HOWA-TECH BEARINGS
Customized Engineered
Sliding Bearings
Howa is synonymous with innovation, professionalism, sustainability and social responsibility. The company is specialized in Sliding Bearings, customized and designed for Offshore & Maritime, Hydropower, Dredging, General Machinery, Renewable Energy and Mining industry.
ABOUT HOWA-TECH BEARINGS
Your Sliding Bearing Specialist
We provide detailed technical consultancy, operational experience and stringent quality compliance. We continuously strive on innovations and advance tribological standards – to withstand the most exacting circumstances, to handle extreme loads, to be maintenance free, to be reliably robust in handling mechanical motions. The same high standards are extended to our proactive customer service and on point, on time project management.
Howa Team
Design &
Engineering
Christian Hocker
With over 17 years of experience in the cosmos of sliding bearings, Christian fully embraces the creation of values for each project. And his expertise just keeps growing, propelled to elevate the quality level of solutions and customer satisfaction.
His vast experience put into close customer engagement enables him to cross-reference applications and advancements from various industries, funnelling in pragmatic, high-performing and cost-effective bearing designs, either for upgrade projects or from scratch on the drawing board.
Leading all technical design solutions over the decade, he carves not only an extensive but an in-depth niche in the Renewable Energy, Hydromechanical, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Handling equipment, Metallurgy, Mining and other Heavy & Light Industrial sectors.
When Christian is not busy cracking his head about a unique bearing design solution, he enjoys spending time with the family on mountain bike trails and horse ranches.
Projects &
Operations
Andreas Wagner
Being a rookie civil engineer, his lateral entry to the automotive industry sparked Andreas’ passion for design, manufacturing and automation over 20 years ago. Keen for technology with drive to get his hands on the “state of the art” tools, numerous…
pioneering research and development projects brought him around the globe. As a lead consultant, researcher and problem solver for industries that literally let all of us move safe and efficient.
With a dual-master in mechatronics and civil engineering under his belt, Andreas possesses a vantage and cross-functional spectrum of views to approach and solve technical challenges from different angles.
If Andreas is not busy twitching & riding one of his beloved motorbikes, he enjoys recovery time in nature and to explore other countries on adventure travels or following their cultural trails.
Finance &
Marketing
Melva Hocker
In her career span across Offshore, Logistics and Consultancy, Melva enriches her 15 years of work experience through different phases of energy and infrastructure projects, from project development to construction and commissioning.
What drives her pursuit is the wide retrospective yet forward-looking business considerations entailed in enhancing business relations and developing marketing plans and new opportunities.
Melva combines her dual-master in Finance and Strategy and Marketing background to manage the finance and marketing initiatives at HOWA.
To keep a healthy balance in life, Melva makes sure to get her regular dose of Pilates before diving into the fun and chaos with her three children.
expertise
We build and thrive on our experiences and expertise. We contest to our new standards so that higher ones can be achieved. We are a company based on know-how and solutions.
solutions
Sliding bearings are as good as the solutions they deliver. We develop custom bearings for your motion challenges, in the most progressive, pragmatic and innovative approach. We pursue and embrace solutions as with relationships.
relationships
By this, we mean relationships to Customers, to Team, to Partners, to Suppliers and to Environment. We uphold high integrity in all and we sustain them all.
sustainability
We engage in conscious commitment to strive for almost perfect solutions, products and relationships. We leave the rest for improvements. This sustains us.