KHL: Sennebogen founder dies at 79

[IBH]

Erich Sennebogen, founder of crane and excavator manufacturer Sennebogen, died on 21 March aged 79.

At the age of 21 Sennebogen founded his company for building agricultural utility machines near Straubing in Bavaria, Germany. In 1953 there were 13 employees. In 1957 Sennebogen developed the mechanical rope excavator for the construction industry.

The Sennebogen Group is now active worldwide with offices in Straubing and Wackersdorf in Germany, Hungary, the USA, Dubai, Singapore and Russia. Turnover is around €300 million (US$ 425 million) and there are 1,000 employees. Sennebogen designs, develops and produces cranes, rope excavators, carrier equipment, material handling machines, special purpose machines up to 300 tonnes and steel components.

"The future belongs to designers, not managers," was Sennebogen's motivation for rolling up his sleeves.

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