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Rosenbauer International AG
Company type	Aktiengesellschaft
Industry	Trucks and other vehicles
Founded	1866
Headquarters	Leonding, Upper Austria, Austria
Products	Fire and rescue vehicles, firefighting equipment
Revenue	€865,4 million (2015)
Number of employees	3086 (2015)
Website	www.rosenbauer.com

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The Rosenbauer Group is one of the world’s three largest manufacturers of fire-service vehicles and firefighting equipment, based in Leonding, Austria.

Rosenbauer supplies the fire fighting sector in over 100 countries with a wide range of custom fire and rescue apparatus and services. It produces its extensive series of fire fighting vehicles and aerials in three continents, to both European and US standards.

History

Founding and development

The first Austria-wide firefighting enterprise was founded by Johann Rosenbauer in Linz in 1866. Beside manual fire pumps from different manufacturers, helmets, buttons and so on, the company was also selling equipment for fencing, sports and playgrounds. Konrad Rosenbauer took over the company in 1888, a turning point from which it would manufacture its own fire extinguishing equipment. After moving to a larger site, the company traded its name for K. Rosenbauer & Kneitschel, Fabrik für Lösch- und Wehrgerät und Metallwaren.

In 1908, Rosenbauer started producing gas-powered pumps. The first fire truck was built 1918. In 1926, the new Automobilspritzengesellschaft Lohner & Rosenbauer shipped its first vehicle to China. From 1930 onward, Rosenbauer was also able to produce its own two-stroke engines (today, engines are provided by others, notably BMW and Volkswagen).

The company had a production site in Iran, until the fall of the Shah.

Since the 1970s, Rosenbauer has collaborated with Carvatech, for the manufacture of firefighting vehicle bodies.

In the middle of the 1980s, Rosenbauer introduced the Falcon, a vehicle which had a chassis developed especially for firefighting vehicles. The Falcon, with many custom and unproven parts, was prone to failures and long down-time, dooming custom chassis apparatuses to failure in Europe.

Recent times

Rosenbauer International AG has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1994.

2010, Rosenbauer had over 2,000 employees worldwide and turnover was about €595 million. Over 90% of the production is exported and the company has sites in Luckenwalde, Passau, Karlsruhe, Oberglatt (Switzerland), Madrid, Lyons (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Wyoming (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Singapore.

The company has expanded activities to flying firefighting vehicles, water cannons for police forces and has come back on the firefighters fittings (uniforms, helmets...).

Beginning of 2011, German antitrust authorities sentenced Rosenbauer, Schlingmann GmbH & Co. KG, Albert Ziegler GmbH & Co. KG and Iveco Magirus Brandschutztechnik GmbH to a total of €28 million fines for cartel practices.^[3]^[4]

The Rosenbauer RT, for Revolutionary Technology, was an electric vehicle built in 2014 in Austria as a concept model. As of 2021, the electric trucks had been introduced in Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai. Vice president of sales and marketing Mark Fusco said the company would start building them in its Minnesota plant in 2023. The BMW diesel engine was used only to charge the batteries. The truck was closer to the ground, making it safer and easier for firefighters to enter and exit, though a hydraulic suspension could lift the truck if it was needed. Fusco estimated the cost at $1.1 to $1.2 million but claimed savings on fuel and maintenance would make up for the extra cost in three to five years.^[5]

Shareholders

As of July 2011, 51% of the company belongs to the Rosenbauer Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH, 5% to institutional investors and the remaining 44% is free float.

References

^ "Results 2015".
^ "Results 2015".
^ "Bundeskartellamt". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
^ http://www.business-wissen.de/nachrichten/iveco-muss-175-millionen-euro-kartellstrafe-zahlen/Iveco^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Stradling, Richard (2021-10-19). "All-electric fire truck gets showcased in Durham". News and Observer.

External links

[1] "Results 2015".

[2] "Results 2015".

[3] "Bundeskartellamt". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-06-28.

[4] ttp://www.business-wissen.de/nachrichten/iveco-muss-175-millionen-euro-kartellstrafe-zahlen/Iveco^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Stradling, Richard (2021-10-19). "All-electric fire truck gets showcased in Durham". News and Observer.

