The company HOBRA-Školník is a significant European manufacturer of solutions in the areas of filtration and insulation. The first HOBRA branded insulating products saw the light 85 years ago and the company is engaged in filtration for more than 65 years. Convince yourselves about the outstanding quality of insulation and filtration products developed and manufactured using the state of the art technology and strict quality standards.
Today’s plant was established in 1930 as a monastery operation for wood waste processing as a response to the wind storm in 1929, which caused an extensive damage to the monastery forests. Soon the plant was sold and, under the name “Holzfaserplattenwerk Braunau”, abbreviated as HOBRA, started producing fiberboard; in Bohemia, the board material was named HOBRA for a long time, as derived from the German name of the works. The interesting thing is that this designation has been entered in the Czech Standard Language Dictionary, where, under the title HOBRA, one can find a fiberboard description. HOBRA was used predominantly in civil engineering and has been known by many as material for notice boards. This line was abandoned later and the plant started producing filtersheets (1950) and insulation materials (1965) using the recently installed paper-processing technology, both products being based on asbestos at that time. Since 1985, the production has been asbestos-free. In filtersheets, asbestos was replaced by high-quality diatomaceous earth and perlite, and in insulation boards by mineral and ceramic fibers. After the long period of many restrictions after World War II, Rudolf and Jan Školníks returned to the plant its original name of HOBRA.
1930 A monastery plant for wood waste processing is established
1931 The Hobra Company for fiberboard production is established in Broumov
1945 The firm is nationalized and continues under the name Krkonošské papírny
1950 Start of production of filtersheets and paper based on cellulose and asbestos
1965 Start of production of asbestos-based insulation materials
1970th The company is incorporated in the VERTEX group, starting the production of thermally insulating boards based on basalt fiber (mineral wool)
1980th Start of production of refractory materials from ceramic fibers
1986 Asbestos-based production terminated; start of production of newly developed board types based on cellulose and diatomaceous earth
1990th The plant is privatized within VERTEX a.s. as Plant V. Broumov
1998 The plant is purchased by the newly established firm HOBRA - Školník s.r.o.; control taken over by the Školník father and son team
2000 Quality Management System certificate according to ISO 9001 granted
2001 Environmental Management System certificate according to ISO 14001 granted
2002 Start of production of filter equipment; filter modules entered into the production range
2004 Customer evaluation for production for the automotive industry in insulation materials
2005 Filter cartridges entered into the production range
2006 Start of works on a research grant in cooperation with the Research Institute of Organic Compounds in Pardubice
2007 Production health safety certification according to AIB food safety standards
2007 Presentation of “VS” variants of filter equipment with modified structure for application in the wine industry and in the production of other beverages