Bucher Municipal AG

About Bucher Municipal

Bucher Municipal is a division of the Swiss corporate group Bucher Industries AG, headquartered in Niederweningen near Zurich. The product portfolio includes compact and large sweeping vehicles, winter maintenance equipment, sewer cleaning vehicles, waste compaction containers, and waste vehicles, including increasingly fully electric variants such as the CityCat series, as well as autonomous vehicles. The division was established in 1991 with the acquisition of Rolba Kommunaltechnik and has been consolidated under a unified brand presence since 2014 by merging the brands Bucher Schörling, Giletta, Gmeiner, Assaloni.Com, and MacDonald Johnston. Production and sales companies are located in Switzerland, Germany (Hannover), Latvia, South Korea, Australia, and Russia. In addition to vehicle manufacturing, the company offers extensive after-sales services through the spare parts e-shop, the Bucher Connect fleet management system, as well as training and repair planning. The company is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and was awarded the German Innovation Award for Driving Assistance Systems in 2024.

Site

Hannover

Processes

After-Sales Service (Bucher Connect Fleet Management), Training, Original Spare Parts and Accessories (E-Shop), Repair and Service Planning

Certificates

ISO 9001, ISO 14001

Founded

1991

Employees

1569

Industries

Municipal Vehicles, Winter Maintenance, Sewer Cleaning, Disposal/Waste Vehicles, Airports, Street and Highway Cleaning

1. 01

   Design and Development

2. 02

   Manufacturing of vehicle bodies

3. 03

   Assembly of municipal vehicles

4. 04

   Final Inspection

5. 05

   After-Sales Service and Spare Parts Supply

Locations

Quality

Bucher Municipal is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001; the company values employee safety, environmental protection, and stable processes for timely delivery. In 2012, the e-commerce platform for spare part sales was awarded the SAP Quality Award.

History

1. 1807

   Bucher Industries emerges from a smithy of Heinrich Bucher (-Weiss) in Niederweningen

2. 1920

   Founding of Schörling GmbH in Hanover

3. 1991

   Acquisition of Rolba Kommunaltechnik – Basis of the Bucher Municipal Division

4. 1994

   Acquisition of the large sweeping vehicle business of Schörling GmbH; Founding of Bucher-Guyer AG Municipal Vehicles

5. 2000

   Subsidiary Bucher Schörling Korea Ltd.

6. 2004

   Subsidiary Bucher Schörling Baltic SIA (Latvia)

7. 2011

   Conversion of the municipal division in Niederweningen into Bucher Schörling AG

8. 2012

   Introduction of E-Shop for spare parts; SAP Quality Award 2012

9. 2014

   Brand unification of Bucher Schörling, Giletta, Gmeiner, Assaloni.Com, MacDonald Johnston under Bucher Municipal

10. 2016

    Acquisition of J. Hvidtved Larsen A/S (Sewer Cleaning, Denmark) and PakMor (Australia)

11. 2024

    German Innovation Award 2024 'Winner' for Driving Assistance Systems