Experience Issue 2021

Issue autumn 01/2021
A publication from the RUTHMANN Holdings GmbH | www.ruthmann.de
120 years RUTHMANN
#YourRuthmannStory
28
Xtra short Xtra performance
- the new
STEIGER® T 300 XS!
38
Restructuring of the
company group
39
New assembly centre in
Gescher-Hochmoor
from 51
ECOLINE AND BLUE-
LIFT in operation

RUTHMANN RENTAL & USED
CLEVERUSED
CLEVERUSED
YOUR ADVANTAGES TO PURCHASE
We offer a wide range and decade-long competences with
used aerial platforms and special transport vehicles, not
only from the company Ruthmann - but also from other
manufacturers.
All used vehicles with a high quality guarantee (TÜV, UVV
according to BGG) - ensured by our highly qualified service
staff and documented by seamless maintenance histories.
Thanks to our tip-top conditioning (cleaning and painting),
you will get your used vehicle in a unique almost as new
look.
We show you individual financing and insurance models
and offer you service and maintenance for the purchased
equipment.
CLEVERRENT
CLEVERRENT
ALL INCLUSIVE - OUR COMPLETE SERVICE
When purchasing a machine, the service and maintenance costs
as well as the wear costs tear to a variable pool of costs in addition
to depreciation and interest. Renting offers you maximum
availability (also due to our primary vehicle regulation) at a
fixed rental rate.
Our complete service includes all statutory inspections (TÜV/
BGG) and repair works including wear parts both on vehicle but
and on the Ruthmann superstructure in addition comprehensive
insurance and maintenance services. Our factory-owned
service points combined with our mobile service vehicles are
available for you 24-hours a day and ensure that your machine
is always ready for use.
Individual consultation as well as rehearsal/testing possibilities
are a matter of course for us upon appointment.
WE OFFER FIRST CHOICE USED MACHINES WITH THE RUTHMANN
TYPICAL QUALITY PROMISE IF YOU:
• want to gain your first experience in operating your own
aerial platform
• are searching your own special vehicle
• wish to become self-employed with a low budget
• need to increase your own capacities at short term
All offers on the web: www.ruthmann.de/rental-used
We have awakened your interest?
Then please touch in contact with us:
Stefan Linnemann
unter: +49 2863 204-237
via E-mail unter:
stefan.linnemann@ruthmann.de
Stefan Linnemann,
Director Rental & Used,
authorized representative

GREETING
GREETING
Dear Customers, Partners and Readers,
We are celebrating our 120th anniversary and we were very delighted
with the numerous stories about and with the RUTHMANN STEIGER ® you
sent us. You can read some few selected ones in this issue. Other will be
published in the next weeks on our social media.
At the beginning of the year, we informed about the acquisition by the
American TIME Manufacturing Company. After having now acted together
a few months, we feel confirmed in our actions and are pleased
about the great synergy from which our customers will benefit. Actually,
for example the sales network for our BLUELIFT and ECOLINE machines
has already been highly expanded. These are now also available by our
European Versalift subsidiaries.
From left to right: Uwe Strotmann, Rolf Kulawik,
Uwe Stapper und Dr. Nico Krekeler.
Not on the picture: Stefan Linnemann
Our new compact 30 meter STEIGER ® T 300 XS is now also available
which was for the first time presented online at 23rd June 2021. Please
read from page 28 what makes our new STEIGER ® unique and why the
sector still celebrates it.
In order to satisfy the increased demand for RUTHMANN STEIGER ® , we
have invested in a new modern assembly centre in Gescher-Hochmoor. In
addition to the STEIGER ® of the TB/TBR range, also new workplaces will
be created here by the end of 2022..
We wish you an enjoyable read.
Your RUTHMANN management team
Rolf Kulawik, Managing Director of the
RUTHMANN Holdings GmbH (on the left) and
Curt Howell, CEO TIME Manufacturing Company
(on the right) further rely on innovations and an
expanded sales and service network.
CONTENT 4 ................120 years RUTHMANN
28 .............. Xtra short Xtra performance: The new STEIGER T 300 XS is here
32 .............. STEIGER ® T 700 HF - 70 m on a compact chassis
34 .............. T 295 A - STEIGER T 900 HF becomes an American legend
35 .............. RUTHMANN-solutions for the material handling
36 .............. BLUELIFT ST 31 – 31 meters and 18.2 meters outreach
38 .............. With the TIME Manufacturing Group on a new course
39 .............. New assembly centre in Gescher-Hochmoor
40 .............. CEO Curt Howell‘s visit in Gescher-Hochmoor
41 .............. Expansion of the BLUELIFT and ECOLINE sales network
42 .............. RUTHMANN STEIGER ® in operation
48 .............. VERSALIFT truck-mounted platforms in operation
51 .............. ECOLINE truck-mounted platforms in operation
54 .............. BLUELIFT rubber-tracked platforms in operation
58 .............. SERVICE with the TeamViewer-Pilot
59 .............. RUTHMANN aktiv
60 .............. RUTHMANN in-house
64 .............. Working at RUTHMANN
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120 YEARS RUTHMANN: STORIES FROM OUR CUS-
TOMERS ABOUT AND WITH THE RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
Under the hashtag #YourRuthmannStory, we had asked for your stories about and
with the RUTHMANN STEIGER at the beginning of the year. Many customers, friends
and employees sent us their stories - thank you very much!
On the next pages, you will
find a selection of “stories”,
other ones will be published
in the next weeks and months
on our social media channels.
The stories are partly based on
bullet point forms but also on
fully submitted texts.
The best stories will be prized.
Likewise we sent all supporters
a little thank you in the form of
our anniversary chocolate.
We wish you an entertaining
reading of our small
RUTHMANN stories and hope
that, in addition to a few “aha”
moments, you will find something
here and there for you to
smile about.
One of the first motorised working platforms was delivered to the “lamps
cleaners” of the Stadtwerke Duisburg which was followed by other ones
after the number of accident in this dangerous job could significantly be
reduced. In 1955 the machine was exhibited at the car show in Brussels
what leaded to full order books.
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And our “Tönne” (Anton) is responsible
for the technical department.
He invented the lift truck and
STEIGER ® ”
“Yes but what do you do?
- “Me?” he answered with a grin,
“I am the eldest…”*
The family RUTHMANN was not
originally from Gescher and spoke
High German, not Low German.
GESCHER STORIES „ABOUT THE ÖLLSTEN“
An 82-year-old man from
Gescher still remember the
stories about Ruthmann which
have been told over the last 120
years in Gescher - the following
is one of them.
In an inn in Gescher, „Jupp“ (Josef)
RUTHMANN was once asked what
he was doing in his company:
“Well, my brother Hubert is responsible
for sales.
This story “about the öllsten” was
probably retold in Low German by
the inhabitants from Gescher.
* For the younger ones, here is the explanation:
On Münsterland farms, the firstborn
i.e. the eldest, traditionally inherits the farm.
The younger brothers usually leave the parental
farm. In case single younger brother
still stay on the farm (as “Öhme”), then they
work physically. The heir to the farm - i.e.
the eldest - has more pleasant tasks such as
purchase, negotiating etc.
is the “sustainability advertised on
your website”, reports the proud
owner of the RUTHMANN oldtimer.
The restauration of the STEIGER
should be started in the near future
so that the machine can be used
in style on the old farm for many
years to come. We look forward to
continue to support you. Perhaps
we will be able to present the K
90 in new splendour for the 125th
anniversary.
120 YEARS RUTHMANN
SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION
“Sustainability in action” - With
this motto, we have received
the pictures of the RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® K 90 from Sven Schroers.
“At the beginning of 2014, you
kindly helped me with documents
about the K 90. Until today, the
“Hubsteiger” is regularly in use at
our farm. Only a few hydraulic lines
have been exchanged for safety.
Otherwise, the “Hubsteiger” built
in 1959 seems indestructible. This
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THE LAST OF ITS KIND?!
In 2008, Carsten Schiedrum discovered the “treasure”
by chance on Internet. After days of correspondence,
some pictures and many sleepless
nights, he bought the STEIGER ®® without having
really seen it. “By picking-up the machine in
Cham near to the Czech border, after a 400 kilometre
drive, it became apparent that everything
was true - and I was so relieved” says C. Schiedrum.
At home near to Kassel, the V 80 did not fit in the
intended garage and another place to stay had to
be found. “Fortunately at this time, I was delivering
Christmas stalls for our village and they became so
enthusiastic that I could park the V 80 in the hall”, tells
C. Schiedrum. “But the condition was to present the
“HubSTEIGER ® ” at the next car show in Eschwege”.
Apart from a few parts,
the RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® V 80 is until
today unrestored in
its original state and
still in operation. Who
would like to admire the
Code to the SWR
report on You-
Tube
V 80 in reality: Volkswagen is actually exhibiting the
RUTHMANN V 80 in its utility vehicle customer centre
in Hanover.
This is how the STEIGER ® V 80 on the VW T1 became
known beyond the state’s borders and even became
part of the SWR report “VW-bus a transporter for the
world” in which another vehicle of C. Schiedrum also
played a “role”. At the end, VW Nutzfahrzeuge took
special note from this special T1 exemplar thanks to
the SWR report.
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Photo: Frédéric Boyadjian

STEIGER ® T 900 HF
SUPPORT FOR
NOTRE-DAME
In the devastating fire disaster on the evening
of the 15th April 2019 in the about 700-yearold
Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, the
complete wooden roof truss of the nave and
the crossing tower were destructed.
Due the extreme heat of the fire, the gigantic
steel scaffolding partially melted into each
and threatened to collapse in the nave as
well.
For dismounting the scaffolding consisting of
around 40,000 parts, working platforms with
a high lateral outreach were needed.
After several French rental companies had to
pass, the solution was found at the company
Joly in a small village in Burgundy. At that
time, Joly was the one rental company in the
world with two RUTHMANN SKY PERFOR-
MANCE STEIGER ® T 900 HF in its fleet and
was able to bring them at short term to
Paris. The RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 900 HF
is predestined for the task at the Notre-Dame
Cathedral, because with 42 meters lateral
outreach and the High-Flex technology, the
working basket can dive deeply into the
scaffolding structure in order to examine the
state of the scaffolding and to mount sensors
recording the movements of the scaffolding.
Both STEIGER ® T 900 HF have received reinforcement
by a STEIGER ® T 750 HF as well as
through a further another T 900 HF rented
from another supplier.
All three RUTHMANN STEIGER ® are
equipped with the new DRS system (Dynamic
Reach system) and can fully exploit their performance
data when used for Notre-Dame
as the outreach is permanently calculated
depending on the basket load. Thus, no outreach
meter remains unused.
The STEIGER ® were in operation 16 hours a
day, 7 days a week. After about 1.5 year, the
steel scaffolding was dismounted by means
of the three RUTHMANN STEIGER ® and with
the help of a 25 t revolving tower crane as
well as a lot of rope climbers. Afterwards a
rain roof was placed over the former site of
the crossing tower in order to protect the
cathedral from further rain.

JUBILEE READY OPERATION OF THE HF RANGE
As if we had ordered the picture ourselves to promote our HighFlex range, this picture arrived at us on
the occasion of the 120th anniversary:
The Schickling Company during operation with its T
570 HF at the local court in Cloppenburg. Thanks to
the HighFlex technology, it was possible to work on
the back side over the building on the lower edge of
the balcony though there is no positioning place on
this side.
DID YOU KNOW THE ORIGIN OF THE RUTHMANN LOGO?
Such as Pablo Picasso abstracted his world-famous bull
except a few lines, the “bone” of our RUTHMANN
logo was also created.
Based on a picture taken from another RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® , the picture was reduced to its minimum:
Chassis and working basket.
The result was the RUTHMANN “bone” which was
further optimized and made more symmetrical in the
following years, e.g. for the occasion of the company’s
100th anniversary.
In 2021, the word and figurative mark were again
adapted and the lettering conveyed. After the motto
“professionals at work” introduced in 2010, the
RUTHMANN logo in its complete representation now
adorns the sub-line “a TIME Manufacturing Company”
to which we have belonged since the beginning of the
year. Please read more about this from page 38.
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SCHEURER-ARBEITSBÜHNEN:
“I BELIEVE I CAN FLY”
When we come into our
RUTHMANN halls in the morning,
many a courageous RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® has claimed that they
could fly! Of course, none of us
ever believed that. We thought:
“These “Ruthmen”, they are
crazy…”
But then one of them disappeared
suddenly without a trace for four
weeks and we looked after it
everywhere. Thank God, we have
found him back in the meantime.
Where was he? On the roof of the
new clinic building in Göppingen
by building the new heliport.
We of course confronted him and
asked what that was. He then
answered that he had disappeared
because the boss always required
special and difficult operations
from him. It was the reason why he
had flown round a bit to clear his
head and discovered the helpless
steel construction works on the
clinic roof.
Suddenly he understood why the
boss required so much of him and
thought to himself: “a genuine
RUTHMANN can do anything and
helps in any situation, whenever he
can!”
