Fortuna vehicle construction
| Fortuna Fahrzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1946 |
| Seat | Ochtrup , Germany |
| management | Bernhard Schwartbeck Bernd Schwartbeck Christian Schwartbeck |
| Number of employees | 81 (2016) |
| Branch | Agricultural engineering , environmental engineering , gardening and landscaping |
| Website | www.fortuna.de |
The Fortuna vehicle is a 1946 by Bernhard Schwartbeck in münsterländischem Ochtrup based manufacturer of agricultural equipment. The medium-sized family company designs and produces trailers for agriculture , horticulture and landscaping as well as earthworks at two locations in Germany .
history
In 1946, the engineer Bernhard Schwartbeck founded Bernhard Schwartbeck Landmaschinen in Ochtrup, Münsterland, a sales point for agricultural machines and consumables and a production facility for the aforementioned items, according to the wording of the business registration . Production began with the manufacture of swing washing machines .
From the 1950s onwards, the company manufactured agricultural equipment such as spoon harrows, grain blowers and height conveyors. The first trailer developed in-house was the Fortuna-Spezial manure spreader, which was launched on the market in 1952 and sold nationwide in the following years . From 1960 the company was expanded to include agricultural machinery trading and the repairs of tractors from well-known brands such as Lanz , Hanomag and John Deere .
In 1982, master mechanical engineer Bernhard Schwartbeck took over management from his father of the same name and restructured the company afterwards. The trade in tractors was discontinued and the company concentrated on the production of agricultural trailer models, chassis for environmental technology and truck trailers for gardening and landscaping. To this end, the company is developing a conical tipping bridge and self-opening and closing tailgates. On February 21, 1985, the conical tipping bridge was registered with the German Patent Office as a utility model (G 85 04 885.2). The innovation here was the conical design, which contributes to better unloading of bulk goods due to the dead weight of the cargo and the wider opening at the end of the tipping bridge . Nowadays this is a standard for almost all tipping vehicles for bulk goods. In 1986 the cooperation began with the Doppstadt company , which, according to the company , is a world leader in the field of environmental technology.
In 1997 the utility model protection for a transport vehicle took place in which, according to the registration: the loading area end area and the loading ramp in their rest position complement each other to form an area that is level on the top and flush with the rest of the loading area.
In 2002 Fortuna developed a bracket to be able to attach all hydraulic and electrical connection lines in an orderly manner above the drawbar . The utility model protection took place in the same year. After several expansions at the location in the Alte Maate between 1991 and most recently in 2007 with a paint shop , an additional production location was acquired in Ochtrup for further expansion in 2008 and a second plant was built in Schützenstrasse.
In 2009 Bernd Schwartbeck took over the management of the company from his father with his brother and welding specialist Christian Schwartbeck after completing his industrial engineering degree . In the same year Fortuna manufactured one of the largest European quicklime fertilizer spreaders as a custom-made product. With auger spreading, this tridem vehicle reaches a working width of up to 20 meters. In 2011, the construction of a new production hall at Plant II followed, followed by the expansion of the product range to include large dump trucks such as the Tridem Dump truck FTM 300 / 9.0 with a loading volume of 57 m³. In 2015, a self- developed tarpaulin system and new systems for variable loading heights for dump trucks and three - way dump trucks with double steel attachments and spring-loaded hinged attachments were presented.
Companies
Ochtrup arise followers as three-way tipper, at the two production sites Plant I, old mates and Plant II, Schützenstraße dump trucks , heavy-duty dump trucks, Pusher , Hakenliftanhänger, cattle truck, truck three-way tipper , truck loader and special. Production is individual and customer-specific. Over 550 vehicles leave the factory every year. In addition, Fortuna manufactures chassis and assemblies for the mobile disposal machines from Doppstadt Calbe GmbH.
Elevator (1968)
Fortuna-Spezial manure spreader in action (1954)
Dump truck type FTM 200 at plant I (built in 2016)
Custom-made quicklime spreader in use (2009)
Trivia
Since 2007, the Siku company has offered eight types of Fortuna trailers as part of the Siku “Farmer” toy series, such as the two-axle trailer, the Fortuna Tridem hook lift trough, the single-axle - Dump trucks or the Fortuna tandem cattle transporter. The company Wiking Modellbau also offers a historical Fortuna trailer from the 1950s and the first Fortuna-Spezial manure spreader as a model in its classic edition of the nominal size H0 1:87.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Fortuna relies on custom-made products instead of series products. Westfälische Nachrichten, October 24, 2014, accessed on June 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Specialists also off the beaten track. (No longer available online.) Eilbote-online.com, archived from the original on June 17, 2016 ; Retrieved June 17, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Expansion of the dumper range for heavy transports. (No longer available online.) Agrarheute.com, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 17, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Business registration. (No longer available online.) March 23, 1946, archived from the original on June 14, 2016 ; accessed on June 14, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ a b c Visit to the Fortuna vehicle manufacturing facility in Ochtrup. (No longer available online.) Jens Spahn Member of the Bundestag, August 24, 2007, archived from the original on June 15, 2016 ; accessed on June 15, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ a b c Chronicle. Fortune Fahrzeugbau, accessed June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Patent DE000008504885U1 : Conical tipping bridge. Published March 6, 1986 .
- ↑ a b products. Droppstadt, accessed June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Industry. Fortuna Fahrzeugbau, accessed on June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Patent DE000029620358U1 : Transport vehicle, especially truck or trailer, with a loading area and with at least one access ramp. Released February 27, 1997 .
- ↑ Patent DE000020208171U1 : Bracket for the end of at least one air, hydraulic or electrical connection line. Released October 10, 2002 .
- ↑ profi - Fortuna: production capacity increased. Retrieved June 17, 2016 .
- ^ Federal Association of Contractors (Ed.) Fachkraft Agrarservice , page 99, ISBN 978-3-86263-082-0 .
- ↑ Alfons Deter: New tarpaulin system for three-way tipper from Fortuna. Top Agrar Online, May 4, 2016, accessed June 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Transports as a challenge . In: Swiss agricultural technology . June / July 2015, p. 9 . Available online
- ↑ Fortuna: Trust in the good quality. In: Land & Forst. Agrar Heute, May 26, 2016, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Tageblatt for the Steinfurt district - Fortuna moves into the second hall on Schützenstraße. Retrieved June 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Two-axle trailer. (No longer available online.) Siku, archived from the original on June 14, 2016 ; accessed on June 14, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Heel lift recess. (No longer available online.) Siku, archived from the original on June 14, 2016 ; accessed on June 14, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Nice little Fortuna world. Westfälische Nachrichten, December 31, 2012, accessed on June 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Agricultural trailer (Fortuna). Wiking, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Fortuna manure wide spreader 1949-1960. (No longer available online.) Wiking, archived from the original on June 15, 2016 ; accessed on June 14, 2016 . 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.
