Material handling excavators, cranes and telehandlers for material handling and lifting technology – Made in Germany since 1952
SENNEBOGEN Maschinenfabrik GmbH
Straubing (Plant I & II) · Wackersdorf (Plant III & IV) · Steinach (Plant V) · Balatonfüred, HU · Litér, HU · Stanley, NC, USA · SingaporeNew on Amplifa
Mechanical engineering for material handling and lifting technology since 1952
SENNEBOGEN Maschinenfabrik GmbH, headquartered in Straubing, is a German mechanical engineering company that manufactures configurable material handling excavators, electric and battery-powered excavators, balancers, telehandlers, felling machines, demolition excavators, crawler cranes, telescopic cranes, cable excavators as well as port cranes and grapples. Production includes the manufacture of steel parts as well as welded and steel structure assemblies, particularly at the Hungarian sites of Balatonfüred and Litér, and is based on modular building-block systems that also enable customer-specific special machines. SENNEBOGEN machines are used worldwide, among other applications, in scrap yards and steelworks, in recycling and waste management, in wood handling, in ports, in demolition, in civil and special civil engineering, in raw material extraction as well as in hydraulic engineering and offshore applications. The company employs more than 2,200 people worldwide and generated a group revenue of over 600 million euros in 2022. With more than 180 sales partners and more than 300 service locations, SENNEBOGEN is globally present; production takes place at four plants in Straubing and Wackersdorf as well as at the Customer Service Center in Steinach.
- Site
- Straubing
- Processes
- Manufacture of steel parts, Steel structure and welded construction, Manufacture of welded and steel structure assemblies, Design and manufacture of agricultural machinery (historical), Manufacture of carrier machines for grab excavators and vibratory hammers (for ABI), Manufacture of Fendt Cargo T955 telehandler (contract manufacturing for Fendt), After-sales / service (over 300 service locations), SENNEBOGEN Academy: machine training for dealers, drivers, operators
- Materials
- Steel, Welded and steel structure assemblies
- Founded
- 1952
- Employees
- 2200+
- Industries
- Scrap / Steelworks, Recycling / Waste management, Wood, Port / Material handling, Demolition, Industry
- 01
Design and Engineering
- 02
Steel parts manufacturing (Balatonfüred)
- 03
Steel structure and welded construction (Litér)
- 04
Machine assembly (Straubing, Wackersdorf)
- 05
Customer service and spare parts supply (Steinach)
- 06
Worldwide sales via 180 partners
Materials and Manufacturing
Steel
Base material for steel parts, steel structure and welded constructions of machine frames and structures.
Welded and steel structure assemblies
Manufacture of welded assemblies as a core competence of the Hungarian production sites.
Production and Sales Locations
Straubing
DEHeadquarters, Plant I and Plant II (Production)
- Materials
- Steel
- Production halls (expansion by 7,000 m², 2017)
Wackersdorf
DEPlant III and Plant IV (Production)
- Materials
- Steel
Steinach
DEPlant V – Customer Service Center
Balatonfüred
HUProduction-Logistics-Center: steel parts manufacturing
- Materials
- Steel
- Manufacturing facility for welded and steel structure assemblies
Litér
HUProduction-Logistics-Center: steel structure and welded construction
- Materials
- Steel
Stanley, North Carolina
USSales (Sennebogen LLC)
Singapore
SGSales (Sennebogen Pte. Ltd.)
Machines and Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of steel partsJoining | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Steel structure and welded constructionJoining | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of welded and steel structure assembliesJoining | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Design and manufacture of agricultural machinery (historical)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of carrier machines for grab excavators and vibratory hammers (for ABI)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of Fendt Cargo T955 telehandler (contract manufacturing for Fendt)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Company History
- 1952
Founded by 21-year-old Erich Sennebogen; started with the design and manufacture of agricultural machinery.
- 1954
First mobile machine S 500 (cable excavator) in production (until 1959).
- 1957
Successor model S 600 in production (until 1959).
- 1959
Construction of the main plant in Straubing (Plant I).
- 1969
Development of the world's first fully hydraulic cable excavator.
- 1977
Sales cooperation with Weserhütte in the field of cable excavators and cranes (until 1987).
- 1984
Articulated boom GAUH; delivery of carrier machines to ABI.
- 1989
Blue Environmental Angel for the quietest excavator in the world at the bauma trade fair.
- 1991
Plant in Wackersdorf (Plant III); start of the joint venture European Excavator Design Center (with Zeppelin, Caterpillar, Eder, until 2005).
- 1996
Own manufacturing facility for welded and steel structure assemblies in Balatonfüred, Hungary.
- 2008
New larger plant in the Straubing-Sand industrial area (Plant II).
- 2015
Sales cooperation with Manitowoc Grove for crawler telescopic cranes in the USA; start of construction of plant expansion.
- 2017
Expansion by 7,000 m² of production hall space completed.
- 2019
Cooperation with Fendt: manufacture of the Fendt Cargo T955 telehandler.
- 2020
Foundation stone laying of the Customer Service Center (Plant V) in Steinach.