Schmitz Cargobull
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1892 |
| Seat | Altenberge , Germany |
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| Number of employees | 6500 (financial year 2018/2019) |
| sales | 2.290 billion euros (financial year 2018/2019) |
| Branch | Commercial vehicle construction |
| Website | www.cargobull.com |
The Schmitz Cargobull AG is a German manufacturer of semi-trailers , superstructures and trailers . The company's headquarters are in Horstmar , the company's headquarters in neighboring Altenberge . The family worked in the financial year 2018/2019 approximately 6,500 employees with a turnover of 2.29 billion euros, making it the market leader in Europe in the commercial vehicle . The shareholders are the families of Heinz Schmitz, Peter Schmitz and Bernd Hoffmann in equal parts.
Company history
Foundation and advancement
The company's origins go back to 1892. At that time, the company founder Heinrich Schmitz began to build cars in the family forge.
The new line of business, the forge, experienced an initial upward trend with increasing motorization at the end of the 1920s. During this time, the company changed from a craft business to an industrial vehicle manufacturer. In 1928 the first motor vehicle trailer equipped with solid rubber tires was delivered. From 1935 onwards, semi-trailers and box vehicles with steel outer skin on wooden frames were manufactured. In 1950 Schmitz produced its first insulated and temperature-controlled structure.
Expansion, crises and realignment
The company grew in the sixties and especially after the first oil crisis at the beginning of the seventies, when large orders from the producing countries in the Middle East brought double-digit growth rates. In 1969 a branch was opened in Vreden . In 1980, a new main factory was built in Altenberge on a larger site on the outskirts and an additional production facility was set up in Berlin. With the beginning of the First Gulf War in the 1980s, orders from the Arab countries broke away and Schmitz Cargobull got into its first major crisis.
The reform policy in Eastern Europe and the German reunification gave the company a temporary boost until the mid-1990s again failed to receive orders. This was followed by a rigorous restructuring of production: the product range was limited to four basic types, the number of components required was greatly reduced, production and delivery times were shortened and the share of labor costs was reduced. In addition, a corporate concept was introduced in which the core production facilities in Altenberge, Vreden and Gotha were supplemented by so-called satellites, in which the final stage of production takes place close to the customer.
In March 1999, the company's IPO failed due to weak demand for the shares. Since then there have been no more plans for a new IPO.
In the 2004/2005 financial year (April 1st to March 31st) Schmitz Cargobull reported sales of over EUR 1 billion for the first time (EUR 1.21 billion, 36,000 vehicles produced). In five years sales had doubled and 1,500 new employees had been hired. In the 2007/2008 financial year, sales of over 2 billion euros were achieved for the first time (2.14 billion euros, 66,500 vehicles produced). As a result of the global economic and financial crisis, sales in the following year fell by 70 percent to 660 million euros. From 2010/2011 the billion mark was exceeded again.
Current business development
In November 2012 Schmitz Cargobull signed a joint venture agreement with the Chinese Dongfeng Motor Company , one of the world's largest truck manufacturers. Production in China started in 2014 in the city of Wuhan . Schmitz Cargobull has also been producing in St. Petersburg , Russia, since 2013 . In the near future, the company plans to penetrate the markets in India and South America and to expand further in the Near and Middle East.
With the Van Bodies , the company has been offering box bodies for the compact van class from 3.5 to 6.0 tons since 2017 . The V.KO Dry case, offered as a kit, should convince the market with its quick assembly using an adhesive process and low weight based on the newly developed panel material Stratoplast . In January 2019 Schmitz Cargobull AG decided to cease operations of the V.KO Van Bodies production in Berlin and to shut down the Berlin location.
Locations
Most of the production takes place in Germany and is sold abroad. The main sales markets are Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Near and Middle East. The production facilities are located in Altenberge , Vreden , Gotha and Toddin in Germany . Abroad in Zaragoza (Spain), Panevėžys (Lithuania) and St. Petersburg (Russia).
Schmitz Cargobull has its own sales and distribution partners in almost all European countries and maintains a network of around 1200 authorized workshops across Europe.
brand
The brand name Schmitz Cargobull with the blue elephant as a trademark was introduced at the end of the 1980s. Until then, the company operated as Schmitz-Trailer Fahrzeugbau GmbH and Co. KG.
literature
- Markus Fasse: Case study: From Münsterland to the whole world - how Schmitz Cargobull is consistently internationalizing its business . In: Christian Böllhoff, Wolfgang Krüger, Marcello Berni (eds.): Top performance in family businesses. A management manual . Schäffer-Poeschel, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-7910-2481-7 , pp. 197-200.
- Alexander Zollondz (Red.): Our battle for locations - with success. Schmitz Cargobull, Toddin, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Emden . IG Metall, Coast District, Hamburg 2018 ( online ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c cargobull.com: Facts and Figures
- ↑ Münsterland goes Europe - the Schmitz Cargobull company. 2007. LWL. Geographical Commission for Westphalia. Westphalia Regional; Retrieved October 16, 2012
- ↑ agraphwirtschaft.de: Growth through renunciation. How Schmitz Cargobull fulfills complex customer requirements with intelligent standardization. ( Memento from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The luck of the failed IPO. Manager magazine online. May 17, 2005; Retrieved October 16, 2012
- ↑ Schmitz Cargobull generates sales of over one billion. Verkehrsrundschau September 26, 2005; Retrieved October 16, 2012
- ↑ Sales jump at Schmitz Cargobull. Transport June 11, 2008; Retrieved October 16, 2012
- ↑ Trailer manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull: Well prepared for the crisis. ( Memento of September 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Financial Times Germany September 6, 2012; Retrieved October 16, 2012
- ↑ Schmitz Cargobull: Joint venture signed with Dongfeng. Verkehrsrundschau November 20, 2012; Retrieved December 17, 2012
- ↑ New building in China. Westfälische Nachrichten of December 4, 2013; Retrieved December 12, 2013
- ↑ Schmitz Cargobull relies on Russia. Business in Russia. No. 1, 2013. pp. 30-31; Retrieved December 12, 2013
- ↑ "We want to become a global player". (Abstract). KFZ-Anzeiger April 7, 2016. p. 17 (print edition); accessed on July 13, 2016
- ↑ Internet presence www.cargobull-vanbodies.com , accessed on November 10, 2017
- ↑ The elephant on the truck. IHK North Westphalia. Wirtschaftsspiegel 12, 2010; Retrieved October 16, 2012
Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 40.5 ″ N , 7 ° 18 ′ 28.5 ″ E