Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug

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Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG
Company typeJoint-stock company
Industryspecialty vehicles
PredecessorKarl Kässbohrer Fahrzeugwerke GmbH
FounderKarl Heinrich Kässbohrer
HeadquartersKässbohrerstraße 11,
Laupheim
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jens Rottmair (CEO)
Brands
  • PistenBully
  • BeachTech
  • PowerBully
  • K Composites
OwnerLuMe Vermögensverwaltung GmbH
Subsidiaries
  • Kässbohrer E.S.E.
  • Kässbohrer Italia S.r.l.
  • Kässbohrer Austria GmbH
  • Kässbohrer Composites GmbH
  • Kässbohrer Schweiz AG
  • Kässbohrer All Terrain Vehicles Inc.
Websitewww.kaessbohrerag.com

Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG is a specialized vehicle manufacturer based in

sand cleaning machines
marketed under the brands PistenBully and BeachTech.

Company

The company was formed in 1994 through a

management buyout of the snow and sand divisions during the breakup of Karl Kässbohrer Fahrzeugwerke.It was publicly traded from 1998 until it was taken private in 2015, when Ludwig Merckle's LuMe holding company, which had previously owned over 95% of shares, bought out minority shareholders for an aggregate EUR 13.8 million.[1]

Products

PistenBully

Snowcat model PistenBully PB 600 W SCR
Tracked firefighting vehicle Pistenbully 400 W

Kässbohrer's largest division is snow grooming vehicles, which represents 90% of the company's revenue. The division develops, manufactures, sells and services equipment for maintaining ski hills. The PistenBully brand dominates the worldwide market for such machinery.[2]

BeachTech

Kässbohrer BeachTech 2800

Kässbohrer launched a separate line of beach grooming machines in 1991.

PowerBully

In 2014, Kässbohrer acquired Soft Track Supply Inc., a manufacturer of niche tracked utility vehicles, and renamed the product line PowerBully. Soft Track had operated since 1989 and was based in Cartersville, Georgia.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ray, Roland (2015-11-11). "Kässbohrer gehört Merckle jetzt allein". Schwäbische Zeitung. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  2. OCLC 184989745.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  3. ^ "Kassbohrer Buys Soft Track Supply | Construction News | Lift and Access". www.liftandaccess.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  4. ^ Frank, Regina (2014-07-02). "Kässbohrer: Neue Bully-Fabrik in den USA" [Kässbohrer: New Bully-Factory in the USA]. Ehinger Tagblatt (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-10-18.
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