KOB operates worldwide with the two business units Medical and BRAWO SYSTEMS. The company is a leading international B2B supplier of special elastic textiles for medical and pharmaceutical companies. In the BRAWO SYSTEMS business devision, the professional users of the construction and real estate sector are supplied with the brand BRAWOLINER®.

In its core business of medical products, KOB has been a development partner and manufacturer of elastic medical bandages and fabrics for leading brand suppliers worldwide for more than 120 years. KOB products are used as bandages for supporting, fixing and compressing as well as carrier fabrics and first-aid dressings. They are used in sports medicine & orthopaedics, phlebology & lymphology and in wound care. The textile, elastic carrier fabrics are used as medical active ingredient patches for pharmaceutical applications.

With around 1,250 employees, KOB has a global presence with two production plants and five sales locations. KOB is part of the HARTMANN GROUP.