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Bernard Krone Holding

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Industry
  
Heavy equipment

Number of employees
  
2,000

Founded
  
1906

Website
  
www.krone.de

Headquarters
  
Spelle

Type of business
  
GmbH & Co. KG

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Key people
  
Alfons Veer Bernard Krone Siegfried Wickert Gero Schulze Isfort Advisory Board: Dr.-Ing. E.h. Bernard Krone Dr. Wilhelm-Friedrich Holtgrave Bernd Meerpohl

Products
  
agricultural machinery, semi trailers, trailers, tippers, box vehicles, swap systems and others

Revenue
  
approx. 1,201 Mrd. Euro (2006/07)

Subsidiaries
  
Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG

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The Bernard Krone Holding GmbH & Co. KG goes back to the year 1906 when Bernard and Anna Krone founded as a blacksmith's shop. He sold agricultural hardware, ovens and stowes.

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In 1924 he bequeathed his business to his son who was also named Bernard.

The holding, still family property, consists of three judicially independent companies:

  • Fahrzeugwerk (Vehicle Manufactury) Bernard Krone GmbH
  • Maschinenfabrik (Machine Manufactury) Bernard Krone GmbH
  • Landtechnik Vertrieb und Dienstleistungen (Agricultural Distribution and Services) Bernard Krone Gmbh
  • The main works are in Spelle und Werlte. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Bernard Krone, owner and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Bernard Krone Holding GmbH & Co. KG is member of the Presiding Board of the VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie = German Car Industry Association).

    Vehicle Manufactory

    Fahrzeugwerk Bernard Krone GmbH builds trailers, semi trailers, swap systems, steel-clad swap bodies and insulated refrigerated bodies, carriers and superstructures.
    The company has subsidiaries in four countries.

    Machine Manufactory

    Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH is one of Europe's foremost producers of forage wagons, self-loading forage wagons, disc mowers, rotary tedders, rakes, large square balers, round balers, forage harvesters and high-performance mower conditioners.
    The company is present in many countries including the USA.

    Agricultural Distribution and Services

    Landtechnik Vertrieb und Dienstleistungen Bernard Krone Gmbh offers a variety of services and also deals with machines and vehicles of other producers.

    References

    Bernard Krone Holding Wikipedia