Erwin Hymer Group
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| legal form | SE |
| founding | 1957 |
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Bad Waldsee , Germany
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| Number of employees | 6,068 (August 31, 2017) |
| sales | 2,122 million euros |
| Branch | RVs , caravans and recreational vehicles |
| Website | www.erwinhymergroup.com |
| As of August 31, 2017 | |
The Erwin Hymer Group SE with headquarters in Bad Waldsee , a subsidiary of Thor Industries , is one of the largest manufacturers of mobile homes and caravans in Europe . In addition to the original Hymer brand , the Hymer Group also includes Bürstner and Dethleffs . In addition to the German production sites in Bad Waldsee, Polch , Kehl , Neustadt and Isny im Allgäu as well as plants in France , Italy , the United Kingdom and Canada , the group is also represented worldwide by service companies and sales partners.
history
1923–1990: Hymer and Eriba
Alfons Hymer has been running a repair shop in Bad Waldsee since 1923, in which rubber-tire trailers for tractors were also manufactured in the mid-1950s. In 1956, Erich Bachem commissioned Hymer to build a caravan made of plywood that he had developed. For distribution, he and Erwin Hymer 1957 Hymer (named after the designer Eri ch Ba chem). At the same time, Erwin Hymer joined his father's company and designed the first prototype of the Troll model at Hymer in 1957 . After these leisure vehicles turned out to be a niche in the market, series production of the Eriba Touring series began in 1958 and is still being built today. Erich Bachem was an aircraft developer during World War II, first as a chief technician at the Fieseler works, then he was responsible for the rocket fighter Bachem Natter under his own name .
In 1961, the Caravano , a motorhome with a lifting roof based on a Borgward Transporter B 611, was the first Hymer motorhome to hit the market. However, production was discontinued a short time later, after only three vehicles had been built, due to Borgward's insolvency . A new attempt with motorhomes did not follow until 1971 with the series production of the Hymermobil on a Mercedes-Benz basis. By then, the company had developed from a craft to an industrial company, and in 1966 the 10,000. Caravan built. In 1980 the two companies Eriba and Hymer merged .
For the models of the 1980 season, Hymer developed the PUAL construction that is still typical of Hymer today. A wall structure in sandwich construction consisting of an aluminum outer skin and insulation made of polyurethane foam .
From 1990 the company was listed as Hymer AG under the securities identification number 609670. 77 percent of the shares were family owned.
From 1991: takeovers and group expansion
In 1991 Erwin Hymer acquired the brands Dethleffs , TEC and Lord Münsterland Caravan (LMC). The brands were brought together under the umbrella of CMC Caravan Verwaltungs GmbH , which Erwin Hymer directly holds .
In 1995 the company was the first manufacturer in the caravanning industry to be certified according to the DIN EN ISO 9001 quality management system . In the following year, Hymer AG acquired the motorhome manufacturer Niesmann + Bischoff .
In 1998 Erwin Hymer and the former Smart project manager Johann Tomforde founded a development and design center in Pforzheim. In the years that followed, designs were developed here, such as the Aero Tourist, the first crossover recreational vehicle All in one (2001) or the Bürstner T Avantgarde (2002). In 1998 the accessories wholesaler Movera GmbH was founded from the accessories departments of the Hymer and Dethleffs brands . It was primarily intended to serve the caravan and motorhome dealers who sell vehicles from the Hymer Group. In the same year, Hymer AG took over the caravan manufacturer Bürstner . In 2000 the Italian motorhome manufacturer Laika Caravans was acquired.
In October 2004 the 100,000 left. Hymer-Reisemobil the production halls in Bad Waldsee. In 2005/2006, together with Dethleffs GmbH, Capron GmbH was founded , which produces vehicles of the Carado and Sunlight brands .
