion batteries have great future potential for applications with higher operating hours. Here we try to select battery technologies without heavy metals such as cobalt, as far as possible. 
In addition to manufacturing efficient products, we are successively refurbishing our range of used equipment. Whether extensive repair or general overhaul, the entire vehicle, starting with the frame and including engines, is reconditioned as required, as well as transmissions and

INVESTMENT IN BUILDINGS AND TECHNOLOGY

Furthermore,  the continuous renovation and modernisation of all heated production and office buildings is of great importance for HUBTEX. We have tasked ourselves with ensuring that every single building complies exactly with the Energy Saving Ordinance, EnEV for short. Therefore, all production and office buildings were comprehensively refurbished between 2015 and 2018. The LED lighting concept in all rooms of the company, as well as in the outdoor facilities, enables operation with improved lighting conditions and less energy consumption. Today, in particular, we need to use resources in a responsible and economical way. Therefore, the thermal insulation and the heating system in HUBTEX buildings are regularly coordinated to keep energy losses as low as possible.