Thanks to his large outreach and
the mobile lightness, our “I believe
I can fly” runaway safely brought
the construction workers up to the
edge of the heliport - and it was
never even difficult for him.
We are happy that he has reappeared
and is with his RUTHMANN
fleet. As we like to help everywhere
with our 20 “Ruthmen”, you can
never have enough. You never
know if one of them might be
flying through the air - according
to our slogan from the year 1991:
“Scheurer working platforms … as
if you could fly”.
K130: STILL IN USE
EVERY DAY TODAY
The K 130 with the serial number
629 was built in 1972 and is still
in daily service in Serbia.
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FROM THE SEWING MACHINE TO THE LARGEST
WORKING PLATFORM IN THE WORLD
1901 On 01.10.1901 Anton
Ruthmann founds a shop for bicycles
and sewing machines at the
former railway station in Münster.
1920 Construction of a
production hall and warehouse
where Anton Ruthmann produces
and sells his own agricultural
machines.
1909 Due to differences of
opinion within the family about the
management, Anton Ruthmann
moved to Gescher and became
independent once again with a
bicycle business. His wife Clara
manages the “Gabelpunkt” inn
which they have rented.
The company building at the railway station in Gescher
approximately in 1928
1911 He expands the
business by a workshop where
he repairs and sells agricultural
machines.
1926 Purchase of the
country inn “Gabelpunkt” and
rebuilding in a modern hotel
managed by his wife.
1930 Expansion of the pro-
duction by transport machines for
internal purposes such as e.g. sack
trucks or hand carts.
1934 Registration of the
workshop at the Chamber of
Trade Münster in order to carry
out contract work e.g. for the
production of spare-parts for the
mining industry. Also the first
orders from the “Reichsbahn”
for the RUTHMANN containers
bring additional work.
1940 During the Second
World War, the family moves
closer and works in the company
in Gescher. Orders from DEMAG
and the “Reichsbahn” ensure the
continuity of the company.
RUTHMANN presented the lift truck in 1950.
1947 RUTHMANN gets a
provisional production permit from
the English military authorities.
Work can be resumed in the partially
destroyed factory.
1950 The Ruthmann brothers
recognize the great potential
of a self-propelled lift trucks and
present them for the first time at
the “Road and Rail” exhibition in
Essen. The lift truck causes a big
sensation and brings RUTHMANN
full order books.
RUTHMANN produced in 1934 among other things transport containers
for the “Reichsbahn”.
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In 1952, the first lifting equipment for mounting works.

Ruthmann was still smiled for the
purchase of the “Hoher Veen”
moorland. In 1962 the construction
of the current company headquarters
begins.
The first RUTHMANN STEIGER ® in 1954 in operation by the lamp cleaners of the
Stadtwerke Duisburg.
1952 The first lifting equipment
for mounting works is
produced for the industry. The
construction reaches a working
height of 4.5 meters and is primarily
intended to be used for shelving
and maintenance works.
1959 With the new K range,
the STEIGER ® now also disposes a
jib arm which can be used to work
behind small projecting edges.
RUTHMANN registers the terms
“ STEIGER ® ” and “HUBSTEIGER ® ”
with the patent office.
1963 The first STEIGER ® is
produced in the 2,500 m 2 production
hall in Gescher-Hochmoor.
At this time, a production hall as
well an office and a social wing are
situated there.
1966 Further innovative
STEIGER ® such as the US 210 to be
also used for inspecting bridges’
undersides are developed up until
market maturity.
1954 The first RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® is produced for the
Stadtwerke Duisburg based on a
Matador chassis.
The type 60 reaches a working
height of up to 8 meters and makes
the cleaning of the gas lamps in
Duisburg safer.
1956 Only two years later,
RUTHMANN presents the first telescopic
working platform of the type
110. It reaches a working
height of 13 meters and
for the first time, it is also
possible to work laterally
over obstacles.
1957 In addition to
the highly increasing demand
for the new working
platforms, RUTHMANN
develops self-propelled
passenger bridges which
are in use at the Düsseldorf
and Frankfort airports.
1961 After 60 years
of self-employment, Anton
Ruthmann decides to hand
over the company to his children.
From now on, the sons
Josef, Anton-Gerhard and
Hubert manage the business
as an oHG.
At the same time, the
planning for the construction
of a new production
site in Gescher-Hochmoor
is completed. In 1948, Anton
The Ruthmann company premises around 1979 before the
construction of the new office building.
1968 After the rapid rise of
the company and the worldwide
success of his products, the founder
of the company Anton Ruthmann
dies on 26.10.1968 at the age of
88 years.
1970 Presentation of the telescopic
articulated STEIGER ® with
28 meters working height which
finds great sales abroad especially
due to the optional fire brigade
equipment.
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The invited guests marvelled at the worldwide
highest working platform and were able to test
themselves smaller STEIGER ® .
A lovely highlight of the event was the
TTS 1000 pie.
1972 The company previously
run by the family as an oHG
is transformed into a GmbH & Co.
KG. Josef and Hubert Ruthmann as
well as Manfred Holters are appointed
Managing Directors.
1975 Anton-Gerhard
Ruthmann interrupts his retirement
which started one year before. He
builds the first company-owned service
point in Mörfelden, the foundation
stone of the comprehensive
RUTHMANN service network.
1980 The sales department
situated until then in Gescher
moves to the newly built office
building in Hochmoor. The service
follows. The property and the hotel
at the railway station are sold in the
following years.
1985 As worldwide novelty,
the RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TTS 590
with a working height of 60 meters
is presented in 1985. Due to company-owned
development relating
to the telescopic construction, the
machines are becoming even lighter
and more stable. Higher working
heights can be reached in this way.
2001 On the occasion of the
100 th company anniversary, the
RUTHMANN engineers excel themselves
and create with the STEIGER ®
TTS 1000 the worldwide highest
working platform. With 100.4
meters working height and 40
meters lateral outreach, it is so far
ahead of the branch. It took years
before the record was overtaken. A
big celebration with lots of guests
and a varied stage show makes this
glamourous anniversary an extraordinary
event.
2002 After the big anniversary,
several difficult years followed.
Two thirds of the employees had to
be terminated before the trend was
upwards through massive restructuring
in 2003.
2003 The new shareholders
Heinrich Winkelmann and
Heinz-Jürgen Buss restructure the
company and set the company on a
successful course.
2004 With the foundation
of the RUTHMANN Austria GmbH,
RUTHMANN is now also present in
Austria.
2007 RUTHMANN continues
to work on optimising the telescope
profiles and achieves more outreach
and working height with ever
lighter but still stable constructions.
Anton-Gerhard Ruthmann was also congratulated
on his engineering masterpiece and his
professional success.
Heinrich Winkelmann and Heinz-Jürgen Buss restructured RUTHMANN and set the
company on a successful course.
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With the STEIGER ® T 900 HF, RUTHMANN presented for the first time in
2018 a machine equipped with the pioneering Dynamic Reach System (DRS).
2008 RUTHMANN FINANCE
GmbH & Co. KG is founded.
2010 Rolf Kulawik becomes
Managing Director. The previous
managing shareholders Heinrich
Winkelmann and Heinz-Jürgen
Buss remain with RUTHMANN as
shareholders.
2013 With the T 175 A, the
first STEIGER ® is exported to the
USA, opening up another large
market.
2016 Foundation of the
RUTHMANN Italia S.r.l..
2017 The company Hubitec
becomes RUTHMANN Schweiz
AG.
2018 With the development
of the Dynamic Reach System
(DRS), RUTHMANN achieves a
quantum leap in terms of outreach
optimization and a significant performance
increase of the machines
equipped or retrofitted with it.
With the Sky Performance
STEIGER ® T 900 HF equipped for
the first time with DRS (Dynamic
Reach System), RUTHMANN
once again breaks records: 42
meters outreach and an upper
boom length of 33 meters.
RUTHMANN founds the
RUTHMANN North America LP
and expands the sales network in
North America.
With the ECOLINE 180 hybrid,
RUTHMANN for the first time
launches a truck-mounted working
platform on the market both
powered with diesel or electric
engine.
At bauma 2019 RUTHMANN presents
the new TB/TBR range on 3.5
t chassis. The 30 m mark is reached
for the first time with the TB 300.
The TBR 260 disposes of a RÜSSEL ®
and now reaches 26 meters working
height on a 3.5 t chassis.
2020 With the STEIGER ®
T 700 HF, RUTHMANN marks
a new trend for more compact
machines. The STEIGER ® T 700 HF
reaches 70 meters working height
for the first time on a 4-axle chassis
which is shorter than 12 meters.
In the same year, RUTHMANN
acquires the American company
Reachmaster and acts from now on
as RUTHMANN Reachmaster NA
L.P. on the American market.
From now on also 100% electric. In 2019 RUTHMANN
presents the STEIGER ® Ampero TBR 250 E.
2019 With the RUTHMANN
Ampero TBR 250 E, RUTHMANN
goes the step to the first worldwide
fully electric truck-mounted
working platform with 25 meters
working height. Working platform
und chassis use the same battery
and can be easily charged such as
a car.
In the hybrid machine range,
RUTHMANN piles the fire up with
the TB 270 and offers also in this
segment a truck-mounted working
platform relying on both drives.
2021 The sale of the
RUTHMANN GmbH & Co. KG to
the TIME Manufacturing Group
in February will pave international
channels and significantly expand
the service network.
With the new compact 30 m
STEIGER ® T 300 XS, RUTHMANN
presents a short machine for urban
use with increased performance
data.
On the occasion of the bauma 2019,
RUTHMANN presented the complete TB/TBR
range and with the TB 300 the worldwide highest
working platform on a 3.5 t chassis.
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BEGEMANN’S MIETLIFT SAYS “THANKS YOU FOR THE
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP EXISTING FOR DECADES”
The e-mail arrived in our anniversary
mailbox with these words from
the company Begemann’s Mielift.
The business relationship between
RUTHMANN and Begemann’s
Mietlift began almost 40 years
ago with the delivery of the first
RUTHMANN GELENKSTEIGER ®
GS 150. The 17 m high articulated
STEIGER ® was popular in Leopoldshöhe
and could be rented for 65
German mark per hour.
“And today it is still there”, says
Klaus Tasche, Managing Director
of Begemann’s Mietservice, “even
though no longer in operation but
in the Begemann’s Mietlift museum.
Further STEIGER ® followed such
as e.g. the first TU 680 which was
added to the fleet in 1996.
Today, the rental fleet of Begemann’s
Mietlift comprises more
than 600 machines including 16
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® .
We would also like to thank you
for the continuing business relationship
and look forward to many
other successful operations of the
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® .
FROM CARPENTER TO THE LARGEST “EMPLOYER” IN GESCHER
Now 87, Klaus Kreylkamp
has worked at Ruthmann for
around 40 years and has now
been retired for 27 years. He
started working in the carpentry
workshop in 1952.
At that time, RUTHMANN acquired
a part of the actual property
in Hochmoor in exchange for a
Deutz tractor. In return, the animals
of the previous owner were allowed
to graze a part of this land.
At that time, Klaus Kreylkamp built
together with five other colleagues
the fence for the animals. As a
thank you, the men were given
a bottle of schnapps - without
glasses :)
Klaus Kreylkamp
is with his bee
colonies one of
the of the largest
employers of
Gescher
Later Klaus Kreylkamp helped to
build hall 1 on the property in
Hochmoor which still stands today.
So he is probably the only who is
still alive today and has worked on
it.
Even then, bees were Klaus
Kreylkamp’s great hobby. On the
RUTHMANN grasslands, where
he took them, they did not yield
much but later all the more when
travelling with the bee colonies all
over Germany.
Today, he still offers
thousands of
bees a safe workplace
in Gescher
and manages the
bee museum on
the Lindenstraße.
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Mobilift shareholders
before departure to Gescher to
RUTHMANN
#YourRuthmannStory
SURPRISE VISIT FROM MOBILIFT
In July 1983, the Mobilift shareholders
accepted an invitation from
the HubSTEIGER ® manufacturer
RUTHMANN to Gescher, for a
factory visit and dinner, followed
by an overnight stay. The invitation
from RUTHMANN was negotiated
as two HubSTEIGER ® were
ordered and Hubert Ruthmann did
not want to talk about a higher
discount than 5%. Therefore we
made the suggestion to visit the
factory. But he had no idea that
26 of us were taking part in this
factory tour.
As we arrived at RUTHMANn,
Hubert Ruthmann welcomed us
directly. He was a little bit surprised
by the number of persons and
instructed his employees to organize
more rooms and more places
for dinner. After the factory tour,
we went to different hotels in the
surrounding area. For dinner, the
bus we chartered picked us up
again and brought us to the Lembeck
Castle. Here we were stately
hosted. We had plenty to eat and
the alcohol flowed in streams.
Afterwards we went to the castle
disco.
After dancing the
night away, the tour
group made their
way home on foot
in the early morning,
when it was already
light again.
