Faun environmental technology
| FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1995 |
| Seat | Osterholz-Scharmbeck |
| Number of employees | 1052 (2008) |
| sales | € 243 million (2008) |
| Branch | vehicle construction |
| Website | www.faun.com |
The FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a German automotive - companies in Osterholz-Scharmbeck . The company manufactures refuse collection vehicles and road sweepers and is part of the Kirchhoff Group .
history
The company's origins include the Nuremberg foundry founded in 1845 by Justus Christian Braun , which specialized in fire extinguishing equipment. About the Nuremberg fire extinguishing equipment and machine factory vorm. Justus Christian Braun AG , which built the first refuse collection vehicles and road sweepers as early as 1908, and Justus Christian Braun Premier-Werke , production was transferred in 1914 to the Nuremberg fire extinguisher, automobile truck and vehicle factory Karl Schmidt , which in 1917 with the Ansbach AG vehicle factory was transferred to F. ahrzeugfabriken A nsbach u nd N ürnberg AG , since 1920 short FAUN works , merged .
In the Second World War, the FAUN works suffered severe damage and it was not until 1946 that production of refuse collection vehicles could be resumed. A few years later, the development and manufacture of new sweepers followed. In 1969 the Büssing AG plant in Osterholz-Scharmbeck was taken over by FAUN-Werke. In 1973 municipal vehicle production was relocated to Osterholz-Scharmbeck.
In 1976 a pan-European sales network was set up and all export activities expanded. The vehicle range was consistently expanded during these years, for example in 1983 with the takeover of KUKA Umwelttechnik GmbH and its well-known rotating drums for refuse collection vehicles. The Swiss company J. Ochsner AG and Grange SA in France strengthened the group of companies. In 1994 it was taken over by the Kirchhoff Group. The name was changed to FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG one year later. In addition to Kirchhoff Automotive , Witte Werkzeuge and REHA Group Automotive, FAUN is a division of the Kirchhoff Group.
In 1997 a new production hall was built in North Wales. In 2002, the world's most modern production plant for waste collection vehicles was inaugurated in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. In the following year, FAUN Services GmbH was founded, its own company for the purchase and sale of used vehicles, as well as the preparation of rental and leasing offers.
In 2008, diesel-electric refuse collection vehicles were developed.
Production sites
The main production plant for refuse collection vehicles is located in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Another can be found in Guilherand Grange near Valence (France). Sweepers are manufactured in Grimma (Saxony).
Refuse collection vehicle type FAUN VARIOPRESS with MAN chassis
Company logo on a collection vehicle (here type VARIOPRESS )
FAUN VIAJET leaf blower truck with Mercedes-Benz chassis
Historic FAUN sweeper
Web links
- FAUN Umwelttechnik on the Kirchhoff Group's website , last accessed on June 3, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Electronic Federal Gazette, February 22, 2010, consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008
- ↑ History - 164 years of the Faun ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.faun.com , last accessed on June 3, 2015
Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 41.1 ″ N , 8 ° 42 ′ 9.3 ″ E