Scheuerle vehicle factory

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SCHEUERLE Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH

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legal form Limited Liability Company (GmbH)
founding 1869
Seat Pfedelbach , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Dirk Jahn
(Managing Director)
Branch Special, heavy duty and special transport vehicles
Website www.scheuerle.com

Scheuerle vehicle factory (short Scheuerle, proper spelling SCHEUERLE) is a German company with headquarters in Pfedelbach , Baden-Wurttemberg . It is one of the oldest and leading international manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles. For example, the first modern low loader was developed under the direction of Willy Scheuerle . Scheuerle is now part of Transporter Industry International (TII for short) owned by Otto Rettenmaier .

history

historical forge in Pfedelbach
Headquarters (administration) of Scheuerle (2020)

In 1869 Christian Scheuerle bought a forge in Pfedelbach in the Franconian north-east of Baden-Württemberg. He carried them through the First World War with smaller assignments until the 1930s. In 1937 Scheuerle's grandson Willy, who had learned in the Maybach machine factory, joined the family business. From then on, it operated as Willy Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik. Scheuerle built a modern factory that was destroyed in World War II.

After the reconstruction, the company presented the first modern low-loader with all-wheel steering and extendable chassis in 1949 . A modular system was introduced that enabled the production of vehicles with payloads of 10 to 100 tons. These were still equipped with mechanical axle compensation before Scheuerle developed the hydraulically supported pendulum axle in the mid-1950s . Numerous other innovations followed, for example in the area of ​​hydraulic and electric four-way steering.

Scheuerle achieved great international fame in 1960 with the transport of the Abu Simbel temple in Egypt. Among other things, a 100-ton statue of the ruler Ramses II was moved from the center of Cairo to the Valley of the Pyramids on company vehicles. In the decades that followed, the company specialized in the transport of particularly heavy loads such as jumbo jets and offshore platforms.

Regardless of the innovative pioneering role, Scheuerle got into economic difficulties. In 1988 Otto Rettenmaier acquired the company that was about to be dissolved, one of the largest employers in the Hohenlohe district at the time. In 1995 he also bought Nicolas Industrie, a competing company. Scheuerle and Nicolas were brought together under the umbrella of a holding company , which Kamag Transporttechnik has also been part of since 2004 . It covers the entire range of heavy goods transport.

Corporate structure

Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH is a limited liability company under German law. It was entered in the commercial register of the Schwäbisch Hall district court in 1988 with a share capital of one million marks . The object of the company extends to the manufacture and sale of vehicles of all kinds and all related businesses, including the establishment and acquisition of similar companies.

The management of Scheuerle perceives Dirk Jahn, also several are authorized officers ordered. There is a profit and loss transfer agreement with Transporter Industry International GmbH, which exercises a controlling influence as a shareholder. The holding company in turn is owned by a subsidiary of Otto Rettenmaier.

Products

The low loader manufacturer Scheuerle designs and produces, among other things, self-propelled modular transporters (SPMT), towed modular vehicles and saddle low beds for road transport as well as power boosters, but also bodies and accessories for air , space and wind power transports. In addition, there are various services such as maintenance and training.

Scheuerle's customers include medium- sized companies such as Multilift and large corporations such as Siemens , which have to move particularly heavy loads. The company is an example of so-called " hidden champions " who are exceptionally successful worldwide. International activities outside Europe make up a large part of the business.

Gallery (selection)

  • "Lore" antenna transporter

  • Industrial lift truck

  • Rotor blade adapter

  • Ship section transporter

  • Heavy duty module "InterCombi"

  • Heavy duty module

  • Heavy transport system component

  • Self-Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT)

  • Low bed trailer

  • "EuroCompact" low-bed trailer

  • Low loader

Trivia

The Südwestrundfunk (SWR) broadcast a TV documentary about Scheuerle in December 2015 as part of the “made in Südwest” series . Modern modular transporters with hydraulic pendulum axles play a decisive role in this.

literature

  • Stefan Jung, Michael Müller: The heavy-duty specialists: Scheuerle, Nicolas, Kamag. Podszun Verlag, Brilon 2010, ISBN 978-3-86133-557-3 .

Web links

Commons : Scheuerle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint. Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Company. Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Susanne Rettenmaier: From anvil to high-tech forge: Transporters move the heaviest loads . In: Handelsblatt . April 18, 1996, p. 9 .
  4. ↑ Bernd Maienschein: “WiWo” names the TII Group the world market leader. In: MM Logistik. November 28, 2018, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Svenja Stenner: 150 years of the Scheuerle vehicle factory. In: Mobile machines. July 18, 2019, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b milestones. Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Economic miracle long-distance transport . In: Last & Kraft . February 2005, p. 39 (special edition).
  8. ↑ Specialist for heavy loads . In: Heilbronn voice . February 2, 2013, p. 37 .
  9. ↑ Ramses again . In: Heavy Transport Magazine (STM) . No. 13 , 2007, p. 8 ( https://www.kranmagazin.de/Schwertransport/Archiv/Stm 13 / aktuelles.pdf [accessed on February 10, 2020]).
  10. ↑ Ruth Vierbuchen, Siegfried Grass: Scheuerle sets huge loads in motion . Heavy haulage pioneer developed into the global market leader. In: Handelsblatt . February 26, 2003, p. 3 .
  11. ↑ New beginning at the beginning of the month . In: Handelsblatt . February 2, 1988, p. 11 .
  12. ↑ Heiko Fritze: rescuer, entrepreneur, successful investor. In: Heilbronn voice. December 22, 2005, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  13. ^ Yvonne Tscherwitschke: Street for Otto Rettenmaier . In: Heilbronn voice . January 8, 2014, p. 28 .
  14. ↑ Heavy Metal . In: Schwäbische Zeitung . Edition Leutkirch. 23 September 2016, p. 8 .
  15. ↑ Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH. In: Business Register. Bundesanzeiger Verlag, accessed on February 10, 2020 (Stuttgart District Court, HRB 580469).
  16. ^ Transporter Industry International GmbH. In: Business Register. Bundesanzeiger Verlag, accessed on February 10, 2020 (Stuttgart District Court, HRB 105711).
  17. ↑ Products. Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Service. Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Stéphane Itasse: Multilift Group buys self-driving heavy-duty vehicles from Scheuerle. In: MM Logistik. September 9, 2008, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Volker Unruh: Heaviest Siemens transformer of all time on the way to Wilhelmshaven. In: MM Logistik. November 15, 2010, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Matthias Röcke: Truck specialists for big business . In: Handelsblatt . October 26, 2000, p. 5 .
  22. ↑ Zhang Danhong: The middle class and the euro. Deutsche Welle, June 12, 2013, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  23. ^ The forge of the transport giants - Scheuerle in Pfedelbach. In: YouTube. Südwestrundfunk (SWR), December 9, 2015, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  24. ↑ SWR film about the Scheuerle vehicle factory . In: Heilbronn voice . December 5, 2015, p. 33 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 55.3 "  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 26.7"  E