Here it continued with dancing and
alcohol. Around four o’clock, we
had to leave the disco. As the bus
was no longer available, we tried
to take a taxi or other means of
transport. But this was not possible
at that time and we walked in
different groups and well drunk
along the country road back to our
sleeping accommodations.
Our group had to walk approximately
5 kilometres. The woman
with her high heels took off their
shoes and walked barefoot along
the country road. After an interminably
time, the group reached the
hotel. It was closed and we had to
throw some stones at the windows,
but nobody opened a window.
Next to the hotel, there was a single-track
railway line and here they
were working on the tracks. Since
we had seen an opened window in
the meantime, the scaffolders got
a ladder from the railway workers
and a person climbed in through
the opened window and opened
the door. So we got a short night’s
rest after all. Around 9:00 we went
back home.
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#YourRuthmannStory
RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® TTS 1000
The milestone for the 100 th
company anniversary
On 23rd March 2001, we
presented on the occasion of
the 100th company anniversary
the first 100 meter working
platform in the world.
The two STEIGER ® of type TTS 1000 were in operation with
the rental companies Gardemann and Gerken during years.
The RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TTS 1000 of the Gerken Company
was sold in 2010 to the company Abilene High Lift Aerial in
Texas. It is still in operation with a MACK tractor unit.
The RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TTS
1000 set completely new standards
for truck-mounted working
platforms and was the highest
working platform in the world
for several years.
In addition to excellent performance
data with 100.4 meters
working height and 40 meters
outreach, the STEIGER ® TTS
1000 also stands out due to its
chassis. Based on a semitrailer,
the tractor unit floats sensationally
in the air after stabilization
and serves as counterweight.
The TTS 1000 was built twice as
an anniversary model.
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HF TECHNOLOGY
CREATES NEW
POSSIBILITIES
With the introduction of the
HighFlex technology in 2016,
RUTHMANN engineers set the bar
a little higher again and presented
for the first time a STEIGER ® with
which works behind projecting
edges could be carried out.
This was made possible, as here
on the STEIGER ® T 750 HF, thanks
to the 220° basket rotation. This
allows getting close to the object
without having the RÜSSEL in the
way.
#YourRuthmannStory
RUTHMANN DRS SYSTEM EXPANDS THE APPLICATION SPECTRUM
The introduction of the Dynamic
Reach System in 2018 marked
a quantum leap in the control
technology of our RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® .
From now on, the optional system
was able to calculate the outreach
and basket load of the HF STEIGER ®
in real time and thus get the maximum
possible performance data.
This is also the case with our campaign
motif, where basket load and
outreach were optimised with the
help of DRS and the imminent picking
up of an additional load into
the cage was taken into account.
#YourRuthmannStory
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JONJO FOLEY ESTIMATES
THE FLEXIBILY
I started my job at Hubitec AG
on 1st November 2016 which
was acquired by RUTHMANN in
2017.
Principally, I work in the internal
sales department. My core task
consists in the commercial and
technical processing and coordination
of projects - from the preparation
of the offer to the order
and the delivery of the complete
machine to the end customer.
In Switzerland, we are a small team
of ten colleagues in the office and
in the workshop. Flexibility is very
important to us. We not only work
together on an equal footing, we
also complement each other. That
is what I like about my job. In addition
to my actual field of activity
in the internal sales department,
new challenges arise that need to
be solved.
RUTHMANN offers me freedom
and flexibility in terms of working
times, so it is a fair give and take.
Our team is very collegial and “almost
familiar”.
This is also supported by events
such as service partner meetings or
the legendary RUTHMANN “Oktoberfest”.
It is almost like “coming
home” when, after a longer period
of time, you meet colleagues again
at an event with whom you otherwise
only phone with. By the way,
there is always enough time for
funny anecdotes and private conversations.
Of course, there is also
a lot of shop talk; for example, I am
impressed e.g. by the technological
progress in the TB range in the 5
years of my period of employment.
When I think of the TB 290 and TB
300: it is really impressive what the
colleagues in Gescher have developed
here on the 3.5 t basis.
SOFIE TELÖKEN TAKES OFF
AFTER THE APPRENTICESHIP
In 2017 I started my apprenticeship
at RUTHMANN in Gescher
as mechatronics technician
and now work in the electrical
assembly.
Sofie Telöken was happy to pose in front
of the camera for our trainee photo shoot.
Many thanks for that!
During my apprenticeship, I got
to know many company departments
and spent much time in our
modern training workshop with my
colleagues.
What I like about RUTHMANN is
the friendly, collegial ambiance and
that you are taken seriously as a
woman in a technical profession.
As it came to my exam, we got all
kinds of help from our trainers and
colleagues in order to be able to
prepare us theoretically but also
practically on our exam. After having
passed my exam, RUTHMANN
wanted to take me over.
I did not think twice and a workplace
was offered in my favourite
department, the electrical assembly.
Even in terms of working times, my
wishes were taken into consideration
and I could flexibly adjust my
numbers of hours, as I still have
plans.
It gave me the necessary free time
I actually need for my electric
engineering correspondence course
which takes about three and a half
years.
I hope to develop myself at
RUTHMANN when I will be
graduated. I would be pleased as I
have come to appreciate the kind
colleagues and the friendly atmosphere.
Also the goodies such as
free drinks and fresh fruit at workplace
are not found in the company
where my acquaintance work.
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DAVID WILMERS KNOWN THROUGH THE JOB OFFERS
Including my apprenticeship
at RUTHMANN, I have worked
here for ten years in November
2021. I learnt mechatronics
and actually I principally carry
out electrical installation of the
large-scale machines.
My work here at RUTHMANN consists
by and large in connecting the
STEIGER ® electrically and in taking
them into operation afterwards .
The best moments are when the
control system is activated and you
know that you have wired and adjusted
everything correctly and also
the test drives from the working
basket. One breathes life into a real
high-tech machine - and it is what I
love in my job.
For me, the biggest innovation
in my present career is clearly
the STEIGER ® T 900 HF with DRS
system. A very exciting project that
faced us with lots of challenges we
had to solve.
The “Oktoberfest” at RUTHMANN
are also a great experience where
the whole company and customers
celebrate together. It has also
happened that the party continued
with a mix of customers and employees
in the local disco at the end
of the event.
I can recommend RUTHMANN
as employer because I still like my
job, the colleagues are friendly and
because it is an interesting product
range - RUTHMANN offers me a
secure workplace with diversified
work.
People now know me from pictures
on petrol pumps, hay carts
or from the newspaper and I am
often asked about it but I stand by
it and am proud to be a company
employee.
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TO SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION
WE SINCERELY CONGRATULATE …
… our colleagues of the RUTHMANN GmbH, Austria. The partly 5 years long learning time with attendance
of evening classes has paid off: Our colleagues can be pleased about the titles awarded by
the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and bear them from now on.
Franz Knopper passes the master
examination for the metal technology
craft in the field of agricultural
and construction machinery. 320
hours lessons are behind him.
Lukas Gomboltz may use the title
“engineer” since February 2021.
He completed five years of study
which he finished with the Matura.
Szilard Herman has also successfully
completed the examination to
become engineer. Also five years
of study are behind him which he
finished with the Matura.
Franz Knopper Lukas Gombotz Szilard Herman
IBRAHIM ABDALLA IS
IMPRESSED WITH THE
STEIGER ® TTS 1000
For 4 years now, I work as service
technician at RUTHMANN
in the service point Seevetal
near to Hamburg. In this time, I
completed my apprenticeship at
RUTHMANN as agricultural and
construction machinery mechatronics
technician and have
been taken over .
Here we are a very good team with
a friendly boss and colleagues.
I like coming to work and enjoy
that I have a secure workplace
offering again and again interesting
and diversified tasks.
I am always impressed with the
technology. But what most fascinates
me is the STEIGER ® TTS 1000
with 100.4 meters working height.
I would have liked to contribute to
this project but during its development
I was unfortunately not by
RUTHMANN.
I always enjoy meeting again a lot
of colleagues on the occasion of
the “Oktoberfest” in Gescher with
whom you otherwise only have
contact by phone during the year.
We also meet during trainings and
exchange our opinions.
I would recommend RUTHMANN
as employer and training enterprise.
I like my job and we are a
great team.
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SVEN VIETH IS RUTHMANN FAN
In comparison to my previous jobs
as painter, here you can continuously
work throughout the year
and also when it rains, there are
not rest days which have to be
reworked. RUTHMANN also pays
on time and does a lot of for its
employees.
15 years ago, I joined the
company as qualified painter
and varnisher via a temporary
employment agency.
I work in the end equipment
department and I am responsible
for the 100% perfect corrosion
protection of the STEIGER ® . At
RUTHMANN, I really appreciate
being able to work precisely and
conscientiously. Not the quantity
but the quality of our products
is in foreground. We produce a
high-quality machine which is in
use for many years and therefore
very sustainable.
Our team consists of kind colleagues
and I like coming to work
everyone is helpful and there is a
good, relaxed atmosphere.
Through my job, I came privately to
model making and my enthusiasm
for the STEIGER ® became a hobby.
I collect STEIGER ® models which
I buy on EBay. Unfortunately, the
models are sought-after and often
The team with whom the passion began 15
years ago: top from left to right. Andreas
Osterkamp (today team leader of the final
outfitting) and Sven Vieth, below: Andreas,
Josef Schlüter (retired production manager),
Rainhard Wolters (retired), Hartmut Ribbers,
Martin Osterkamp (retired), Manfred Richter
(retired, now porter).
Narrowly missed victory: At the end, Sven
Vieth had to let a customer “go ahead”.
hard to get. Also in “Hamburger
Miniaturwunderland”, I discovered
a few STEIGER ® models during a
visit - that makes the heart beat a
little bit faster.
As a balance to my quiet hobby, I
am still active in the volunteer fire
brigade - experiences with height
access technology are abundantly
available.
But also in job, there is often
variety and we have fun often. The
highlight is always the “Oktoberfest”.
We look forward to this far
in advance. Last time, I almost won
at holding beer mug - if it had not
been for this RUTHMANN customer…
Well, next time!
The comprehensive model making collection
includes around 40 RUTHMANN STEIGER ® ,
some of them real rarities.
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ANGELO CALIGIURI
ENJOYS TO HAVE LEARNT
BY RUTHMANN
In our plant in Satan Maria Del
Piano in Italia, I am responsible
for the mounting of the telescopic
system.
I started to work at RUTHMANN
seven years ago. I had the opportunity
to complete my apprenticeship
there under the guidance of
Paolo Marti from whom I learnt a
lot of. During my apprenticeship,
I was able to expand my knowledge.
I am very happy to work
for RUTHMANN and to assemble
these great machines.
The history of RUTHMANN, which
stands for quality and reliability,
is unique. The incredible growth
of the company in the last years
impressed me and I am proud of
being involved in this success.
I am responsible for the assembly
of the boom system what is very
important for the proper and safe
functioning of the machine. Highest
precision and care have highest
priority in my work.
It motivates me again every day to
search for new improvements in
order to make our products even
better. My superiors always have an
eye open for this and some of the
proposals are already integrated in
new products.
I really enjoy working at
RUTHMANN Italia s.r.l. and I look
forward to my job every morning.
RUTHMANN is one of the best
employers here and I can only recommend
it.
DAVID VANNUCCI LEARNED MUCH BY RUTHMANN
When I started my apprenticeship
at RUTHMANN Italia 6
years ago, I did not quite know
how to hold a drill :) Fortunately,
I had Roberto Marti as
instructor and he taught me a
lot.
After the successful apprenticeship,
I was taken on by RUTHMANN
and now I am responsible for the
assembly and pre-testing of the hydraulic
system in our plant in Santa
Maria del Piano.
As employee at RUTHMANN, I
feel that I am taken seriously. The
management is very interested in
innovations and takes our suggestions
into account. We then
consider together what can be
integrated into the product in the
future in order to further improve
the products. I feel as important
part of a sworn team.
In my sector, the pre-testing of the
hydraulic system, there are new
challenges daily and it is a dynamic
process that never bores me. Every
day presents challenges and that’s
what drives me. I enjoy going to
work.
In the last years, RUTHMANN has
expended very much and continues
to do so. It’s fun being part of this
company and it feels great being
involved in these machines.
There is always a lot of fun with
our team, also during work and the
atmosphere is very good. I particularly
remember a visit of a trade fair
together which was very funny -
but I better not reveal any details :)
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STOREKEEPER GEORG EVERS
We received some pictures by mail from a photo
album as part of the estate of RUTHMANN’s
employee Georg Evers which we do not want to
withhold from you.
Georg Evers worked as storekeeper until the 100 th
company anniversary and experienced the move from
the Bahnhofstraße in Gescher to the new premises in
Gescher-Hochmoor.
#YourRuthmannStory
The RUTHMANN team at the end of the 1970s - the move from the site on
the Bahnhofstraße in Gescher to the new large premises in Hochmoor was
imminent.
RUTHMANN Cargoloader as car transporter with a lowerable
lifting bed. A Mercedes-Benz Unimog served as engine basis here.