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 | revenue        = {{profit}} €865,4 [[1000000 (number)|million]] (2015) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rosenbauer.com/en/int/rosenbauer-group/press/financial-press/wirtschaftspresse-detail/news/detail/News/jahresergebnisse-2015.html|title = Results 2015}}</ref>
-| num_employees  =450,629 (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rosenbauer.com/en/int/rosenbauer-group/press/financial-press/wirtschaftspresse-detail/news/detail/News/jahresergebnisse-2015.html|title = Results 2015}}</ref>
+| num_employees  = 3086 (2015) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rosenbauer.com/en/int/rosenbauer-group/press/financial-press/wirtschaftspresse-detail/news/detail/News/jahresergebnisse-2015.html|title = Results 2015}}</ref>
 | homepage       = [http://www.rosenbauer.com/ www.rosenbauer.com]
 | foundation     = 1866
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 }}
-The '''Rosenbauer''' Group is one of the world’s three largest manufacturers of [[Fire apparatus|fire-service vehicles]] and firefighting equipment, based in [[Leonding]], [[Austria]]. The company is majority family-owned.
+The '''Rosenbauer''' Group is one of the world’s three largest manufacturers of [[Fire apparatus|fire-service vehicles]] and firefighting equipment, based in [[Leonding]], [[Austria]].
-Rosenbauer supplies the fire fighting sector in over 100 countries with a wide range of custom [[fire apparatus|fire and rescue apparatus]] and services. It produces its extensive series of fire fighting vehicles and aerials in three continents, to both European and US standards.
+'''Rosenbauer''' supplies the fire fighting sector in over 100 countries with a wide range of custom [[fire apparatus|fire and rescue apparatus]] and services. It produces its extensive series of fire fighting vehicles and aerials in three continents, to both European and US standards.
 ==History==
-===Founding and development 1866 to 1994===
+===Founding and development===
 [[Image:Rosenbauer International AG Headquarters.jpg|thumb|Headquarters in [[Leonding]], Austria]]
 The first Austria-wide firefighting enterprise was founded by Johann Rosenbauer in Linz in 1866. Beside manual fire pumps from different manufacturers, helmets, buttons and so on, the company was also selling equipment for fencing, sports and playgrounds. Konrad Rosenbauer took over the company in 1888, a turning point from which it would manufacture its own fire extinguishing equipment. After moving to a larger site, the company traded its name for ''K. Rosenbauer & Kneitschel, Fabrik für Lösch- und Wehrgerät und Metallwaren''.
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 In 1908, Rosenbauer started producing gas-powered pumps. The first fire truck was built 1918. In 1926, the new ''Automobilspritzengesellschaft Lohner & Rosenbauer'' shipped its first vehicle to China. From 1930 onward, Rosenbauer was also able to produce its own two-stroke engines (today, engines are provided by others, notably BMW and Volkswagen).
-The company had a production site in [[Iran]], [[Islamic Revolution|until the fall of the Shah]].
+The company had a production site in Iran, until the fall of the Shah.
 Since the 1970s, Rosenbauer has collaborated with Carvatech, for the manufacture of firefighting vehicle bodies.
@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 In the middle of the 1980s, Rosenbauer introduced the Falcon, a vehicle which had a chassis developed especially for firefighting vehicles. The Falcon, with many custom and unproven parts, was prone to failures and long down-time, dooming custom chassis apparatuses to failure in Europe.
-===Since 1994===
+===Recent times===
 [[File:2010-03-10 Rosenbauer Simba 8x8 aussen 01.jpg|thumb|A ''Rosenbauer Simba 8x8 HRET'' belonging to the [[:en:Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting|Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting]] at [[:en:Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt Airport]] in action]]
-Rosenbauer International AG has been listed on the [[Vienna Stock Exchange]] since 1994.
+'''Rosenbauer International AG''' has been listed on the [[Vienna Stock Exchange]] since 1994.
-In 2010, Rosenbauer had over 2000 employees worldwide and turnover was about €595 Million Euros. Over 90% of the production is exported and the company has sites in Luckenwalde (Germany), Passau (Bavaria), Karlsruhe (Germany), Oberglatt (Switzerland), Madrid, [[Lyons, South Dakota|Lyons]] (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), [[Wyoming, Minnesota|Wyoming]] (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and [[Singapore]].
+, Rosenbauer had over 2,000 employees worldwide and turnover was about €595 million. Over 90% of the production is exported and the company has sites in [[Luckenwalde]], [[Passau]], [[Karlsruhe]], [[Oberglatt]] (Switzerland), [[Madrid]], Lyons ([[Sioux Falls, South Dakota|Sioux Falls]], South Dakota), Wyoming ([[Minneapolis]], Minnesota) and [[Singapore]].
-The company has expanded activities to flying firefighting vehicles, water cannons for police forces and has come back on the firefighters fittings (uniforms, helmets and others).
+The company has expanded activities to flying firefighting vehicles, water cannons for police forces and has come back on the firefighters fittings (uniforms, helmets...).
