Knaus Tabbert
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2009 |
| Seat | Jandelsbrunn , Germany |
| management | Wolfgang Speck (Chairman), Marc Hundsdorf, Werner Vaterl, Gerd Adamietzki |
| Number of employees | 3,033 (2019) |
| sales | 780 million euros (2019) |
| Website | www.knaustabbert.de |
The Knaus Tabbert GmbH is a manufacturer of recreational vehicles in Europe with headquarters in Lower Bavaria Jandelsbrunn . Other locations include Mottgers , Hessen as well as Nagyoroszi in Hungary and Schlüsselfeld. Since the end of 2017, MORELO Reisemobilbau GmbH has also been part of the Knaus Tabbert Group as a manufacturer of first-class motorhomes. The company with its brands KNAUS, TABBERT, WEINSBERG, T @ B, RENT AND TRAVEL and MORELO achieved sales of over 780 million euros in the 2019 financial year and produced 26,196 caravans, motorhomes and CUVs with over 3000 employees.
history
Tabbert
The body Alfred Tabbert was in 1934 by the master coachbuilder Alfred Tabbert (1,908 to 1,973) in Schweinfurt founded. The factory was destroyed by bombs in the Second World War in 1943 , but after the war in 1946 it again produced platform wagons for agriculture with around 80 employees. In 1948 the plant was destroyed by a major fire. A new hall was then built as the Franconian vehicle and furniture factory, in which single-axle trailers and furniture were manufactured.
In 1953 the first Tabbert brand caravan was produced and from 1955 the ideal caravan was produced in series. Five years later the first awning goes into production. 1959 TABBERT Wohnwagen GmbH is founded in Mottgers , Hesse . In 1971 Tabbert is now the German market leader with 14 models such as the “Kurfüst”, “Excellence”, “Comtesse” and “Gouverneur”.
In 1984 the company was renamed Tabbert Caravan GmbH with its headquarters in Sinntal , which in 1987 was merged with FFB and CI Wilk Bad Kreuznach GmbH to form the new TIAG - TABBERT Industrie AG as the holding company of the group of companies. In 1990 the company was listed on the stock exchange and in 1997 it was taken over by KNAUS AG .
Wilk
In 1952, two years after his return from Soviet captivity, Helmut Wilk founded CI Wilk in Bad Kreuznach . With his invention - a car bed made of upholstered wedges - he made his first appearance in the caravanning industry . In 1959 he built his first caravan .
The company Caravans International Wilk Bad Kreuznach filed for bankruptcy in 1986 . After the fatal accident of the company's founder, Helmut Wilk, in 1979, the managing directors could no longer continue the success of the ailing company. The Tabbert Caravan GmbH then became the sole shareholder and led to the adoption of workforce, buildings and land, the previous business further. In the meantime, production has stopped.
Knaus
The architect Helmut Knaus, who studied engineering and master builder , founded the Knaus KG caravan company in Marktbreit in 1960 . The history of the Knaus brand began in 1961 with a caravan named Schwalbennest , which from the beginning had the flying pair of swallows as its trademark, which was designed by the company founder himself.
One of the best-selling Knaus models to date, the Südwind , was produced in the production facilities in Marktbreit and later in Ochsenfurt near Würzburg .
Today's Knaus parent plant in Jandelsbrunn near Passau was established in 1970. In the 1970s, sales were expanded across Europe - sales subsidiaries, independent dealers and contract importers worked together with Knaus. A comprehensive trade, sales and service network with almost 600 partner companies was created.
The Knaus GmbH Jandelsbrunn went in 1981 from the Knaus KG forth. All production and sales activities were concentrated on the Jandelsbrunn location. During the 1980s, Knaus achieved a leading position among European manufacturers of leisure vehicles with the further development of its Südwind and Azur products and the introduction of new products.
When Knaus AG was founded in 1996, a close cooperation with Tiag Tabbert-Industrie AG was established .
Eifel country
The Eifelland caravan factory was founded by Günther Hennerici in 1962 .
In Hungary, today's production plant Knaus Tabbert Ungarn Kft. Was built for the manufacture of caravans, which was initially to produce the Eifelland brand products for the Dutch market.
Weinberg
In 1912 Gustav Alt and Wilhelm Schuhmacher founded the Karosseriewerke Weinsberg , which was sold to the Fiat company in 1938 . The first motorhome was produced in 1969 based on a Fiat 238 . After Fiat decided to discontinue vehicle production in Germany in 1970, Karosseriewerke Weinsberg went to a German trust company, which continued the production of mobile homes under the Weinsberg brand .