At that time, RUTHMANN in Gescher produced in
addition to the STEIGER ® also the RUTHMANN Cargo-Loader
with a lowerable lifting bed. The vehicles
were available in a wide variety of versions.
STEIGER ® T 265: MY LOYAL COMPANION
My name is Helmut Hauck. In 1999,
I have started my own business
as arborist and at the beginning I
also worked as subcontractor for
a building cleaning company in
Nuremberg. The company had purchased
a STEIGER ® T 265 and also
the company put the STEIGER ® at my
disposal so that I could trim trees in
Nuremberg as newly self-employed
person.
A few years later, in 2004, I carried
out arboricultural works for a
landscaping company in Bamberg in
the former US barracks in Schweinfurt
und Bamberg exactly with this
HUBSTEIGER ® . In the meantime,
this company had purchased the
STEIGER ® T 265 from the building
cleaning company in Nuremberg.
After a few years in which I
worked again and again with this
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® and it never
let me down, I decided to buy it. So
it is in my possession since 2010 and
together we carry out my orders for
arboricultural works every day my
orders for arboricultural works every
day.
My T 265 is a loyal companion and I
especially appreciate the robustness
and reliability of the machine. Even at
very low or high temperatures, the T
265 has always worked perfectly and
never let me down.
In 2024 we hopefully will celebrate
its 25th anniversary together :-)
Helmut Hauck and his STEIGER ® T 265 are an
inseparable team for more than 20 years.
#YourRuthmannStory
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SUCCESSFUL
OPERATION
FOR BULACCES
IN SOFIA
In the around 100-year-old
university in Sofia, repair works
were needed on the colourful
windows set in lead. The works
on the 10 m high windows and
on the ceiling should be carried
out from a stair landing.
#YourRuthmannStory
Done: The BLUELIFT SA 18 HB stands at the planned place and can begin with the works - the
100-year-old marble staircase survives the contribution undamaged.
More than 50 steps must be overcome in
the university in Sofia before the machine
weighing only 2,200 kg reaches its place of
operation.
A big challenge but one for which
our BLUELIFT SA 18 HB seemed
to be made. With a weight of
just over 2 tons, the load on the
100-year-old marble staircase and
the risk of breaking it were very
low.
After a thorough inspection of
the site, the operation could start
a few days later. By using lots of
underlay material, the team around
Sava Dimitrov wanted to tackle this
challenge.
The BLUELIFT SA 18 HB with its
powerful battery rides very slowly
up the numerous steps over the
wooden planks always strictly
observed by the team so that there
are no surprises.
After about one hour, it’s done:
The BLUELIFT SA 18 HB stands on
the planned stair landing and the
works on the windows can begin.
120 YEARS RUTHMANN - THE BEGIN OF A FRIENDSHIP
A large painting company - neighbour
of our scaffolding company in
Cologne-Braunsfeld - “suddenly”
had a truck-mounted working platform
(Maltech = a Swiss painting
company) on its premises for its
own use and for rent. As a scaffolding
contractor, this made me
aware of the possibility of renting
lifts.
So we, as scaffolders from Cologne
(scaffolding regular table), visited
the working platforms exhibited at
bauma and thus we got in touchwith
the company Ruthmann.
The common interest in an alternative
to scaffoldings ultimately led to
an association of concurrent companies
founding a conjoint working
platform rental company in Mai
1981 which is still successful today.
During the foundation phase, the
name “Mobilift” working platform
rental has been created.
In the course of the years, a good
and friendly business relationship
developed with Ruthmann which
ended in a visit to Ruthmann where
the mutual “Du” (you) was agreed.
It turned out that we Cologne
people and the Ruthmann people
indulge a common hobby, namely
celebrating carnival. This, on the
other hand, led to mutual visits
to carnival events in Coesfeld or
Cologne.
This friendship still continues today,
with business and private matters
being kept strictly separate without
any problems.
Remembered and written down on
20 th July 2021
Udo Feldbusch
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From left to right: Our Spanish
sales and service partner Bert
Wiegel (Managing Director
AMCO Machinery & Consulting),
Marco Rodriguez (Board Member
Roxu Grupo), our Managing
Director Rolf Kulawik, Garcia
Rodriguez (Board Member Roxu
Grupo) and our General Sales
Manager Uwe Strotmann at the
bauma in Munich in 2016.
#YourRuthmannStory
DELIVERY OF THE 200 TH
HEIGHT PERFORMANCE STEIGER ® TO ROXU
In 2012 we launched our first
HEIGHT performance STEIGER ®
T 460 In the meantime, a complete
range of HEIGHT performance
machines with 9 models has been
created, covering working heights
between 38 and 90 meters.
And with almost 600 unit sold, it is
also the worldwide most successful
range in the field of truck-mounted
large scale machines.
At bauma 2016 in Munich, we
honoured our 200th Height performance
purchaser - the Spanish
rental company Roxu Grupo.
Congratulations to the Roxu
Grupo!
The Roxu Grupo, with headquarters
situated in Oviedo (region of
Asturias in Spain), is one of the
worldwide best known and largest
crane and working platform rental
company in Europe. With the
acquisition of three new Height
performance-STEIGER ® - 2 x 720
and 1 x T 540 - the Roxu Grupo has
effectively reinforced its working
platform fleet, the “Plaas”.
#YourRuthmannStory
WHEN THE
BRANDENBURG
GATE CAME TO
ÖHRINGEN IN 2003
This picture was taken on the occasion
of the 750th anniversary of the
town Öhringen near Stuttgart.
The “small” Brandenburg Gate was
positioned at the town entrance of
Öhringen by means of large canvases
over scaffold construction.
Two RUTHMANN STEIGER ® from
Rolf Herbold GmbH were used for
positioning this work of art.
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STEIGER ® T 300 XS
SHORTER VEHICLE LENGTH,
HIGHER OUTREACH - THE NEW 30 M
STEIGER ® T 300 XS FROM RUTHMANN
On 23 June 2021, RUTHMANN
presented the compact
STEIGER ® T 300 XS with 30
meters working height to its
customers and interested participants
in an online presentation
announcing herewith its market
launch. With a length of 7.59
m, the new working platform
is more than 60 centimetres
shorter than the actual T 300
and therefore the most compact
30 meter machine on a 7.49 t
chassis on the market. The new
STEIGER ® T 300 XS achieves 23
meters outreach - a full 2 meters
more as its predecessor.
Thanks to the shorter overall length
and reduced rear overhang, the
STEIGER ® T 300 XS can be used
even more safely in urban spaces.
Thanks to the higher outreach, it
covers a wider application range
without having to move the working
platform.
This makes the new RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® T 300 XS interesting for
several fields of applications from
building cleaning to tree pruning.
Further interesting application possibilities
result from the increased
basket load of now even 350 kg
combined with the particularly high
outreach.
Thanks to the short wheelbase
of 3.60 meters and the short rear
overhang, the rear part of the vehicle
swings out significantly less and
the risk of accidents is reduced.
When things get tight, the STEIGER ®
T 300 XS particularly scores well. With
compact dimensions and a one-sided
stabilisation, it can also be used in
urban environments.
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STEIGER ® T 300 XS
With 7.59 m overall vehicle
length and increased performance
data, the new
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 300
XS is a performant machine for
urban use. The short rear overhang
makes the machine easy
to handle.
Experience the
RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® T 300 XS
in 360°
COMPACT TELESCOPE FOR A
SHORTER OVERALL LENGTH
Our engineers were able to reduce
the length of the retracted
telescope by 60 centimetres in the
redesign. This was made possible
by an optimised and more stable
boom profile as well as the more
compact boom heads of STEIGER ®
T 300 XS which have already
proven themselves in a similar form
on the RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T
900 HF.
For the first time, two telescopic
cylinders are now used in the
high-strength fine-grained steel
construction to extend the telescope.
Through this, the telescope
profile has further been optimised.
Likewise, the energy chain of the
STEIGER ® T 300 XS runs inside the
telescope on top of the boom extensions
leading to a more compact
structural shape of the telescope
and to a high ease of maintenance.
The new turret construction of the
T 300 XS offers a further particularity.
Due to the new geometrical
shape, the weight could be further
optimised and the stability increased.
STABLE BASE FRAME ENABLES
EXTRAORDINARY PERFOR-
MANCES
Thanks to the shorter, completely
redesigned base frame, the chassis
has also been shortened accordingly.
RUTHMANN relies here on
jack boxes and turret tube made
of high-strength fine-grained steel
in order to achieve a high torsion
resistance and maximum performance
data.
With 23 meters outreach,
the STEIGER ® T 300 XS is now
2 meters further as its predecessor
and can also be used for
operations what were previously
only feasible with larger working
platforms
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350 kg
200 kg
100 kg
STEIGER ® T 300 XS
With 30 m working height and
350 kg basket load, the STEIGER ®
T 300 XS also plays its trump
cards in industrial use.
30 m
20 m
10 m
COMFORTABLE JACK
CONTROL STAND WITH
MONITOR AT EYE LEVEL
The STEIGER ® T 300 XS offers great
features also “on the ground”.
30 m
The new jack control stand, which
is still very popular in the TB/TBR
range, is used as standard for the
first time in the T range.
20 m
The new control stand is optimally
integrated on the chassis at eye
10 m
level and offers in addition to the
reliable stabilization types and
comfort functions a practicable
stabilisation of the machine from
the vehicle at all times. Clear and
well recognisable switches that
can change their colours, never
leave the machine operator in the
dark.
MORE BASKET LOAD AND
PROVEN OPERATION
The basket load has been increased
by a further 30 kg to achieve a
maximum of 350 kg thanks to the
stable new telescope design of the
STEIGER ® T 300 XS.
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30 m
30 m
10 m
5,00 m
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2,50 m
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200 kg
350 kg
100 kg
200 kg
350 kg
100%
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STEIGER ® T 300 XS
Thanks to the boom heads, the retracted telescope has been
reduced by 60 centimetres to achieve the compact vehicle length
of only 7.59 m.
The telescope, the substructure and the turret unit of the T 300
XS have been redesigned by RUTHMANN. Objective: the high
outreach of 23 meters with increased basket load of 350 kg.
The known working basket from
the T range is compatible with
other baskets of the same range.
The modern RUTHMANN Cockpit
is used, with numerous comfortable
functions and real-time readable
operating data. Another new
feature is that vehicle chassis data
are displayed in real time, depending
on the manufacturer. This
means that the operator is never
left in the dark about e.g. how
full the tank is or when the Ad-
Blue system will carry out the next
self-cleaning. The operator gets all
relevant data at any time.
The STEIGER ® T 300 XS can be
equipped with all working baskets
of the range, e.g. tree pruning and
insulated baskets or with the large
2.10 m wide working basket. As
usual by RUTHMANN, this can be
carried by 2 persons in just a few
steps.
The proven and robust basket
rotating device of 2 x 90° is also
standard on the T 300 XS.
MUTLI-CHASSIS CONCEPT
RUTHMANN also relies on the
multi-chassis concept for the
STEIGER ® T 300 XS. The working
platform can be mounted on different
7.49 t up to 8.6 t chassis from
Mercedes-Benz, MAN, or Iveco.
The proven jack control stand
from the TB/TBR range is now also
used on the STEIGER ® T300 XS.
The coverings of the rear lights
are completely accessible what
makes e.g. the loading of the
vehicle easier.
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STEIGER ® T 700 HF
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 700 HF WITH 70 M WORKING
HEIGHT AND 24.6 METER LONG TRIPLE UPPER BOOM
With the new STEIGER ® T 700 HF, RUTHMANN present a further highlight of German engineering. For the first
time at RUTHMANN, the compact machine achieves a working height of 70 m and an outstanding outreach of
41 m on a carrier chassis less than 12 m long.
The HighFlex RÜSSEL can be rotated by 220° and enables a
working radius of 6 meters directly at the object.
The compact chassis of the RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 700 HF is only 11.99 meters
long and can be operated without special permit according to § 70 StVO (German
road traffic regulations) or without a driving licence according to § 29 StVO (German
road traffic regulations). The T 700 HF is therefore ready for use at any time.
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STEIGER ® T 700 HF
This development fulfils the market
requirement for a compact machine
of 70 m with a high lateral outreach
for the confined working space.
Through the new long triple upper
boom, the Up&Over outreach is
increased by further 3.5 m in comparison
to the T 650 HF. In transport
position, the machine is again very
compact.
Due to the 1.7 m higher articulation
point and the now 24.6 m long upper
boom, operations can be carried
out in narrow house canyons, e.g.
at the rear of buildings which were
previously very difficult to achieve
in this height class. Together with
the highly stable base frame, the extremely
robust construction made of
high-tech steel in polygonal technology
authorises a position inclination
of up to 2°.
The lower boom enables an angle
of elevation of 83°, so that the machine
can be positioned even closer
to the building and the outreach be
used even more efficiently.