-Beginning of 2011, [[Federal Cartel Office|German Federal Cartel Office]] sentenced Rosenbauer, Schlingmann GmbH & Co. KG, Albert Ziegler GmbH & Co. KG and [[Iveco Magirus]] Brandschutztechnik GmbH to a total of €28 million fines for cartel practices in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/wDeutsch/aktuelles/presse/2011_02_10.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501140359/http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/wDeutsch/aktuelles/presse/2011_02_10.php |archive-date=2012-05-01 }}</ref><ref>http://www.business-wissen.de/nachrichten/iveco-muss-175-millionen-euro-kartellstrafe-zahlen/Iveco{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Rosenbauer part of the fine was 10,5 Millionen Euro. The head of Rosenbauer Julian Wagner then resigned from his post for "health reasons".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Um 13:13 |first=26 08 2011 |date=2011-08-26 |title=Nach Kartell-Affäre: Rosenbauer-Chef tritt zurück |url=https://www.diepresse.com/688384/nach-kartell-affaere-rosenbauer-chef-tritt-zurueck |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Die Presse |language=de}}</ref>
+Beginning of 2011, German antitrust authorities sentenced Rosenbauer, Schlingmann GmbH & Co. KG, Albert Ziegler GmbH & Co. KG and [[Iveco Magirus]] Brandschutztechnik GmbH to a total of €28 million fines for cartel practices.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/wDeutsch/aktuelles/presse/2011_02_10.php |title=Bundeskartellamt |accessdate=2012-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501140359/http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/wDeutsch/aktuelles/presse/2011_02_10.php |archive-date=2012-05-01 }}</ref><ref>http://www.business-wissen.de/nachrichten/iveco-muss-175-millionen-euro-kartellstrafe-zahlen/Iveco{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+[[File:BremertonFire Ladder 1 2018 Rosenbauer Commander.jpg|alt=A modern Rosenbauer ladder truck in a unique "chrome yellow" livery at a parade.|thumb|A 2018 Rosenbauer Commander, an American-style fire apparatus, in [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]], WA, U.S.A.]]
+The Rosenbauer RT, for Revolutionary Technology, was an [[electric vehicle]] built in 2014 in Austria as a concept model. As of 2021, the electric trucks had been introduced in [[Berlin]], [[Amsterdam]] and [[Dubai]]. Vice president of sales and marketing [[Mark Fusco]] said the company would start building them in its Minnesota plant in 2023. The [[BMW]] [[diesel engine]] was used only to charge the batteries. The truck was closer to the ground, making it safer and easier for firefighters to enter and exit, though a hydraulic suspension could lift the truck if it was needed. Fusco estimated the cost at $1.1 to $1.2 million but claimed savings on fuel and maintenance would make up for the extra cost in three to five years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article255121652.html|title=All-electric fire truck gets showcased in Durham|last=Stradling|first=Richard|work=[[News and Observer]]|date=2021-10-19}}</ref>
+==Shareholders==
-Company boss Siegel rejected Rosenbauer's own [[COVID-19 vaccine|COVID vaccination campaign]] in 2020 and said he "admired" any company that took on the risk for a vaccine and the possible side effects. He sees this "not as the role of companies".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rosenbauer schüttet im Coronajahr 2020 für Aktionäre mehr Geld aus |url=https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000125719082/rosenbauer-schuettet-im-coronajahr-2020-fuer-aktionaere-mehr-geld-aus |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}</ref>
+As of July 2011, 51% of the company belongs to the '''Rosenbauer Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH''', 5% to institutional investors and the remaining 44% is free float.
-Following the trend towards electromobility, in 2021 Rosenbauer presented an electrically operated emergency vehicle for city fire brigades. The Rosenbauer RT ("Revolutionary Technology") is an [[electric vehicle]] built in 2014 in [[Austria]] as a concept model. As of 2021, the electric trucks had been introduced in [[Berlin]], [[Amsterdam]] and [[Dubai]]. Vice president of sales and marketing Mark Fusco said the company would start building them at its Minnesota plant in 2023. The [[BMW]] [[diesel engine]] was used only to charge the batteries. Fusco estimated the cost at $1.1 to $1.2 million but claimed savings on fuel and maintenance would make up for the extra cost in three to five years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article255121652.html|title=All-electric fire truck gets showcased in Durham|last=Stradling|first=Richard|work=[[News and Observer]]|date=2021-10-19}}</ref>
-==Shareholders and sales==
-The company is majority family-owned. As of July 2011, 51% of the company belongs to the '''Rosenbauer BeteiligungsverwaltungsGmbH''', 5% to institutional investors and the remaining 44% is free float.
-The company is majority family-owned. During the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, Rosenbauer made record sales of more than one billion euros and also more profit.<ref name=":0" />
 ==See also==

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany