Zeppelin (Group)
| Zeppelin GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1995 |
| Seat | Friedrichshafen (headquarters in Garching near Munich ) |
| management | Peter Gerstmann |
| Number of employees | around 8,500 (2018) |
| sales | EUR 2.9 billion (2018) |
| Branch | Trade, engineering and services |
| Website | www.zeppelin.com |
The Zeppelin GmbH with legal headquarters in Friedrichshafen and its headquarters in Garching near Munich, is the holding company of an internationally active commercial, engineering and services group, the products in the areas of sales and service of construction equipment, rental, propulsion and power systems as well as engineering and plant construction offers.
The group has around 8,500 employees at 200 locations in 35 countries. In the 2018 financial year, sales of around EUR 2.9 billion (as of March 2019) were generated. The shareholders of the group are the Zeppelin Foundation (administered by the City of Friedrichshafen) and Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH .
Business units
The Zeppelin Group organizes its group-wide cooperation in a management holding company and six strategic business units: Construction machinery EU (sales and service of construction machinery), Construction machinery CIS (sales and service of construction and agricultural machinery), Rental (rental and project solutions for construction and industry), Power Systems (drive and energy systems), plant construction (engineering and plant construction) and Z Lab (new digital business models).
Construction machinery EU
The Zeppelin Construction is sales and service partner of the American manufacturer Caterpillar in Europe. The portfolio includes wheel loaders, dump trucks, bulldozers and hybrid excavators. In addition, customers are advised on the use, financing and general overhaul of used construction machinery as well as control and monitoring systems. The sales and service areas include Germany, Austria, Poland (only with Hyster forklifts), Slovak Republic, Czech Republic.
Construction machinery CIS
The business unit focuses on the sales and service of construction machinery of the Caterpillar brand in parts of Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Construction machines from the Chinese manufacturer SEM, a company belonging to Caterpillar, are also offered. Another line of business is large equipment and systems from the Cat brand for work in mines and quarries. The sales and service areas include Armenia, northwest, central and southwest Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Belarus.
Rental
Zeppelin Rental is a rental service provider for the areas of construction, industry, trade and events. The portfolio includes temporary space and infrastructure solutions, traffic management, testing services, training courses and solutions in the field of fleet and project management, construction logistics and energy supply. Rental is active in Germany, Austria, the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
Power Systems
Power Systems sells drive and energy systems for industrial and marine applications, rail vehicles, the oil and gas industry as well as electricity and heat generation and offers solutions based on diesel, gas and dual-fuel engines. Power Systems is active in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria (engines only), Germany, Georgia, Kazakhstan (engines only), Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Austria, Poland (engines only), Romania (engines only), Russia (engines only) , Switzerland (engines only), Slovak Republic, Tajikistan, Czech Republic, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Hungary (engines only), Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Cyprus (engines only).
Plant construction
The business unit develops and manufactures components and systems for handling bulk goods. The systems are used in the chemical industry, the plastics, rubber and tire industries as well as in the food industry. In addition, the Quality Service division offers services for the aerospace and automotive industries. Locations can be found in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Germany, France, Great Britain, India, Italy, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea and in the USA.
Z Lab
The Z Lab business unit, which was newly founded in 2016, deals with the digitized construction site and develops new digital business models for the construction industry and related industries such as logistics and infrastructure. klickrent , a manufacturer-independent platform for renting and leasing construction equipment, construction machinery and materials handling technology, is the business unit's first independent B2B venture.
history
The company's roots go back to the development of the first LZ 1 airship by Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917) and the establishment of the Zeppelin Foundation in 1908.
In Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, airships were manufactured for several decades at the beginning of the 20th century and later operated the first airship line between Europe and America. With the accident in Lakehurst, in which the airship Hindenburg near New York was destroyed in 1937 , business in airship construction came to a standstill.
After the destruction of the Zeppelin production facilities during the Second World War, Metallwerk Friedrichshafen GmbH was founded in 1950, which was later renamed Zeppelin-Metallwerke GmbH. This resulted in today's Zeppelin GmbH. This initiated a realignment of business activities in the area of container and component construction. In 1954, the company was able to secure the sales and service rights for construction machinery from the American manufacturer Caterpillar for West Germany; since 1990 the partnership has existed for the entire, reunified Germany.
Over the years Zeppelin-Metallwerke GmbH has been able to expand its business activities in large parts of Western and Eastern Europe. In 1994 Zeppelin-Metallwerke GmbH, today's Zeppelin GmbH, took over the tasks of a management holding company. The operative business was taken over by newly founded or already existing companies in Germany and abroad. Further milestones in 2003 were the expansion of the rental business with construction equipment and construction site equipment and in 2006 the bundling of all activities relating to Caterpillar and MaK engines in a separate company, Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co. KG. In 2010, the group divided its operational areas into five strategic business units; in 2016, a further sixth business unit - Z Lab - was added.
Airships have been built again in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance since 1993. Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH & Co. KG develops and manufactures zeppelins with new technology . The shareholders of Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik are Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH, which is also majority owned by the Zeppelin Foundation, and ZF Friedrichshafen AG .
engagement
Zeppelin is the main sponsor of the men's team of the multiple German champions VfB Friedrichshafen volleyball as well as the first men's soccer team of VfB Friedrichshafen. In the field of education, the Zeppelin Group supports the Zeppelin University (ZU) in Friedrichshafen, founded in 2003, and the JUST! the outstanding work of school and university students in the fields of science and technology, economic, social and cultural studies. In the field of culture, the Zeppelin Group is involved in the Tyrolean Festival Erl. It also supports the non-profit organization Home from Home, which works for a better future for orphans, HIV-infected and abandoned children in the townships near Cape Town.
literature
- Florian Langenscheidt [Ed.]: German Standards: Brands of the Century - Stars 2016, Deutsche Standards EDITIONEN GmbH, Cologne, 2015. ISBN 978-3-942597-49-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.zeppelin.com/de/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/zeppelin-konzern-schliesst-geschaeftsjahr-mit-neuem-rekord-ab-0.html
- ↑ Website of Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH http://www.zeppelin-cat.de/startseite.html
- ↑ see locations of Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH http://www.zeppelin-cat.de/unternehmen/standorte/international.html
- ↑ see website Zeppelin Russia http://www.zeppelin.ru/
- ↑ see website of Zeppelin Rental GmbH & Co. KG http://www.zeppelin-rental.com/
- ↑ http://www.zeppelin-powersystems.com/de/ueber-uns/standorte/
- ↑ see website of Zeppelin Systems GmbH http://www.zeppelin-systems.com/de/
- ↑ see locations of Zeppelin Systems GmbH http://www.zeppelin-systems.com/de/kontakt.html
- ↑ Development and origin of the group http://www.zeppelin.de/de/Konzern/Historie/Ursprung/index.php