When Georg Knorr founded Knorr-Bremse GmbH in 1905, he had no idea that his pioneering spirit and ideas would lead the company to worldwide success. With over 33,000 employees worldwide, today Knorr-Bremse is the global market and technology leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of other systems for rail and commercial vehicles. In addition to research and development, the Group operates its own prototype production centre at its headquarters in Munich. Employees led by team leader Thomas Himmelsbach turn the engineers' ideas into reality. For many years, the specialists have relied on precision tools from Paul Horn GmbH to manufacture the components.