The T 700 HF can be mounted on
different carrier chassis and be registered
with a GVWR between 32 and
36 tons. Due to its overall length of
only 11.99 m, neither an exemption
according to § 70 StVO (German
road traffic regulations) nor a driving
licence according to § 29 StVO
(German road traffic regulations) are
necessary in Germany. This allows
maximum operational flexibility - the
STEIGER ® T 700 HF is always ready
for use.
The proven Highflex functions of the
RUTHMANN’s HF series also make
the T 700 HF an all-rounder for all
imaginable situations. The working
basket can be rotated by 440°.
Working behind obstacles such as
pipelines or roof structures is optimally
feasible (up, over & back). The
2 m long Highflex-RÜSSEL ® can be
rotated by 220° – still more flexibility
for „under and up” works with
upright working basket as well as
for „up, over and back” works with
lowered Highflex-RÜSSEL ® .
Such as the complete HEIGHTperformance
series, the new STEIGER ®
T 700 HF can additionally be used
for underfloor works. Thanks to
the movable Highflex-RÜSSEL ® , it
is ideal for bridge inspections up to
17 meters below zero. It achieves 5
meter more underfloor outreach as
comparable machines.
The powerful Highflex working
basket of the STEIGER ® T 700 HF
carries up to 600 kg and can be
extended up to a maximum size of
3.82 x 0.97 m – remaining it to be
the largest working basket of the
market. All Highflex positions of the
STEIGER ® T 700 HF are also possible
with the extended working basket
and offer thus optimum space for
an assembly team, for example.
The approved HighFlex functions of the HF series are also on
board of the RUTHMANN-STEIGER ® T 700 HF.
The working basket can be rotated by 440° and in combination with the
movable Highflex-RÜSSEL ® , works behind and under pipelines are possible.
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STEIGER ® T 295 A
T 295 A - T 900 HF ON THE WAY TO TEXAS
On the basis of the RUTHMANN STEGIER T 900 HF our engineers have developed the first RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® T 295 A for our customer Blade Platforms in the USA.
The 90 meter (295 feet) truckmounted
working platform is
known in Europe under the name
STEIGER ® T 900 HF und has already
been successfully used for spectacular
operations, among others
securing the Notre-Dame de Paris
Cathedral (pages 8 -9).
Now the T 295 A is also available
on the US market and rolls on a
15-meter long, 7-axle Kenworth T
880 chassis with the typical long
American hood.
All technical data of the
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 900 HF
could be adapted to the American
chassis and in addition the
STEIGER ® could be certified with
the ANSI A92.2 and CSA C225
standards relevant for the US market.
The DRS system optimising the
outreach is also available for the T
295 A and ensures the maximum
possible performance data in all
situations.
We wish Blade Platforms
much success with the
STEIGER ® T 295 A.
Together with the escort vehicle, the
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 295 A set off on
the approximately 10.000-kilometre journey
to Texas. In about 3 weeks, the ship will
leave Bremerhaven for Texas.
During the first tests of the RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® T 295 A on the premises of the
company Blade Platforms, the machine was
already able to impress before it set off the
next morning for its first operation on a
wind turbine.
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MATERIAL TRANSPORT
SAFE SOLUTIONS
FOR THE MATERIAL
TRANSPORT AT THE
WORKING BASKET
You find all information
about our material handling
solutions in our actual
brochure.
In order to fulfil the increasing demand for mounting solutions and
particularly for mobile applications, we have expanded our material
handling system and offer now four systems:
Materialwinde
MW 300: Fast
material supply
without interruption
LIFITNG EYE SYSTEM LES 100
The RUTHMANN LES 100 Lifting
Eye System can be mounted on
all four corners of the working
basket of the HP / HF range. The
system enables the quick and safe
assembly of components, especially
mobile radio antennas. It can also
be used behind projecting edges
up to 100 kg.
LIFTING EYE SYSTEM LES 350
The RUTHMANN LES 350 Lifting
Eye System makes it possible to lift
very heavy loads of up to 350 kg
and to mount them from the work-
ing basket. The telescopic
aluminium load
gallows can be adjusted in height
and overhang and allows the transport
of deeper components.
LIFT-UP SYSTEM LUS 400
The RUTHMANN LUS 400 Lift-Up
system makes it possible to transport
loads not only hanging but
also standing on the four lower
load supports and to mount them
from the working basket. It lifts up
to 400 kg and enables the transport
e.g. of signs, glass panes or
solar cells.
MATERIAL WINCH MW 300
The RUTHMANN MW 300
material winch is suitable for
the quick material replenishment
at great heights
without having to interrupt
the STEIGER ® operation.
This saves time and is ideal
for the assembling or disassembling
of components and
elements at great heights.
Lifting eye system LED 100: The
RUTHMANN lifting eye system can be
mounted on all four corners of the working
basket of the HP / HF range.
Lifting eye system LED 350: The
RUTHMANN lifting eye system makes it possible
to lift very heavy loads of up to 350 kg and
to mount them from the working basket.
Lift-up system LUS 400: The RUTHMANN
Lift-up system makes it possible to transport
loads not only nagging but also standing.
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tolerance specifications
Weight: kg

BLUELIFT ST 31
RUTHMANN
BLUELIFT ST 31
ST 31
LUELIFT ST 31
BLUELIFT’S NEW GENERATION:
31m Teleskop Raupenarbeitsbühne mit dem
Premium RUTHMANN Trägersystem vom RUTHMANNSTEIGER ST 31 ® T 330
After exciting months of development, the time has finally come at BLUELIFT: The new RUTHMANN
BLUELIFT ST 31 can be presented at the Platformers‘ Days in September 2021.
Our new rubber-tracked working
platform BLUELIFT achieves 31 meters
working height and sensational
18 meters lateral outreach with 100
kg basket load and 14 meters with
BLUELIFT ST 31
the maximum basket load of 400 kg.
It disposes of a basket boom and a
modern, completely reviewed control
system.
The new BLUELIFT ST 31 now also
features the proven STEIGER ® technology
from the premium segment.
In this way, RUTHMANN has taken
the well-proven boom and telescope
system of the STEIGER ® T 330 and
combined it with the performant
rubber-tracked chassis.
With its width of 1.14 meters and its
height of 1.99 meters, our BLUELIFT
ST 31 is extremely compact and goes
through very narrow openings. The
widenable rubber-tracked chassis can
hydraulically be extended to a width
of 1.62 m what ensures high stability
on terrain.
The BLUELIFT ST 31 is 7.46 meters
long without working basket and
7.80 meters with working basket.
Key-Account Information BLUELIFT ST 31 - Version 07.2021 - Copyright © RUTHMANN, 2021
UNIVERSALLY UTILISABLE
Our variable asymmetric stabilisation
with a jack lift of 1.35 meters
enables diverse applications also
on steep terrain, stairs or podiums.
The jacks can be adapted in
several positions to the conditions
of use in order to also be able to
work in confined spaces. The stabilisation
range amounts to 3.34
x 8.26 meters in the narrowest
position and 6.15 x 5.78 meters in
the widest one.
31m Teleskop Raupenarbeitsbühne mit dem
remium Trägersystem vom RUTHMANNSTEIGER ® T 330
Trägersystem von Ruthmann T 330 auf Raupenfahrwerk
Bewährte Ruthmann-Technik aus dem Premium-Segment
31 m Arbeitshöhe und bis zu 18,2 m Reichweite
Key-Account Information BLUELIFT ST 31 - Version 07.2021 - Copyright © RUTHMANN, 2021
400 kg Korblast
The boom and telescopic system of the T 330 is also used on the new rubber-tracked
RUTHMANN BLUELIFT working platform ST 31 and ensures an outreach of 18 meters.
2
The last tests run before the big premiere at
the Platformer’s Days in September 2021.
Key-Account Information BLUELIFT ST 31 - Version 07.2021 - Copyright © RUTHMANN, 2021
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Aluminiumkorb Aluminiumkorb durch durch Schnellverschluss abnehmbar abnehmbar
7,46 m 7,46 Gesamtlänge m Gesamtlänge (ohne (ohne Korb) Korb)
1,14 m 1,14 Breite m Breite
BLUELIFT ST 31
Technische Daten Daten * :
* :
TECHNICAL DATES*
1,99 m 1,99 Transporthöhe m Transporthöhe
31 m
31 m
max. 8,12 7,80 max. m 8,12 m
min. 7,46 min. m
7,46 m
18,2 m/100 18,0 18,2 m/100 kg
kg
16,5 m/200 16,2 16,5 kg
m/200 kg
14,0 m/400 14,0 m/400 kg
kg
1,14 m/1,99 1,14 m/ m
1,99 m
100 kg
400 kg 400 kg
4.695 4695 kg kg 4695 kg
120 kg
100 kg
200 kg
320 kg
400 kg
120 kg
200 kg
320 kg
400 kg
Diesel Motor
Diesel Motor engine
230V Motor 230V V Motor engine
6,15 m 6,15 x 5,78 m mx 5,78 m
3,34 8,25 x m 8,26 8,25 x 3,34 m
mx 3,34 m
* Alle Maßangaben * Alle Maßangaben unverbindlich. unverbindlich.
Abweichungen Abweichungen sind aus technischen sind aus technischen Gründen Gründen möglich. möglich.
3
3
* All dimensions are non-binding
Key-Account Key-Account Information BLUELIFT Information ST 31 BLUELIFT - Version ST 07.2021 31 - Version - Copyright 07.2021 © - Copyright RUTHMANN, © RUTHMANN, 2021 2021
The new BLUELIFT ST 31 is driven
by means of a powerful diesel
engine or optionally by means of a
230 V electric engine.
PLENTY OF SPACE
For the commercial launch,
two basket versions in aluminium
are available which can be
exchanged by one person alone
in a few minutes thanks to the
quick locks.
The small standard basket measures
1.30 x 0.70 meters, the larger
one 1.80 x 0.80 meters – both are
respectively 1.10 meters high and
dispose of a central access.
The BLUELIFT ST 31 lifts maximum
400 kg in the working basket – the
full working height of 31 meters is
achieved with 320 kg basket load.
The working basked can be rotated
by 180°. In transport position,
different basket positions are also
available in order to always achieve
the optimum passage width in
each case.
OPTIMUM CONTROL PANEL
The new, highly optimised BLUE-
LIFT control panel is used for the
first time on the ST 31. With the
new large colour display, it offers
the operator a complete overview
of all relevant operating data. The
control elements have also been reviewed
and now offer the operator
sensitive and precise basket control.
The failure safety has also further
been optimised.
All technical data are non-binding.
Discrepancies for technical reasons
are possible.
The completely redesigned control now offers a larger, bright
display that clearly shows the operator all relevant information
about the machine at a glance.
Now the time has come and our “baby” from the social media
campaign is born. Performant and in good health: 31 meters height
weighing 4,696 kg :)
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RESTRUCTURING
RESTRUCTURING OF THE COMPANY GROUP
The sale of the Ruthmann
Group to the US Time Manufacturing
Company was publicly
revealed at the beginning of the
year and on 15th February 2021
successfully completed. In this
context, a restructuring of the
Ruthmann group of companies
also took place.
The RUTHMANN Group was
sold to the US Time Manufacturing
Company. This company is a
global manufacturer of aerial work
platforms, which are primarily used
in the energy supply, telecommunications,
infrastructure and forestry
sectors. The acquisition brings together
Ruthmann and Versalift, two
complementary manufacturers of
work and height access equipment.
Thanks to the expanded product
range, the customers of both companies
can be served even better.
It also provides an opportunity to
present the RUTHMANN brands to
a wider global audience.
In the course of this transaction,
RUTHMANN GmbH & Co. KG and
RUTHMANN Finance GmbH & Co.
KG were merged into RUTHMANN
Holdings GmbH by way of an
accretion agreement. The transaction
was entered in the commercial
register on 2nd March 2021 and
thus became legally effective. As a
result of the accretion within the
meaning of Section 738 of the
German Civil Code, the ownership
under civil law of the assets
of RUTHMANN GmbH & Co. KG
and RUTHMANN Finance GmbH
& Co. KG passed to RUTHMANN
Holdings GmbH by way of universal
succession.
The RUTHMANN Reachmaster
N.A., LP was integrated to the
American group structure and now
reports directly to Waco.
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NEW ASSEMBLY CENTRE
RUTHMANN INVESTS IN A NEW
ASSEMBLY CENTRE IN GESCHER-HOCHMOOR
The new assembly centre is being built at the Ruthmann headquarters in Gescher-Hochmoor on an
area of around 4,200 m 2 , where the vehicles of the TB/TBR range as well as the T models of the 7.5 t
range will be produced in the future.
The former hall 2 from the seventies
had to make way for the new
building. During the construction
phase, the production steps previously
located there were reallocated
to other parts of the plant.
In the future, the new assembly
centre will offer the employees a
highly modern future-proof workplace
with best ergonomics and
space layout for greater efficiency.
A sophisticated logistics concept
contributes to this: From the material
provision on an electrically
driven tugger train with tractor
and transport trolley to the routing
and a well-thought-out transfer
area concept. A sustainable waste
disposal concept is as much a part
of the new assembly centre as fast
W-LAN communication.
In the first stage, 35 employees will
work in the new building. Ten additional
workplaces will initially be
created in order to meet the high
demand for our STEIGER ® and to
further reduce delivery times.
A time lapse of
the construction
of the new assembly
centre
In a further step, ten additional
workplaces will again be created
probably by the end of 2022.
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TIME CLOSING
Left: All employees in the RUTHMANN
premises in Gescher-Hochmoor await Curt
Howel, CEO TIME Manufacturing Group,
announced by Rolf Kulawik.
Below: Curt Howell, CEO TIME Manufacturing
Group (left) and Rolf Kulawik, Managing
Director of the RUTHMANN Holdings
GmbH look forward to working together
and are positive about the future.
VISIT OF CEO CURT HOWELL IN GESCHER-HOCHMOOR
Curt Howell, CEO of the TIME
Manufacturing Group, visited
the RUTHMANN premises in
Gescher-Hochmoor in July 2021.
In the scope of a staff meeting in
the assembly centre hall with all
employees, he introduced himself
to the colleagues from Gescher-
Hochmoor. Together with the
RUTHMANN managing director
Rolf Kulawik , he showed the
colleagues the possibilities which
could arise for RUTHMANN in the
future.
Through the intensive cooperation,
the marks VERSALIFT, RUTHMANN
STEIGER, BLUELIFT and ECOLINE
shall be reinforced and complement
each other optimally. The
common sales and service network
shall be used by all the marks at
short time and further be expanded
in Europe and America.
Curt Howell and the entire
RUTHMANN management are
looking positively into the future
and have been able to communicate
this to the employees.
The first steps in the new cooperation
have already been taken.
The brans VERSALIFT France,
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® , BLUELIFT
and ECOLINE presented themselves
together at the JDL Expo in France
(see following page).
The entire RUTHMANN management welcomes Curt Howell in Gescher-Hochmoor. From left to right: Thomas Bennemann (Director Service
International, RUTHMANN), Dr. Nico Krekeler (Development and Construction Director, Authorised Officer, RUTHMANN), Michael Heinzl
(Managing Director, RUTHMANN Austria), Uwe Stapper (Commercial Director, Authorised Officer, RUTHMANN), Robert Martz (VP Manufacturing,
TIME Manufacturing Group), Curt Howell (CEO, TIME Manufacturing Group), Rolf Kulawik (Managing Director, RUTHMANN),
Uwe Strotmann (General Sales Manager, Authorised Officer, RUTHMANN), Stefan Linnemann (Rental & Used Director, Authorised Officer,
RUTHMANN), Gianni Marti (Managing Director, RUTHMANN Italia), Roger Löhrer (Managing Director, RUTHMANN Switzerland), Bernhard
Reinisch (Managing Director, RUTHMANN Austria)
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EXPANSION OF THE SALES NETWORK
VERSALIFT ® MARKETS BLUELIFT AND ECOLINE
RUTHMANN was present together
with VERSALIFT France at the JDL
Expo from the 23rd June until 25th
June 2021. The exhibition team
had several interesting machines
from RUTHMANN, VERSALIFT,
BLUELIFT and ECOLONE among
others the RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
T 700 HF which was presented for
the first time at a trade fair.
Also showcased at the JDL Expo
was the RUTHMANN STEIGR TB
300. This was recently awarded the
IAPA Award and convinces with
outstanding RUTHMANN performance
data.
In February this year, TIME Manufacturing Group acquired the
RUTHMANN Company including BLUELIFT and ECOLINE brands.
While both VERSALIFT and RUTHMANN will continue to act as
independent companies, they will work closely and implement
synergies for all brands.
VERSALIFT and RUTHMANN with
the brands STEIGER, BLUELIFT and
ECOLINE will cooperate closely in
terms of the distribution of the
products and use common distribution
channels throughout Europe.
In the last 11 years VERSALIFT has
distributed RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
in Scandinavia while RUTHMANN
has distributed VERSALIFT in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland.
us to offer our customers a wider
product range from a single source
and also potentially open up new
market chances in our respective
sectors.
At the JDL Expo in June 2021,
all brands presented themselves
together to the general public
together for the first time.
The VERSALIFT working platforms
VDTL-75-F and VDTL-145-F stand
for innovation, quality and durability.
Both machines are bestsellers
on the French market and could
be tested at the JDL Expo. Likewise,
the rubber tracked working
platform BLUELIFT SA 22 and the
truck-mounted ECOLINE RS 200
could also be experienced live on
the JDL Expo.
The JDL Expo 2021 in France was a
complete success for RUTHMANN
and VERSALIFT France. All participants
are very confident about the
joint sales activities and the new,
greatly expanded portfolio.
With immediate effect, VERSALIFT
International based in Farsø, Denmark
as well as VERSALIFT subsidiaries
in France and Great Britain
have been appointed distributors
for the BLUELIFT AND ECOLINE
working platforms.
VERSALIFT is not only distributor in
Denmark, France and Great Britain
but also offers after-sales service,
technical support, spare-part
delivery and of course service and
service contracts.
VERSALIFT and RUTHMANN
BLUELIFT and ECOLINE products
complement each other well. This
cooperation will therefore enable
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RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
STEIGER ® NO 15,000
GOES TO GIGALIFT
The RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TB
270 pro is not only for Gigalift
a very special STEIGER ® . It is the
15,000th STEIGER ® produced by
RUTHMANN. The STEIGER ® has
already left the RUTHMANN
production site at the end of
2020.
Area sales manager Frank Pietsch
recently presented a gift to Gigalift
for the 15,000th STEIGER. With
a working height of 27 m and an
outreach of 18.1 m, this working
platform is an absolute all-rounder
for every application field.
The working platform with an
overall length of 7.5 m and an
overall height of 3 m scores points
with its high stability. Gigalift has
been a loyal RUTHMANN customer
for years. Gigalift expands its
RUTHMANN product range with
the Ruthmann TB 270 pro.
Gigalift already possesses several
RUTHMANN working platforms
and will soon again expand its
product range with a RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® TB 260.
For 25 years, Gigalift has been a
reliable partner for works at great
heights and member of the PartnerLIFT
association. The PartnerLIFT
association ordered several working
platforms from RUTHMANN 2020
Gigalift receives
a canvas with
the 15,000th
STEIGER ® as a
gift.
during its central purchasing day - a
record order confirming once again
the good cooperation between
RUTHMANN and PartnerLIFT association
in the past years.
Gigalift’s wide product range leaves
almost no application field open.
With 6 subsidiaries, Gigalift is
always at the customer’s disposal.
The product range covers a large
spectrum of the working platform
industry, from the scissor working
platforms to the truck-mounted
ones or to special rubber-tracked
platforms. Gigalift has everything
and the right solution for every
activity.
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RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
30 NEW RUTHMANN STEIGER ® FOR BEYER MIETSERVICE
Mietservice Beyer expands its platform
fleet with 30 RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® from the TB and TBR
range.
Our salesman Bernd Wiesmann
recently handed over the working
platforms with an individual BEY-
ER-Mietservice pie as gift.
Continuing with the new acquisitions
- BEYER Mietservice
is expanding its fleet in the second
quarter of 2021 with 30
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® from the
TB and TBR range. The acquisition
package consists of
By placing the order for the
machines, Beyer attached a great
importance to high user-friendliness,
safety and, above all, flexibility
of use for everyone. With the
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® , BEYER-
Mietservice is able to offer customers,
whether they are professionals
or “STEIGER ® starters”, different
mobile working heights. All three
platform types can be driven with
driving license B.
The RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TBR
260 with a working height of 26 m
and an outreach of 17 m masters
also operations in difficult terrains
without any problems.
With 29 m working height and an
outreach of 17.4 m, the TB 290
pro is a must-have among the 3.5 t
machines.
The TB 300 offers unprecedented
performance data with a sensational
working height of 30 m and
an outreach of 17.1 m on a 3.5 t
chassis. Beyer can now score with
its customers with a wide range of
working platforms of high-quality
and safety.
Mr. Bernd Wiesmann presents a gift on the occasion
of the handover to Mr. Dieter Beyer
7 x TBR 260, 15 x TB 290 pro and
8 x TB 300. All working platforms
possess the premium RUTHMANN
quality and convince with more
outreach.
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RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
Insgesamt 40 STEIGER ® der neuen
3,5 t TB-/TBR-Baureihe erhält der Arbeitsbühnenvermieter
mateco
MATECO STEIGER ® AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
This year, the working platform
rental company mateco is
expanding its fleet with more
than 50 RUTHMANN STEIGER.
From the new 3.5 t TB/TBR
range to the large STEIGER ®
flagship T 750 HF with DRS
(Dynamic Reach System), the
large order comprises a comprehensive
package. It is therefore
hardly surprising that the red/
white truck-mounted working
platforms can be seen on the
entire RUTHMANN company
site. Almost daily, the new machines
have been delivered to
the nationwide rental stations
of the working platform rental
company based in Stuttgart.
NEW 3.5 T TB/TBR RANGE
can be driven with a class B driving
license and are therefore especially
attractive for rental. The innovative
new RUTHMANN development
offers for the first time up to 30 m
working height on 3.5 t and outreaches
up to 18.10 meters.
The standard basket load amounts
250 kg and can be increased
up to 300 kg on request. All
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TB 300 of
mateco were equipped with 300 kg
basket load.
The rental customers benefit from
the extended proportional control
system. This makes operating the
platform even more dynamic and
faster for the STEIGER ® operator by
possibly carrying out in a parallel
A large part of the mateco investments
goes into the successful 3.5 t
STEIGER ® of the new TB/TBR range
- 40 units - consisting of
TB 300, TB 290 pro, TB 270 pro,
TBR 260 and TB 230. The 3.5 t
truck-mounted working platforms
The STEIGER ® TB 300 is in use by mateco under the name LT 301 D.
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RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
way lifting, rotating, telescoping,
basket arm movement and basket
rotation. Up to four movements
can be simultaneously carried out.
The large-scale equipment served
as model for the development as
multiple movements have been the
standard for years here.
LARGE-SCALE MACHINES
WITH DRS
One of the new mateco RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 750 HF with DRS
Speaking of large-scale machines,
mateco has also duly struck here.
A lot of new STEIGER ® T 750 HF,
T 650 HF and T 570 HF are part
of the large order. All of them are
equipped with the Dynamic Reach
System (DRS). Only at the beginning
of the year, mateco took
over two RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
T 510 HF.
The RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
T 750 HF offers 75 m working
height and a maximum outreach
of 41 m. Equipped with DRS, the
performance data are again outperformed:
The DRS enables up to
4 meters more outreach in height
with 600 kg basket load and offers
herewith an enormous operational
advantage. The DRS generates thus
more working range and therefore
more flexibility of use. The working
platform rental company mateco
benefits from a higher utilization
rate, more turn-over and a faster
return on investment.
The HF models offer a 440° basket
rotation angle giving the platform’s
operator the advantage of being
able to telescope over objects and
then to adjust the basket position
as needed by having the basket
arm lowered and also retracted.
Thanks to this function, the complete
width of the telescopic basket
is usable. It makes it possible to
work from the rear on objects
which were before reached via “up
and over and back”.
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 330
The nonplus-ultra on 7.49 t chassis
rounds off the mateco order.
Several STEIGER ® T 330 on MAN
chassis complete immediately the
mateco fleet. The truck-mounted
platform is an all-round talent with
33 m working height and 21.2 m
outreach with 100 kg basket load.
Thanks to the movable basket arm,
the T 330 enables a flexible work
even over obstacles.
RUTHMANN thanks you for the
trust placed in us and looks forward
to further successful cooperation.
Some RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 330 complete the mateco fleet
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RUTHMANN STEIGER ® | 46
PARKS DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF FRANKFURT
FOCUSES ON GREEN RUTHMANN HYBRID STEIGER ®
The TBR 260 HV5 Hybrid possesses
the usual STEIGER ® quality on
5.5 tons. With a working height of
26 m and an outreach of 17 m, the
compact TBR 260 HV 5 is usable for
different applications. Four movements
of the working platform can
simultaneously be carried out and
the platform disposes of a movable
basket arm (RÜSSEL ® ) rotatable by
185°. The TBR range stands for
more performance, highest stability
and flexibility of use.
The company Ruthmann wishes
the Parks Department of the
city of Frankfurt on the Main
much success with the hybrid
STEIGER ® !
TBR 260 HV Hybrid for the Parks Department of the City of Frankfurt on the Main
Environmentally friendly acquisition - In November 2019,
RUTHMANN truly hit the bullseye with demonstrations and trial days
with the parks department of the city of Frankfurt on the Main:
The parks department showed
great interest in the hybrid machines
of the compact TBR range.
After the first
experiences,
the fourth
RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® TBR 260
HV 5 Hybrid has
just been ordered by
the Parks Department.
The first two machines are successfully
in use since December
2020.The third has recently been
delivered and number 4 is currently
in production.
