65 years of growth at Sennebogen

By MEq October 15, 2017 14:28

In 1952, company founder Erich Sennebogen Sr. put his heart and soul into founding a company that, today, could not be more innovative, more international, or more interesting. 65 years later, the company has an impressive employee headcount and the production facilities have also grown considerably. In 2017, Sennebogen expanded the plant at the port in Straubing by 35,000 m². On the occasion of the company’s 65th anniversary, the Straubing-based mechanical engineering company will celebrate the inauguration of the new production space while also presenting a showcase of innovative machines to international customers and dealers in the form of 10 completely new products.

Today, Sennebogen has 1,400 employees worldwide at three sites in Bavaria, plus a production site in Hungary and branches in the USA and Singapore. An extensive sales and service network comprising 150 dealers around the world is responsible for selling the green cranes and material handlers.

“A lot has changed over the past 65 years. It is not just the machines that have kept getting bigger. Our portfolio is constantly growing and we always need to be thinking about future developments. At the same time, the economic conditions are changing. Our markets in the material handling and crane sectors have evolved. The business areas have become more diverse and the requirements our customers have with regard to quality products are constantly increasing. In today’s globalized markets, we supply products to customers in over 100 countries on all continents. In order to stay ahead of the competition, we invest in our range and our sites every year and undertake modernization and expansion work”, explains Erich Sennebogen, Managing Director.

The largest construction project in recent years began in 2015 at Straubing Plant 2. Less than 10 years after the plant opened in the industrial port area in 2008, the production space has undergone extensive expansion work. Over the past two years, the expansion has seen the construction of new production and storage spaces spanning 35,000 m² in total as well as a production hall covering 6,700 m². Machine shipping has been restructured, storage spaces extended, and shipping processes optimized. Trucks now drive directly under the specially developed Sennebogen 5500 gantry crawler crane for loading. With the movable gantry, the crane is able to cover a storage area of 10,000 m² very effectively. Components with a length of up to 35 m are given a high-quality protective coating in the new large-scale paint booth and space has also been made in the new halls for finishing and customizing to ensure that the facilities are well prepared for further growth in the field of large-machine production.

65 years of tradition and experience go into the development, design, and production of Sennebogen cranes and material handlers with operating weights of up to 350 t. The company has always focused both on special customer-specific solutions and on individually configurable series machines. “There’s no such thing as can’t!” has been the Sennebogen corporate philosophy right from the start; it is combined with the promise of creating something permanent, thinking ahead, and confronting even difficult challenges with innovative solutions.