Adaptability & Creativity
LUVRA has a dynamic history. The sectors of mechanical engineering, hydraulics, electronics, and measurement and control technology have been reorganized and restructured repeatedly over time. This has allowed engineering, production, and sales to continuously adapt to the evolving needs of the global market.
The most recent corporate change was a management buyout by a group of top hydraulic specialists, who founded LUVRA GmbH on October 1, 1994, separating it from LUKAS Hydraulik. Over the past 16 years, LUVRA has significantly expanded its position as a specialist in complex hydraulic systems on an international scale.
Nevertheless, many clients still associate the company with the following names:
1994 - LUVRA Hydraulik und Regeltechnik GmbH
Since 1994, LUVRA Hydraulik und Regeltechnik GmbH has been based in Nuremberg. The entire electrical/electronic hydraulic system construction sector, including staff (electronic engineers, electricians, hydraulic fitters, designers, project engineers, and field service personnel), operations, and customer contacts, became independent
1990 - LUKAS Hydraulik GmbH
LUKAS Hydraulik GmbH in Erlangen, with divisions including electrical/electronic hydraulic system construction, tool hydraulics (up to 700 bar), track lifting systems, and hydraulic rescue equipment (e.g., for fire departments).
1981 - FAG Kugelfischer AG
FAG Kugelfischer AG (Plant 11 in Erlangen with the hydraulics and control technology division) in Erlangen, focusing on the same field as Mebo GmbH, including component manufacturing from the Frieseke & Höpfner and Ardie plants.
1972 - Mebo GmbH
Mebo GmbH (Metallwerk Boxdorf GmbH) in Nuremberg. The merger of Frieseke & Hoepfner and Ardie Werk into a hydraulic assembly and distribution company. Component manufacturing continued at Frieseke & Höpfner and Ardie plants.
1964 - Ardie Werk GmbH
Ardie Werk GmbH in Nuremberg (until 1981), a member of the "Hydronorma" group, specializing in medium-pressure hydraulics (up to 315 bar), electrical hydraulic system construction, and component manufacturing (Ardie-Hydronorma).
1952 - Frieseke & Hoepfner GmbH
Frieseke & Hoepfner GmbH in Erlangen, with the division "LUKAS Hydraulics," tool hydraulics (up to 450 bar), and track lifting systems. Before World War II, additional industrial companies were added, such as the Ardie foundry (later Metallwerk Boxdorf).
Frieseke & Hoepfner, also operating under the names Fritz Hofmann and Fischer AG, produced film projectors until 1961. Other areas of work until the company’s closure in 1992 included hydraulic systems, data processing, and radiometric measurement and control technology.