In 2006, Hymer AG and CMC opened a new plant in Neustadt ( Saxony ). The new brands Carado and Sunlight were produced there. Hymer AG and CMC each owned 50 percent of the production facility. Also in 2006, Hymer AG opened the "Expocamp" in Wertheim - Bettingen , an exhibition area of over 17,000 m² for motorhomes and caravans, which was renamed "Erwin Hymer World" in 2015. In 2007 Erwin Hymer left the Supervisory Board.
Hymer France SAS, based in Cernay, France, which operated purely as a manufacturing company in the Hymer Group, filed for bankruptcy at the end of November 2009.
In the 2010/2011 financial year, the Hymer Group achieved an annual turnover of 792 million euros with a workforce of almost 2,600 . 14,243 motorhomes and 6,317 caravans were sold.
Erwin Hymer Vermögensverwaltungs AG , based in Munich, was founded on June 14, 2011 as an investment company for the group of companies.
On October 29, 2011, the Erwin-Hymer-Museum , built for 17 million euros by the Erwin-Hymer Foundation, was opened at the Bad Waldsee location .
2013–2015: restructuring to the "Erwin Hymer Group"
On April 11, 2013, the founder Erwin Hymer died, who had bought Hymer AG shares from the free float in the two years before . In the same month was at the Annual General Meeting of the forced exclusion ( squeeze-out ) of small investors and thus the withdrawal from the market decided. The cash compensation for the transfer of the remaining shares to Erwin Hymer Vermögensverwaltungs AG (EHVV) was set at EUR 56.82 per share . On May 27, 2013, Hymer AG was finally delisted from the stock exchange. EHVV, as the main shareholder of the corporate group, already held 98.2 percent of Hymer shares at the time. As part of the following restructuring, Hymer GmbH & Co.KG , Bad Waldsee was founded on March 5, 2015 as a subsidiary of Erwin Hymer Vermögensverwaltungs AG and took over the Hymer business operations with the associated assets from the under the takeover agreement of April 16, 2015 Hymer AG . The CMC Caravan GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs-KG was renamed CMC Caravan AG & Co. Beteiligungs-KG. and on December 9, 2015, it was merged with the limited partnership under the name "Erwin Hymer Group AG & Co. KG". Until August 31, 2015, the management of CMC Caravan-Verwaltungs GmbH in Bad Waldsee was responsible. Since September 1, 2015, Erwin Hymer Group Verwaltungs AG in Altheim (Upper Austria) has been managing director . Since the same time, Erwin Hymer Group AG & Co. KG has been the parent company of the entire group.
During this period, too, the group continued to grow through acquisitions: in 2013, CMC acquired the chassis specialist Goldschmitt techmobil and in 2014, 3DOG Camping, a Hamburg-based manufacturer of tent trailers , was acquired.
Development from 2016
In 2016, Etrusco, another entry-level brand, was founded. Etrusco and Laika caravans are produced at the location in San Casciano , Italy . The headquarters of the brands Carado, Sunlight and Etrusco are located in Leutkirch im Allgäu .
In 2016 the acquisition of Roadtrek, a North American brand for camper vans, took place. In the same year the subsidiary Erwin Hymer Group North America was founded. The Roadtrek, Carado and Hymer Sunlight product brands are sold under its umbrella.
In 2017 the Erwin Hymer Group acquired the British motorhome and caravan manufacturer "The Explorer Group" with its brands Buccaneer, Compass, Elddis and Xplore. In the same year, the subsidiary Erwin Hymer Group UK was founded and the North American motorhome rental company Best Time RV, based in Las Vegas, was taken over .
On September 18, 2018, the US motorhome manufacturer Thor Industries announced that it would buy Hymer at a price of 2.1 billion euros. Originally, Hymer only wanted to find an investor to enter the US market, but then decided on a complete takeover by Thor Industries. The complete takeover for a 170 million euros lower purchase price was announced in February 2019.
In January 2019, the suspicion was raised that sales were manipulated by sales for which invoices existed but no vehicles.
Brands and Business Areas
The Hymer Group includes the caravan and mobile home brands Hymer, Bürstner, Dethleffs, Eriba, Laika Caravans , Niesmann + Bischoff as well as LMC and TEC, as well as the manufacturer Capron with its brands Carado and Sunlight. This makes Hymer the European market leader. After some of the affiliated companies were previously managed in a separate group of companies under the CMC holding company, they will be more closely integrated into a simplified and uniform corporate structure with the restructuring from 2013 onwards.
The organizational structure at Hymer has been divided into four different business areas since 2012. The individual business areas are the motorhome segment with the Hymer brand , the caravan division with the Eriba brand , the leisure vehicles with the Hymercar brand and the original parts with the Hymer Original Parts & Accessories brand . Rental and financing services are also offered.
The company pursues a so-called two-pillar strategy in marketing with a premium line for the luxury market and a classic line with basic equipment.
Erwin Hymer Group AG & Co. KG and Hymer GmbH & Co. KG are members of the Baden Industrial Companies Association .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Consolidated financial statements of Erwin Hymer Group AG & Co. KG published in the Federal Gazette
- ↑ a b Obituary for Erwin Hymer The King of Caravans. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . April 12, 2013, accessed October 10, 2016 .
- ^ A b c Florian Langenscheidt: German standards - brands of the century . Gabler, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8349-0436-2 , pp. 254 ff . Excerpt from Google Books
- ↑ Axel Schulz: Traffic and Tourism: A study book in case studies . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-70663-5 , p. 233 . Excerpt from Google Books
- ↑ a b What a trip! (PDF) In: Wirtschafts Nachrichten West 05/2012 p.31. May 25, 2012, accessed October 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Brigitte Gaiser, Richard Linxweiler, Vincent Brucker: Automobile design and technology: design, functionality, technology . Vieweg + Teubner, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8348-0177-7 , pp. 203 . Excerpt from Google Books
- ↑ DGAP-Adhoc: Hymer AG: French subsidiary files for bankruptcy - headquarters in Bad Waldsee NOT affected. Financial News, November 23, 2009, accessed October 9, 2016 .
- ^ Erwin Hymer Vermögensverwaltungs AG Munich. In: Moneyhouse. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Erwin Hymer , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 07/2012 of February 14, 2012, accessed on October 9, 2016., in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- ↑ Hymer goes off the stock exchange - decision to exclude small investors. In: Focus Money. Focus / dpa , April 25, 2013, accessed on October 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Hymer goes off the stock exchange: decision to exclude small investors. In: Bild Online. Image / dpa , April 25, 2013, accessed on October 9, 2016 .
- ^ Hymer GmbH & Co KG Bad Waldseen. In: Moneyhouse. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
- ↑ CMC Caravan AG & Co Beteiligungs KG Bad Waldsee. In: Moneyhouse. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Goldschmitt is integrated into the HYMER Group , nokzeit.de, September 9, 2013.
- ↑ 3DOG camping becomes part of the Erwin Hymer Group . In: Mynewsdesk . ( erwinhymergroup.com [accessed November 12, 2017]).
- ↑ Hymer AG and CMC become Erwin Hymer Group: The largest manufacturer in Europe . In: Promobil.de . ( promobil.de [accessed October 30, 2017]).
- ↑ Ulrich Kohstall: Group giants in the leisure vehicle industry: Which brand belongs to which company? In: Promobil.de . ( promobil.de [accessed October 30, 2017]).
- ↑ Erwin Hymer Group buys The Explorer Group - Hymer Group buys British manufacturer , promobil.de, February 14, 2017.
- ↑ Hymer sells to competition from the USA. Manager Magazin from September 18, 2018.
- ↑ Thor takes over Erwin Hymer Group - but pays less. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
- ^ RV Daily Report. 18 January 2019.
- ↑ Hans-Hermann Braess: Practice-oriented brand management: New strategies, innovative instruments and current case studies . Gabler, 2005, ISBN 978-3-409-12516-1 , pp. 626 . Excerpt from Google Books
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