The best service you can offer other people is to help them help themselves. (Emerson)

The successes obtained in the field of medicine are increasing at a surprising rate. The fame of the POHLIG company in the field of manufacturing prostheses, orthoses, orthoprostheses and other products for orthopaedic technology is spreading rapidly not only throughout Germany but also abroad.

It follows that patients from far and wide seek assistance in Traunstein: they come from all over Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Poland, Russia, Rumania and Hungary, and so on.

This is a family-run business that was founded in 1920 and started to expand in 1981 after being taken over by Kurt Pohlig and his wife Sieglinde. At the time there were about 15 employees and now there are more than 350. The greatest growth was recorded at the beginning of the ‘Eighties and concerned especially paediatric orthopaedic technology, which currently occupies 60 percent of the company’s activity. POHLIG is also active in the field of rehabilitation. It is specialised in rehabilitation technology for seriously disabled people and patients in need of care, as well as in the personalised adaptation of applications with special seats.

Only few companies operating in the field of orthopaedic technology can boast of a level of specialisation comparable to POHLIG. The commercial branch presents the structure of a medium-sized industry. Often doctors issuing prescriptions have their surgeries far away. After sending their patients to Traunstein, Aschau, Nuremberg, Heidelberg and Vienna (POHLIG Tappe) to have adjustments made, they see their patients again only when the work has been completed.