RUTHMANN HYBRID-STEIGER ®
In the working platform industry,
the increasing market demand
for alternative types of drive
is clearly noticeable. With the
hybrid STEIGER, the company
RUTHMANN is making itself and
its customers fit for the future.
Development work focused on the
reduction of exhaust gas and CO2
emissions as well as almost noiseless
working with the machines.
These advantages can particularly
be applied in residential areas,
city centres, pedestrian zones and
indoor areas. Hereby, the operator’s
usage habits are entirely
preserved so that they do not have
to change.
Main function of the hybrid drive:
In addition to the combustion engine,
a lithium battery is mounted.
The control technology ensures automatic
switching between battery
and combustion engine without
losing speed or performance in
battery mode.
The field of activity of the Parks
Department of the City of Frankfurt
on the Main is constantly
changing.
A team of over 740 employees
consisting of gardeners, administrative
specialists, craftsmen, tree
inspectors, engineers, landscape
architects and workers from various
fields look after a wide activity
range. The application field
of the team includes all public
greenery activities. From the
maintenance and management
of the parks, green spaces and
playgrounds to the maintenance
and further development of the
city forest and its trees. With
the TBR 260 HV 5 Hybrid, the
team of the Parks Department
can carry out its works in an
environmentally friendly way and
without being a noise nuisance
for the citizens or people seeking
relaxation.

RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
SOLUTION FOR
THE STADTWERKE -
STEIGER ® AMPERO
TBR 250 E
From left to right: Team AGL with the sales representatives Thomas Unland (RUTHMANN
Rental & Used) in front of the new fleet: RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 330 and Ampero TBR 250 E
At the beginning of November we,
the Abwasser, Grün & Lüneburger
Service GmbH (AGL), got the
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® AMPERO
TBR 250 E and the RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® T 330. As the first municipality
in Germany, we now have a
truck-mounted working platform
driven 100% electrically as a longterm
rental from RUTHMANN. As
option, we can also take over the
machine at the end of the agreed
rental period.
100% electric - the RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® Ampero TBR 250 E can
do everything that the proven
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TBR 250
HV 5 also can do but it is completely
electrically driven. For us as
Stadtwerke, it offers the advantages
that we are completely emission-free
on the road. RUTHMANN
offers hereby a unique electric drive
concept. The vehicle battery of the
ORTEN Sprinter is simultaneously
used for operating the STEIGER ® .
It means that only one charging
device is necessary for the complete
machine.
The charging time at our 400
Volts charging station with 22 kW
amounts to maximum 4 hours -
which means for us that we can
do it easily overnight. In case we
have to “refuel’” during the day,
this is also possible by means of
an conventional 230 Volts socket.
Therefore, the Ampero TBR 250 E
can also be charged at the operation
site.
This means that we, as City of
Lüneburg, for example can start
work early in the morning or during
the business hours in the city
centre without disturbing residents
or passers-by.
FUTURE FLEET FOR KITZBÜHEL STADTWERKE
Stadtwerke Kitzbühel is pleased to
have a RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
TB 270 pro with electric drive.
The RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TB 270
pro with electric drive is a STEIGER ®
of the future. More and more
importance is attached to environmentally
friendly vehicles which is
why RUTHMANN also relies on
alternative types of drive.
With the development of the TB
270 pro, the working platform
breaks the 18 m outreach in the
3.5 t class. With 18.1 m outreach,
a working height of 27 m and a
basket load of 250 kg, the TB 270
pro is a versatile machine. The
working platform also scores with
its stability never reached previously
on the market. This RUTHMANN
STEIGER ® is a 1,000 volt insulated
STEIGER ® which makes working
near high-voltage lines possible.
The Kitzbühel Stadtwerke does not
only show sustainability and responsibility
with its impressive fleet
of electric cars but also with the
construction of photovoltaic plants
or the use of recycled paper. The
Stadtwerke attaches a great deal of
importance to alternative types of
The environmentally friendly fleet of the Kitzbühel
Stadtwerke.
drive. The TB 270 pro with electric
drive lets the sustainable fleet of
the Stadtwerke grow .
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ECOLINE AND VERSALIFT IN OPERATION
VERSALIFT
VTL-31-120
ELECTRO
VERSALIFT AUF RENAUL
MOST MODERN 100% ELECTRIC
WORKING PLATFORM
VERSALIFT proudly announced the
pioneering development of a 100%
electric VTL-31-120 mounted
on the electric Renault Master.
RUTHMANN, as exclusive VERSAL-
IFT distributor in Germany, Austria
and Switzerland is pleased about
this innovation as electric and hybrid
drive technologies enable exhaust-
and CO2-free work and are
therefore increasingly in demand in
the working platform sector.
Actually, a number of road shows
with the new VTL-31-120 are being
carried out so that existing customers
but also interested parties have
the opportunity to ask concrete
questions and to get theoretically
and practically a direct insight into
the remarkable performance data
of the electric working platform.
ELECTRIC DRIVE TECHNOLOGY
AND REMARKABLE PERFOR-
MANCE DATA
basket load of 120 kg and many
other impressive features. The vehicle
has an impressive range of 100
kilometres also even though with
a maximum of 185 kg material
including driver and co-driver. The
VTL-35-135 has a working height
of 13.5 meters and the VDTL-140 a
working height of 14 m. The complete
electric vehicle will soon also
be available as VERSALIFT VTL-35-
135 and VDTL-140 models.
The vehicle is driven by means of
a lithium ion battery pack with 2
or optionally 5 KWh. The machine
New in the VER-
SALIFT range: The
100% electric VTL-
31-120 achieves up
to 60 working cycles
at the time with the
5kWh pack.
achieves herewith 20 -30 working
cycles or 40 - 60 cycles respectively.
The 100% electric working platform
is easy to charge. The big 5
kWh pack can be charged to 80%
within only 3.5 hours by means of
a conventional 230 volts socket.
The emission-free drive of the
working platform offers a lot of
advantages such as e.g. noiseless
driving and working without disturbing
others.
The VERSALIFT VTL-31-120
mounted on a Renault Master has
a working height of 12 meters, a
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VERSALIFT IN OPERATION
GERKEN RELIES ON VERSALIFT VTL-35-135-F
Another five of the ten ordered VERSALIFT VTL-35-135 are ready for take-over to Gerken Arbeitsbühnen in Gescher-Hochmoor.
After the Gerken working platform Rental Company had extensively tested the VERSALIFT VTL-35-135
in its rental fleet, Managing Director Christian Gerken has now ordered another ten machines of this
type.
The VERSALIFT VTL-35-135 on a Mercedes-Benz-
Sprinter is ideal for the municipal use by energy
suppliers as the interior of the vehicle has shelves and
storage space for spare-parts and tools.
“In addition to the operating data and the reliability,
we were particularly impressed by the fact that the
rear door of the Sprinter can be opened even when
the machine is in driving position”, says Christian
Gerken. “This is a large safety increase for our customers
as they don’t have to enter the roadway e.g.
when loading a lantern head from the vehicle into the
basket”, Gerken continues.
The working platforms called GL 14 B at Gerken
are immediately available in the approximately
40 Gerken subsidiaries.
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In order to load the working basket, the
roadway must not be entered as the rear
door can be also opened with the working
platform in driving position.

VERSALIFT IN OPERATION
THE NEW VERSALIFT
VTX-240 G3 ENJOYS
GREAT DEMAND
The VERSALIFT VTX-240 G 3 is one of the models with the highest working height in the VERSALIFT
portfolio. The articulated telescopic working platform reaches 24.32 meters working height and 12.5
meters outreach in all directions. The articulation point at a height of 12 meters and the possibility to
extend the upper boom horizontally make it especially interesting for a large number of applications
over buildings or behind projecting edges.
The VERSALIFT VTX-240 G 3 offers
on a 3.5 t chassis with a length
of 7.8 meters a universal truckmounted
working platform with
outstanding performance data
which can be driven with a class B
driving license. Through the large
jack lift, it can be stabilized safely
on slopes of up to 6° longitudinally
and transversely. Particularly
convenient here is the new, interior
With the high articulation point of the articulated
telescope at a height of 12 meters,
the VTX-240 G 3 is ideal e.g. for working on
roofs.
operating display with which the
stabilizers can extended to such an
extent that the operator only has
to briefly place the
supporting boards
before it goes up for
operation.
But it does not go
only up then the
VERSALIFT VTX-240
G 3 can also be used
below ground. Thus,
inspections of bridges
e.g. can be carried out up to 3.3 m
below the stabilization level.
The new control stand of the
machine in CAN bus technology
allows several simultaneous movements
in order to be able to carry
out works at a higher speed.
The VERSALIFT VTX-240 G 3 offers
also numerous comfort functions
such as an automatic system for
positioning the machine or bringing
it back into driving position for
further speed up the daily work.
With the maximum basket load of
220 kg, it reaches around 9 meters
lateral outreach. The maximum
The VERSALIFT VTX-240 G 3 is an articulated telescopic working platform
to be driven with a class B driving license.
outreach of 12.5 meters in all directions
is reached with 80 kg basket
load.
The VERSALIFT VTX-240 G 3 still
enjoys great demand on the European
market. The colleagues from
the RUTHMANN Schweiz GmbH
were able to sell more than 30
machines of this type in the past
weeks and months.
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ECOLINE IN OPERATION
GERKEN INVESTS IN 30 ECOLINE 230 TRUCK-MOUNTED
WORKING PLATFORMS – WE HAVE ASKED
GERKEN Arbeitsbühnen - with almost 40 nationwide subsidiaries
and 9,000 machines - has ordered 100 machines from RUTHMANN,
one of the largest orders in the company’s history. 30 ECOLINE
truck-mounted working platforms are part of this order. We asked
the owner and managing director Christian Gerken how it came to
this decision.
Christian Gerken, owner
and managing director
of Gerken GmbH
with more than 9,000
machines including many
RUTHMANN working
platforms.
RUTHMANN: Mr Gerken, first of
all thank you once again for your
extensive order of 100 machines.
Besides some premium machines
such as the RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
T 750 HF you have also ordered 30
ECOLINE. What induced you to do
that?
Christian Gerken: We were
particularly impressed by the
cost-performance ratio of the
ECOLINE machines. A robust and
performant truck-mounted working
platform for a price that pays
off for us.
RUTHMANN: Did you not have
any concerns? ECOLINE is a
relatively young brand in Germany
and there is little experience.
Christian Gerken: At that time,
we had a machine for testing
which was very convincing. I
already know RUTHMANN for a
very long time and we have a lot
of RUTHMANN machines in our
fleet with which we are satisfied.
When RUTHMANN launches and
sells a working platform on the
market, I assume that the quality
is good.
RUTHMANN: You have also a lot
of RUTHMANN STEIGER ® on 3.5
t and 7.5 t chassis in your rental
fleet. Do the ECOLINE working
platforms not compete with them
now?
Christian Gerken: No, on the
contrary, we have a lot of customers
who sporadically rent
working platforms and are not so
experienced with the operation.
The actual RUTHMANN STEIGER ®
offer a large number of comfort
functions that occasional users
often do not need. The ECOLINE
machines close this gap. They are
somewhat simpler but still achieve
almost the usual RUTHMANN
operating data. In the case of
the ECOLINE 230, it is 23 meters
working height and 17 meters
outreach. For most craftsmen, it is
sufficient and the ECOLINE control
system works just as well as with
the RUTHMANN STEIGER ® .
RUTHMANN: Do you see a trend
in the working platform industry
to less equipment on the machines?
Christian Gerken: No, not
necessarily. There are premium
users with our own operators
who extract the full potential of a
machine such as the STEIGER ® T
750 HF but there is also the private
customer who simply goes up and
over its garden to clean his gutter.
With the ECOLINE range, we now
have a RUTHMANN working
platform in order to be able to
serve this target group in the usual
quality and reliability.
Thank you very much, Mr
Gerken, for your open words
and the friendly conversation.
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ECOLINE IN OPERATION
ECOLINE RS 200
ON START AT
EASYJET
The airline Easy Jet has acquired
the ECOLINE RS 200 by
RUTHMANN Rental & Used on a
long-term rental basis.
The ECOLINE RS 200 is used on
the apron for the service check and
the maintenance of the planes. It is
designed as articulated telescopic
construction and thus enables to
reach all the parts of the planes
even over the tail units and the
wings. The comfortable and fast
stabilization facilitates the positioning
and removal of the machine on
the tarmac when things must go
quickly.
Together with RUTHMANN Rental
& Used (see also page 2) an interesting
concept for a long-term
rental was worked out that benefits
all sides.
RUTHMANN ECOLINE 230
FOR THE COMPANY SEEGER IN TRIER AND NAGOLD
Recently, the Ruthmann Holdings GmbH delivered
three RUTHMANN ECOLINE 230 to the company
Seeger GmbH & Co. KG.
With a working height of 23 m and an outreach of
16.90 m, the RUTHMANN ECOLINE 230 is the perfect
machine for an extensive product range. Furthermore,
the working platform is a flexibly usable machine
thanks to its length of 7.77 m and its height of 2.98
meters. The truck-mounted platform with a rigid telescope
system and a basket load of 250 kg is mounted
on a 3.5 t chassis. It scores with a great cost-performance
ratio.
