Hako GmbH
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| Company type | GmbH |
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| Industry | Machinery and automotive industry |
| Founded | 24 December 1948 |
| Headquarters | Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
Key people | Mario Schreiber (Chair), Uwe Brenne, Matthias Wolf |
| Products | Cleaning industry, ultra-light commercial vehicles |
| Revenue | 197.3 million EUR (2009)[1] |
Number of employees | 1166 (2009)[1] |
| Website | www |
Hako GmbH is a manufacturer of street sweeping equipment and ultra-light commercial vehicles, headquartered in Bad Oldesloe, Germany with customers in about sixty countries. The company was founded on 24 December 1948; its name derives from Hans Koch & Sohn.
History
Hans Koch invented the first[clarification needed] small mechanical cultivator in the world in Mecklenburg in 1924, the Di-Mo-Ha. He founded the company in Pinneberg in 1948, and it began assembling and mass-producing cultivators and single-axle milling systems.[2] In 1956 the company acquired a piece of land on Lübecker Straße in Bad Oldesloe; in the 1970s Hako moved to the industrial area on Hamburger Straße, where its headquarters are now located. It also has a technology center in Trappenkamp.
As of 2010, Hako is a worldwide leader in outdoor cleaning equipment.[3] Hako is a member of the Cleaning Systems body of the VDMA (de:Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau),[4] the largest industrial/engineering federation in Germany.
Products
Today Hako is one of the leading manufacturers of professional machines for internal cleaning, external cleaning and plant care.[2][3] The company manufacturers severals types of polishing machines, carpet cleaning equipment, dust and water vacuums, scrubbers, sweepers, street-sweeping machines, single-axis motorized tools[clarification needed], small tractors (Hakotrac), and electric tractors. In addition, Hako offers cleaning and maintenance products for professional janitors. Worldwide distribution is carried out by a dozen separate companies, as well as general importers in over 60 countries around the world, with Hako-Werke GmbH as the main business of the Hako-Group.[2]
Structure
Hako is a subsidiary of the Possehl Group. Hako encompasses six brands (MinuteMan[5][6][7] and PowerBoss in the United States), five factories, fifteen sales offices, and dealers in 25 EU countries (plus 20 additional countries internationally).[8] Hako has two recently acquired[vague] subsidiaries. In 1998 Hako acquired[clarification needed] the Deutsche Beteiligungsgesellschaft's holdings in Multicar.[9] The branch office of the Multicar subsidiary is located in Waltershausen. The branch office of the Havelländische Maschinenbau subsidiary is located in the Glindow section of Werder an der Havel. In addition, the company has shares in six other[vague] subsidiaries.
See also
- Motorsport involving the racing of small open-cab tractors on dirt tracks
- Training manuals (in German)
References
- ^ a b c "Suche im elektronischen Bundesanzeiger Hako Werke: Jahresabschluss zum 31. Dezember 2009". Ebundesanzeiger.de. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ a b c and Bernd Venohr, Eds., Lexikon der deutschen Weltmarktführer. Die Königsklasse deutscher Unternehmen in Wort und Bild. Cologne: Deutsche Standards Editionen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2.
- ^ a b http://www.rogierkauwatjoe.eu/2punt5/priv/CSER_2010_Bonnema.pdf, Communication: Key Factor in Multidisciplinary System Design, by G. Maarten Bonnema / P. Daniel Borches / Rogier G. Kauw-A-Tjoe / Fred J.A.M. van Houten (all University of Twente), 8th Conference on Systems Engineering Research, 17–19 March 2010, Hoboken NJ; research involved a prototype street-cleaning robot "defined together with (Dutch foundation that focuses on a cleaner country), Hako-Werke GmbH (a worldwide leader in outdoor cleaning equipment) and nl:Demcon advanced mechatronics (www.demcon.nl)" as external partners.
- ^ ""Technology for people" report presented to the General Assembly of VDMA members, 17th-18th October 2013, in Stuttgart Germany; membership in the Cleaning Systems committee lists Hako on page 61". Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "Minuteman and Hako-Werke to Merge". FloorDaily.net. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "Hako Minuteman Inc., a manufacturer of vacuum cleaners and... - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 30 July 1990. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Published: April 24, 1991 (24 April 1991). "Hako Minuteman Inc. reports earnings for Qtr to March 31 - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "one-page corporate overview" (PDF). Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Carolin Schmeding, "Hako will bei Multicar mehr Stellen schaffen", Berliner Zeitung, 31 July 1998 Template:De icon