Köppl (company)

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Köppl GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1896
Seat Saldenburg , Germany
management Karl Köppl
Number of employees 80
Website www.koeppl.com

The Köppl GmbH is a German manufacturer of controlled tractors and related implements for agriculture and forestry, horticulture and landscaping, as well as for the municipal sector. The fourth generation of Karl Köppl jun. The family-run company has had its headquarters in Entschenreuth 'in the Lower Bavarian community of Saldenburg since 1896 . The former forge and today's motor equipment factory has developed into a specialist manufacturer of agricultural equipment, which from the late 1940s initially manufactured and sold motor mowers and tractors and which is now the German market leader for single-axle tractors and attachments.

history

The company premises in Saldenburg -Entschenreuth (1996)

In 1896 the master blacksmith Emil Köppl (1865–1934) took over the village smithy by marriage in the then still independent village of Entschenreuth, which is now part of Saldenburg. The company dealt with conventional blacksmithing for rural businesses in the region and was sold by Emil Köppl to his son Karl Köppl senior in 1933. (1899–1959), who further developed the previous handicraft business and from then on also manufactured engines , bicycles , milk centrifuges and butter churns as well as sold agricultural equipment in addition to the forge .

In the post-war period , the production of power tools was resumed, and from 1948 motor mowers and tractors from our own production were sold directly . After the early death of Karl Köppl sen. in 1959 the business was initially continued by his widow, his son Karl Köppl jun. (* 1942) joined the company and after passing his master craftsman's examination took over the management. Mother and son (now Senior Partner) built the business scope of further, including in the agricultural machinery business through the acquisition of Werksvertretungen as Linde Güldner and the import of wheel tractors .

At the beginning of the 1980s, the previous experience with single-axle tractors and tractors was implemented in production, in addition to tractors and special tractors, more and more own motorized devices were developed and produced. The company developed into a motor device factory and from 1980 to 2010 expanded the production of its own motor and attachments; This was accompanied by commercial sales through authorized dealers in addition to the direct sales practiced to this day . On the occasion of the company's centenary in 1996, when the company's boss Karl Köppl jun. was honored with the district medal by District Administrator Alfons Urban for his entrepreneurial achievements , the company looked back, among other things, on the Europe-wide distribution of over 10,000 motor mowers from its own production.

As a specialist in agricultural equipment, the company now has numerous patents . The range currently comprises ten single-axle motorized implement series and a ride-on tractor series. In addition to the basic units, Köppl also manufactures around forty attachments for specialized purposes. When it comes to attachments for single-axle tractors, Köppl is the only manufacturer with German production and a program for mowing, haying, turning and swathing, for tillage and maintenance, for winter service and other special purposes. In 2009, a total of around 4,000 power tools were manufactured and sold, some to Europe and other countries such as India, Mexico and the Philippines.

The company, which employs around 80 people (as of February 2011) , invested around 1.5 million euros in buildings and technology in 2010/2011 to modernize and rationalize production methods, including the purchase of a 5-axis lathe and a welding robot and a balancing machine .

The senior boss Karl Köppl jun. was honored in 2009 for his 45 years of activity as a master craftsman, during which he trained over 100  apprentices , by the Chamber of Crafts Niederbayern-Oberpfalz with the award of the golden master craftsman's certificate . With Karl Köppl jun. jun. (* 1969), today's managing director, is now the fourth generation to work in the family business.

production

The production includes raw casting processing, gear manufacturing, hardening , robot welding, laser cutting, cutting tool manufacture, paint shop and automated assembly. Except for the engines and tires, all products are developed, designed, manufactured and assembled at the location in Germany.

Awards

The engine equipment factory Köppl that, according to the jury of the international trade fair GaLaBau Nuremberg awarded GaLaBau Innovation Medal is one of the most innovative companies in motor mowers and attachments, was honored for her innovative received several products:

  • 1992: GaLaBau innovation medal for motor mowers with shake-free KWO / KWA double blade drive and KFD fine-cut bars
  • 1993: Bavarian State Prize from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs for the variable oscillating drive
  • 1994: GaLaBau innovation medal at the international GaLaBau trade fair in Nuremberg , for 2-wheel tractor 4K 514 LS with powershift reversing gear
  • 1998: GaLaBau innovation medal for 2-wheel tractor Hydro-Athlete
  • 2002: GaLaBau innovation medal for 2-wheel tractor type 514 LS with Ökus coupling
  • 2003: Bavarian State Prize for an economically quiet bar mower with counter-rotating upper blades
  • 2004: GaLaBau innovation medal for the Hydro Luchs 2-wheel tractor with active turnaround steering
  • 2006: GaLaBau innovation medal for the Hydro Compakt 2-wheel tractor with active turnaround steering
  • 2008: Agrarfuchs 2008 at the international agricultural fair Agraria 2008 in Wels , Austria , for the on-board computer on the Hydro Compakt Comfort 2-wheel tractor
  • 2008: öga innovation award at the Swiss trade fair öga in Oeschberg / Koppigen for the Hydro Compakt Comfort 2-wheel tractor
  • 2010 GaLaBau innovation medal for the Hydro Luchs LHR2 2-wheel tractor with Easy-Drive-System

Web links

Wikibooks: Tractor Lexicon: Köppl  - learning and teaching materials

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), search: >> 283051300 >> Production statistics .
  2. ↑ a b c (le): District President Dr. Friedrich Giehl gives the keynote address. Starting today, the Köppl motor equipment factory is celebrating its 100th anniversary . In: Grafenauer Anzeiger from July 19, 1996.
  3. ↑ a b c Helmuth Rücker: Don't copy, get it. Entrepreneur Köppl adheres to simple rules and is thus successful on the world market - Golden Master's Certificate  ( 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. . In: Passauer Neue Presse of April 21, 2009, p. 23; PDF file, accessed April 16, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.koeppl.com  
  4. ↑ Egon M. Binder: Karl Köppl on the 100th birthday of his power tool company: "Only those who go their own way cannot be overtaken by anyone" . In: Grafenauer Anzeiger from July 20, 1996.
  5. ↑ Entschenreuth. 1.5 million investment at the Köppl company . In: Grafenauer Anzeiger from February 3, 2011; Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ Information about Köppl GmbH  ( 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. for the online business directory, Brancheauskunft.de ; Retrieved April 15, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.branchenbuchauskunft.net  
  7. ↑ (hr): Machining complex components in one set-up from the bar. Success with a high level of vertical integration  ( 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. . In: KEM of August 31, 2009; Retrieved April 16, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kem.de  
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h (pd): GaLaBau. Innovation medal for Köppl ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Bayerisches Landwirtschaftliches Wochenblatt of September 27, 2009; Retrieved April 16, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wochenblatt-dlv.de
  9. ↑ IHM 2003. Three state prizes and a federal innovation prize for East Bavarian craft businesses  ( 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. . Press release of March 17, 2003, on: www.webdb.odav.de; Retrieved April 15, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.webdb.odav.de  
  10. ↑ Swiss trade fair Öga again well attended . In: TASPO of July 4, 2008; Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  11. ↑ GaLaBau Innovation Medal 2010. The 2010 winners ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2010 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. . On: Website of GaLaBau-Service GmbH of the Federal Association of Gardening, Landscaping and Sports Field Construction, www.galabau.de; Retrieved April 15, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.galabau.de