HE – Heinz. P – Pollmann. U – Uffeln. The founder’s initials and the name of the town where it all began in 1958. Our commitment and personal responsibility for every product have never changed.
Today, HEPU® offers one of the broadest portfolios of timing system kits with water pump in the independent aftermarket – over 600 references, covering both belt and chain systems across a wide range of vehicle applications. One box. Everything required. One consistent standard of quality. Still in force.
HEPU® is a German manufacturer of specialized components for the independent automotive aftermarket. Our focus has always been deliberate: cooling systems, timing systems, and the components that connect them. Not everything for everyone – but everything needed for the systems we know best, built to the standard they require.
Today, HEPU® products are available through distributors and wholesalers across Europe and worldwide, specified by workshops who have learned that a component with our name on it performs as expected – across the full service interval, in the full range of operating conditions.
Our product portfolio covers four general areas: Pump Technologies, Timing Kits, Thermal Management and Fluids. One manufacturer. One standard. Applied to the complete repair.
Heinz Pollmann Junior joins and pump production begins – part number P90 for the Opel Rekord A.
New turret lathes, hydraulic presses and automatic turning machines. HEPU supplies names like Fichtel & Sachs and Quinton Hazell.
Fritz Bröker and Heinz Pollmann Junior join forces. A premium “Made in Germany” brand takes its name.
Future partner Siegfried Grimm takes charge of sales, shaping HEPU’s international growth.
HEPU relocates to Kalletal – the company’s home today.
HEPU acquires GK, a German pump manufacturer strong in Germany and the Middle East. The GK brand lives on.
A new ~6,000 m² facility unites HEPU, IPD and GK under a single location. Semi-automated pump assembly begins.
IPD acquires Klotz and AUTEX, forming AUTEX Autoteile GmbH and widening the group’s reach.
Pump, tensioner and timing belt – one box, one part number. A concept that reshapes the aftermarket.
A complete chain replacement in one repair-ready solution, under HEPU and GK. A new category, an instant success.
HEPU commissions its first fully automated, robot-supported water pump line.
At Automechanika Frankfurt, HEPU launches its Thermal Management group – thermostats, coolant control valves, expansion tanks and more.
HEPU expands into commercial vehicle and truck pumps, and adds oil and high-pressure pumps to its expertise.
HEPU, GK, IPD and AUTEX unite into a single central warehouse in Kalletal – and legally merge into HEPU Autoteile GmbH. One name, one responsibility.
Made in Germany is not a label of origin. It is a description of a process – and a set of commitments that come with it.
For HEPU®, it means that production decisions are made in Germany, quality standards are defined in Germany, and accountability for every component that leaves our facility rests with us. Not with a subcontractor. Not with a sourcing agent. With HEPU.
It means our manufacturing process operates under a quality management system certified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015. Every water pump passes a pressure and leakage test before it leaves the facility. Components are manufactured to the precision tolerances that ensure proper fit, correct installation performance, and the service life the vehicle manufacturer intended.
It means that when something is specified as HEPU®, the engineer who signed off on that specification is in Germany – and has been, since 1958.
Our technical knowledge is accumulated, not assembled. Over 65 years of engineering cooling and timing system components has produced a depth of understanding that cannot be replicated by a catalogue company. We know what happens when the seal compound is wrong for the coolant chemistry. We know what a tensioner spring load does to belt wear at cold-start temperature. This is the knowledge behind every product specification we write.
HEPU® is not a brand managed by an algorithm. Our customer relationships are direct, our support is personal, and our partners have access to people who understand the products they are selling. A good relationship with our customers is not a service pledge – it is how we have operated for over six decades.
From product availability to technical documentation, from installation guidance to training through HEPU TECH World – we support the complete workflow of every partner in our chain. Our logistics infrastructure ensures that the right product is available in the right place. Our knowledge infrastructure ensures that it is installed correctly.
Quality management system – every pump pressure and leakage tested
