1990 HPS… a early coil over product by Alex Herrmann under his first company „Artgarage “which was developed, manufactured under this company. Made for mainly passenger car for it no setting lower possibilities gave…

1993… first attempts to match a 92 Honda Civic a VOLKSWAGEN mk1 and a Chevy Beretta by using air springs… At this time with springs of a truck- driver’s cabin …it was simply unable to drive with this components!

1995 HPS, develops with today well know air spring manufactures, the first air springs which was made especially for modern cars strut use…

1998 Alex Herrmann engineer a fully working air spring system into a XJR jaguar and drive around 100`000km with the same system very successfully
Same car with installed air suspension system he expose at the automotive salon in Geneva 1998

2000 HPS build PT cruiser front struts for one of the biggest USA air spring distributors… and at the same HPS start manufacture and develop his, this time brand new, pro series suspension system which is made manly for popular cars as well…
at the salon in Geneva HPS expose a classS mercedes as well as a PT Cruiser… both vehicles becomes well known global wide status and open a new era of Tuning and customizing

2001 HPS create a new technique system… a modular shock-air spring-strut system!
Called the Competition series, which is developed specially for sportily ambitious drivers…

2002 a VOLKSWAGEN mk4 (admits as „The Beastmaster “), even built by Alex Herrmann himself, powered with a 200hp engine, 100kg additional load, Pirelli street tires is nearly 2sekunden faster on the small course at the Hockenheim ring like the Renault Clio Cup car with Slick-tires, same engine performance and for instance 500kg underweight… Enormous being astonished and absolute lack of understanding from the Clio race- drivers was follows… and the break-through in a revolutionary, singular absorber technology! AMPA mechanism progressive Adjustment such as HPS its invention calls…

The new Competition series was presenting on the HPS booth at 2003 motor show expo in Essen/Germany… the product which numerous of Asian enterprises tries to copy today.

The enterprise is fallen at the same time however by arson and industrial espionage into a temporary crisis! The first vehicle of Germany which a Tüv gotten should burns in the flames…

2005 HPS as long the leading manufacturer of the air suspension technology recovers rapid from the loss by fire and espionage! HPS on nearly 300qm presents itself surface with 8 vehicles at 2 separate booth at the Motorshow in Essen/Germany… with numerous new innovative products around the air suspension (Airride) theme. So also the fair highlight a new Dodge Magnum powered with the new Competition series… this now made of titanium aluminum which is only half as heavy as a conventional shock strut!

The renewed “almost OUT” follows spring 2006 after arson… Into the fire the production and engineering department in Sion/CH destroyed completely… renewed setback for the HPS Company! The production of the Pro-series line is stopped as well as the department in Sion is closed.

2007 reestablishment of the HPS GmbH air suspension technology with new Home in Basel city and new production places as well as the presentation of a 3rd suspension line… The superpro series! … a Inox stainless steel manufactured and on twin tube gas pressure shock absorber developed noble line for VIP/Top class of vehicles!

2008 HPS develops and research in an exclusive racing - suspension based on air spring!…

Which is present the peak of all suspension techniques around the globe, the HPS Competition EGE Supertrak series! Available for all sporty vehicles…

2010/11, 8 different suspension product-version and lot more than 1000 suspensionkits per year leave our house… 1000ts of content customer al around the world choice the pioneer and leader in Air suspension…
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