The vehicle construction branch of Karosseriewerken Weinsberg GmbH was taken over in 1992 by Tiag Tabbert-Industrie AG under the continuation of the company name Weinsberg Mobile GmbH . Production was relocated to Sinntal / Mottgers.
Morelo
The MORELO motorhome GmbH was on 1 February 2010 by Jochen Reimann in key field established. Morelo is a made-up word from Mobile and Reimann . The focus should be on the luxury segment, where a 12% market share was achieved in the first year. The first models went into series production in February 2011. In July 2011, HTP Investments joined Morelo. The plant in Schlüsselfeld is expanded from 2015 to 2016. In 2017 Morelo was integrated into the Knaus Tabbert Holding .
Knaus Tabbert
Major parts of the company of Tiag Tabbert-Industrie AG merged with Knaus AG in 2001 . The production companies as well as large parts of the distribution companies of Tiag Tabbert Industrie AG to the Knaus GmbH Jandelsbrunn merged. In addition, a fundamental restructuring was initiated.
In 2002 the company changed its name from Knaus GmbH Jandelsbrunn to Knaus Tabbert Group GmbH and in 2004 Ca-Mo Fahrzeug GmbH was merged with Knaus Tabbert Group GmbH.
The Knaus Tabbert Group's cooperation with ADAC began in 2006 , when the Knaus and Weinsberg brands of motorhomes were rented under the ADAC flag, so that the project developed into Germany's largest rental network for motorhomes.
The company announced its bankruptcy on October 9, 2008.
On January 1, 2009, Knaus Tabbert was taken over by the Dutch investment company HTP Investments BV from the province of Zeeland . Knaus Tabbert wanted to make this the leading caravan manufacturer in Europe and continue to operate all three plants. The rights to the “Eifelland” brand were not taken over.
In April 2011 the investor HTP announced the participation in Morelo Reisemobile GmbH. Together with Knaus Tabbert GmbH, Morelo operates in the motorhome sector. The independence of both companies was retained. The companies and brands will continue to be run independently.
In the summer of 2014, the production of Wilk was stopped and the brand is no longer used for new publications.
The company with its six brands achieved sales of over 590 million euros in the 2017 financial year and produced 20,823 caravans and motorhomes with around 1,896 employees.
Awards
The German Caravaning Trade Association (DCHV) awarded Knaus Tabbert GmbH the LUPO in 2017, thereby honoring its corporate culture, which is characterized by communicative cooperation, respect and helpfulness. And this philosophy does not only apply internally - the trading partners are also part of it.
The 2017 Grand Prix for medium-sized companies also went to Knaus Tabbert GmbH. With excellent performance in the categories of “overall development of the company”, “creation / safeguarding of jobs and training positions”, “modernization and innovation”, “commitment in the region” and service, “customer proximity and marketing”, Knaus Tabbert was able to beat more than 5000 companies nominated throughout Germany to enforce.
Brands
| brand | Brand motto | Series | logo |
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| KNAUS | Freedom that moves. |
Caravans campers |
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| TABBERT | Moving moments | Caravan |
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| T @ B | Caravan |
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| WEINSBERG | Your vacation! |
Caravans campers |
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| MORELO | First class motorhomes | RVs | |
| RENT AND TRAVEL | Vacation with the motorhome | RVs |
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Former brands
- Wilk
- Eifel country
Web links
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- ^ Passauer Neue Presse: Knaus Tabbert is aiming for the billion in sales - even without an AG . In: PNP . ( pnp.de [accessed on May 26, 2018]).
- ↑ tabbert.com - Company History , 2018.
- ↑ weinsberg.com - Company history, 2018.
- ↑ morelo-reisemobile.de - corporate philosophy , 2018.
- ↑ morelo-reisemobile.de - Company, 2018.
- ↑ morelo-reisemobile.de - company history, 2018
- ↑ Welt Online, Miriam Zerbel: RV manufacturer Knaus Tabbert is broke ( memento from April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , October 11, 2008, archived on April 14, 2009
- ↑ Bankruptcy: Dutch people save caravan maker Knaus Tabbert . In: Spiegel Online . January 2, 2009.
- ↑ wilk.de - Frequently Asked Questions, 2018
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 1.1 ″ N , 13 ° 41 ′ 25.1 ″ E