KOB is successful worldwide with its two business segments Medical and BRAWO® SYSTEMS. The company is a leading international B2B supplier of elastic special textiles for medical and pharmaceutical companies. In the BRAWO® SYSTEMS business unit, professional users in the real estate and construction industries are addressed with the BRAWOLINER®, BRAWO® Tech and BRAWO® Academy brands. 

In its core medical business, KOB has been a development partner and manufacturer of elastic medical bandages and fabrics for leading brand suppliers worldwide for over 120 years. KOB products are used as bandages in compression therapy, for support and relief as well as for fixation. In addition, the special medical textiles are used for the production of plasters and as a carrier fabric for Transdermal Therapeutic Systems.

More than 20 years ago, KOB successfully expanded its textile expertise as a global system provider in the manufacture and sale of a trenchless rehabilitation system for sewage systems in the field of building and property drainage for the real estate and construction industries with the BRAWO® SYSTEMS business unit.

With around 1,240 employees, KOB has a global presence with two production plants and five sales locations. KOB is part of the HARTMANN GROUP.