Pedilay® leg

Wolfstein, Germany

KOB is a leading international B2B manufacturer of medical devices and elastic special textiles for medical and pharmaceutical companies. The company employs 1,250 people at six locations worldwide in development, sales, production and assembly. Textile production takes place at the sites in Wolfstein, Germany, and Coimbatore, India. The company has its headquarters in Wolfstein and is part of the HARTMANN GROUP in Heidenheim. In its core medical business, KOB has been a development partner and manufacturer of medical devices such as elastic bandages and fabrics for medical applications for the leading brand suppliers worldwide for over 120 years. KOB products are bandages for support, fixation and compression as well as carrier materials for adhesive bandages and plasters. They are used in sports medicine orthopaedics, phlebology lymphology and wound care. Special elastic fabrics are used as carrier fabrics for transdermal therapeutic systems (pharmaceutical applications). Today, KOB also develops special textiles that can be combined with electronic components or made of innovative yarns to create textiles that will change tomorrow's medical care. The company set up its own team of experts for this purpose at an early stage and is involved in development and research projects.