Aebi
| Aebi & Co. AG machine factory
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1883 |
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Burgdorf BE , Switzerland
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| management | Marco Studer |
| Branch | vehicle construction |
| Website | http://www.aebi-schmidt.com/ |
Aebi is a Swiss manufacturer of special vehicles for municipal and agriculture . The company founded in 1883 in the form of a stock corporation is based in Burgdorf .
Aebi manufactures hillside implement carriers, multi-purpose transporters and motor mowers for professional users. The machines are manufactured in Switzerland and exported to over 50 countries around the world. From its foundation in 1893 as a workshop in Burgdorf until 2006, the company was owned by the Aebi family. In 2006 the Aebi group was sold to a group of entrepreneurs around Peter Spuhler and in 2007 Aebi merged with the German group of companies Schmidt Winterdienst und Kommunaltechnik .
The Aebi Schmidt Holding AG employs more than 1,300 people and generated 2013 sales of 294 million euros. The company is wholly privately owned. The majority shareholder is Peter Spuhler's PCS Holding AG with a stake of 57.5 percent. Another 38.8 percent are owned by Gebuka AG and 3.7 percent are owned by other members of the board of directors and management.
Today, Aebi Schmidt produces agricultural, municipal and special equipment that is sold worldwide. The business fields include municipal technology, winter and summer service, airport technology, agricultural technology and rail technology.
history
Johann Ulrich Aebi founded a workshop in Burgdorf in 1883 for the manufacture of turbines, fire engines, sowing and horse tractors. The workshop was expanded into an industrial company with series production just a year later. The original product range included agricultural auxiliary machines and sub-components for pumps and fire engines. In 1895, Aebi started producing its first motorized agricultural machinery with a replica of the McCormick mower. From 1910 threshing machines, forage and grapple lifts were included in production and in 1915 a 4-wheel mower tractor was used on an experimental basis. The production of the 3-wheel mower tractor started in 1929.
Subsequently, the company concentrated on the manufacture of small hand-operated mowers and mowing machines with internal combustion engines. Agricultural vans later added to the range. The most important development step of the company was the specialization in slope equipment. 1954 saw the entry into slope mechanization with the manufacture of the first Aebi single-axle tractor with a drive axle trailer. The prototype of the Terratrac TT 77, a two-axle mower suitable for slopes, was first presented in 1976.
With the takeover of Rasant Land- und Kommunaltechnik GesmbH in Schwanberg (Austria) in 1998 , the product range could also be expanded to include municipal machines. The takeover of MFH Maschinenfabrik in Hochdorf (Switzerland) expanded the product range to include sweepers in 1999.
The company has been pursuing a course of international expansion since the early 1980s: Aebi Vehicles and Machines GmbH was founded in Kematen in Tyrol (Austria) in 1981 . Aebi France S.à.rl in Genas (France) followed in 1995 and Aebi North America Inc. in Richmond (VA / USA) in 1998 .
literature
- Herbert Tauber: Johann Ulrich Aebi: 100 Years of Swiss Agricultural Machinery (= Swiss Pioneers in Business and Technology , Volume 38), Association for Economic History Studies, Zurich 1983, DNB 840315996 .