The company Seeger is a working platform rental company
with a fleet of more than 900 working platforms.
It belongs to SYSTEMLIFT AG which is the largest association
of the working platforms rental companies in
Germany with 70 member companies and over 18,000
machines. Quality and safety are always in the foreground
for the Seeger GmbH & Co. KG Customers rely
on the experience and qualification of the company.
The RUTHMANN ECOLINE 230 is immediately available for the
customers of the company Seeger in the rental station in Tier and
Nagold.
We wish much success with the new three vehicles!
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ECOLINE IN OPERATION
3-2-1- KILOUTOU COMPLEMENTS BY SIX
RUTHMANN ECOLONE AND BLUELIFT
The working platform rental company KILOUTOU further continues to grow! With immediate effect,
six RUTHMANN working platforms complement the nationwide fleet: Three ECOLINE 230, two BLUE-
LIFT SA 26 and one BLUELIFT SA 18 HB.
3 X RUTHMANN ECOLINE 230
the access to otherwise difficult
accessible operation sites possible.
All machines of the BLUELIFT range
can be driven both electrically as
well as with a diesel engine. This
means that it can be used emission-free
e.g. for indoor.
Sebastian Schröter, service and workshop
manager at KILOUTOU personally
took over the working platforms
at RUTHMANN in Gescher. “ These
are our first rubber-tracked BLUELIFT
working platforms. I am surprised by
the sensitive control of the machine”,
Sebastian Schröter praises
the new machines in the scope of
the taking over.
The entire range: from left to right: three RUTHMANN ECOLINE 230, one BLUELIFT SA 18 and two BLUELIFT SA 26 now complement KILOUTOU’s
rental fleet
The truck-mounted RUTHMANN
ECOLINE 230 scores with its TOP
cost-performance ratio. With its
rigid telescopic system, it disposes
of 23 m working height and 17 m
outreach. The 3.5 t working platform
can be driven with the small
class B driving license so that it is
especially interesting for rental. Particularly
in small craft workshops,
all employees can easily rent the
truck-mounted platform at KIL-
OUTOU and drive and operate it.
2 X RUTHMANN BLUELIFT SA 26
The rubber-tracked RUTHMANN
BLUELIFT SA 26 is suitable for
various indoor and outdoor applications
- whether in high halls or
for tree care. The rubber-tracked
working platform offers up to 26
meters working height and 14.5
meters outreach. Its short dimensions
of less than one meter width
and 1.98 m transport height make
1 X RUTHMANN
BLUELIFT SA 18 HB
Last but not least the RUTHMANN
BLUELIFT SA 18 HB expands the
KILOUTOU rental fleet. The 18 m
rubber-tracked working platform
offers 9.3 m outreach. With its
low own weight of 2,200 kg and
its non-marking rubber tracks, it
is also ideally suited for sensitive
floors. With a width of 0.78 m and
a height of 1.99 m, the working
platform fits through simple doors
and thus enables access to operation
sites, whether indoor or
outdoor.
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 510 HF
Since summer 2020, a
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® T 510 HF
belongs to the KILOUTOU inventory.
The HEIGHTperformance
STEIGER ® convinces with its
outstanding performance data: 51
m working height combined with
33 m outreach on a 18 t 2-axle
chassis.
Further RUTHMANN working platforms
have already been ordered
and we are looking forward to
deliver BLUELIFT machines between
18 and 31 meters working height
as well as five T 330 on 7.49 t
chassis in the near future.
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BLUELIFT IN OPERATION
SPONTANEOUS OPERATION
FOR THE BLUELIFT SA 31
The operation is already planned and organized: The delivered
1.58 m wide rubber-tracked working platform knows the way into
the building. But on that day the access is obstructed with large
wooden plates. The machine cannot be brought in.
Two other doors are much smaller
than the main door and behind
them the very cramped path leads
through the main hall. The passage
is not large enough for the delivered
machine. Has the operation to
be stopped before it has begun?
A call to the Gerken headquarters
in Düsseldorf brings a good
surprise. Instead of cancelling the
order, just the right implement
has arrived from manufacturer
RUTHMANN BLUELIFT at the
Gerken headquarters: The worldwide
first BLUELIFT SA 31. It may
be available in the rental fleet as
GSA 31 G in the next few days. It
is just one meter wide and easily
reaches with 31 meters the required
working height.
MILLIMETER WORK
Gerken immediately sends the
machine to the operation site. The
BLUELIFT SA 31 is unloaded and
rolls quickly on its rubber tracks to
the right of the two side entrances.
There, it is aligned to the centre as
there are only a few centimetres
of clearance between door and
machine.
After the working basket has been
handled and the machine has been
connected to the 230 volt power
supply, it is time to start. The BLUE-
LIFT SA 31 slowing starts moving
forwards and pushes itself precisely
and emission-free in the building
entrance hall.
It’s going to be tight: On one side
the main entrance in reconstruction
and on the other one the historical
staircase.
IMMEDIATELY OPERATIONAL
AFTER INSTRUCTION
After a few minutes, the machine
is on site not far from the around
25 m high glass lift housing which
has to be cleaned outside. The
BLUELIFT SA 31 is operational and
the work with the machine can immediately
start after an instruction
in the machine.
With a construction width of just 1 meter, the BLUE-
LIFT SA 31 can be brought in almost anywhere. Inside,
it reaches 31 m working height.
Thanks to the extremely compact dimensions and the removable working basket, the BLUE-
LIFT SA 31 can also be brought in in very confined spaces.
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BLUELIFT IN OPERATION
BLUELIFT
WORKSHOP IN THE
CLASSIC REMISE
We took the increasing demand for
rubber-tracked working platforms to
be used in confined spaces as an opportunity
to hold a workshop in order
to specifically prepare our customers
for the new requirements on the
market.
The Classic Remise in Düsseldorf
provided the ideal setting, not only
visually, to explain the advantages
but also the pitfalls when using a
rubber-tracked working platform to
the about 40 invited guests. With our
BLUELIFT SA 16 Hybrid, the participants
were able to gather experience by
operating the machine on site.
The speakers recruited for the workshop,
reported from their own practical
experience and discuss a wide range of
topics. Among others, the topics
- Maintenance activities inside buildings
- Access problems to the operation site
- Loading on sensitive floors
- Accessibility of the workplace at
height
- Strategic marketing communication
by renting rubber-tracked working
platforms
were discussed.
Afterwards there were exciting technical
discussions and lots of practice with
the BLULIFT SA 16 Hybrid in the wonderful
backdrop of the Classic Remise.
The Classic Remise in Düsseldorf is
a piece of industrial culture without
equal. Exclusively classic vehicles
from all eras are housed in the
former round locomotive shed with
hub protected from the weather.
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BLUELIFT IN OPERATION
meters. For the transport to the
2nd floor, only passenger elevators
with a depth of 2.43 m are at
disposal.
The basket and jib arm of the machine
are disassembled just in a few
simple steps and the BLUELIFT SA
11 P is only 0.84 meter wide and
2.36 meters long.
But the modern architecture not
only offers an exceptional shopping
experience but has also some
pitfalls. Because there are numerous
luminaires under the total of
30 escalators that could previously
only be reached with scaffoldings.
In search of a location for product
videos, the director of the technical
services Jörg Breitkreuz became
aware of the new working platform
RUTHMANN BLUELIFT SA 11 P.
This completely new platform type
is not only light and very compact;
it can also reach operation sites
situated one meter underfloor.
A possible solution to the access
problems in shopping malls?
RUTHMANN BLUELIFT
SA 11 P - THE SOLUTION
TO MANY PROBLEMS
The shopping mall „Limbecker Platz“ is with its sales area of 70,000
square meters a crowd puller in the middle of downtown Essen. A
nine-member team assures the proper functioning of the complex
technical services in two shifts.
The contact to the manufacturer
was formed quickly and a few
days later, the new spider platform
RUTHMANN BLUELIFT SA 11 P
arrived for the video shoot at the
“Limbecker Platz”.
With the beginning of the early
shift, exactly at 6 o’clock, the machine
was delivered on a trailer by
Ruthmann. Whereas a lot of citizens
still sleep in Essen, the 1,200-kilogram-light
machine with battery
drive runs almost noiselessly to the
main entrance of the shopping mall.
In the company of the in-house
technicians, the target staircase is
reached after approximately 200
The Ruthmann employee skilfully
guides the platform inside the elevator
where it comes precisely to a
stop just a few centimetres in front
of the rear wall. Then he closes the
door. The machine takes the lift to
reach the 2nd floor of the staircase
and drives out of the elevator without
problems.
After a few meters, the operation
site in the staircase is reached.
What was gone through in the
theory and what was measured
beforehand works also fluently in
practice: The basket must first be
guided over a railing and be then
lowered two meters downwards in
order to fit underneath the escalator.
The RUTHMANN BLUELIFT SA
11 P reaches the planned operation
site situated at a 6.2 meters distance
and the lamp at the bottom
side of the escalator covering can
be replaced.
Jörg Breitkreuz is relieved and
delighted: „This is the solution
to many problems”.
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BLUELIFT IN OPERATION
BLUELIFT SA 31 CONVINCES IN THE OLD CASTLE PARK
Since 1990, the RAL-certified GaLaBau company “ArborCare ca ® GmbH from Sankt Augustin has been
in the sector of the professional tree care with 24 employees among them 4 tree climbers.
Six own truck-mounted working
platforms and one rubber-tracked
working platform are used in the
company. However, when it came
to tree care jobs, it was always
found out that there was a gap
between the use of truck-mounted
working platforms and the tree
climbers in terms of height access
technology. Then it was not
possible to reach operation sites
especially in cemeteries, parks and
green spaces, but also in private
gardens.
Christian Aepfelbach explains: “The
rope climbing technology may
only be used if no other mechanical
height access technology can
be used.” As a result of this, they
invested in 2013 in a second-hand
RUTHMANN rubber-tracked working
platform TR 300 built in 1990
which has done good work up to
now.
As the volume of work, which is
currently at 25%, continues to
grow, we have now invested in a
new rubber-tracked BLUELIFT SA
31”, Aepfelbach continues. In the
summer, the new machine was
used for arboricultural works in the
Lechenich castle park. “With it, we
were not only able to drive through
the 1.1 m wide stone arch at the
entrance but also pass all sensitive
soils on the way to the historical
tree population. Even slightly
swampy terrain posed no problems
for it “, reports employee Vincent
Kranz, ‘”because the rolling load of
5.14 kN/m2 in transport position is
so low.
The height-adjustable rubber-tracked
chassis and the track
profile offer the best pressure
distribution and enable it to drive
on slopes of up to 26° cross the
travelling direction.
The fact that the rubber-tracked
working platform disposes of an
automatic positioning system and
large supporting boards is extremely
important for the safety
for the landscaping sector. The
RUTHMANN BLUELIFT SA 31
offers all this.
Christian Aepfelbach assesses the
balance of operations: “By using
the BLUELIFT SA 31, we were able
to work on approx. 20 - 25 trees
per day safely with one employee.
This is an enormous efficiency
increase in comparison to the rope
climbing technology. Particularly, I
would like to emphasize the safety
aspect. The remote control is great
as we can operate the working
platform without being in the
danger area. We were already fully
convinced by the BLUELIFT SA 31
during its first use!
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RUTHMANN SERVICE
CAMERA-SUPPORTED SERVICE
WITH TEAMVIEWER PILOT
Do you already know the new Ruthmann AR-Software
TeamViewer Pilot? With this app, the
Ruthmann expert can help you quickly and easily
with the camera of your smartphone or tablet in
case of a default on your machine. The software
makes it possible for our service expert to collect
important aspects via live images and to offer solutions
for the problems in a short time.
You show the Ruthmann expert at the service headquarters in
Gescher-Hochmoor where the problem is.
The software enables our service expert to record defects
in real time with the support of the live image from your
smartphone or tablet and thus to offer solutions for the
problem in a short time. Essential machine components
can be marked on the screen for example by means of
arrows. At the same time, our experts can also communicate
with you via the TeamViewer Pilot app.
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR ANDROID AND IOS
MOBILE TERMINALS
TeamViewer Pilot uses Augmented Reality (AR) and is
available for Android and iOS mobile terminals. Thanks
to the 3D object tracking, spatial markers sticking to real
objects can be placed; things can be highlighted and
text annotations can be added to the live video stream
transmitted through the camera of the customer’s mobile
terminal. Thereby, all your data are safe and are AES-256
Bit end-to-end encrypted and comply with SOC2, HIPAA/
HITECH, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 9001:2015 and DSGVO.
The Ruthmann expert sees the live image on his screen and
can provide quick assistance. Essential components can be
marked on the live image so that the customer knows which
button he has to press.
It is no longer necessary to speculate which control lever
has to be actuated or which button has to be pressed
because the Ruthmann expert can exactly see what the
customer sees on the machine and thus contributes to
solve the problem through visual support.
EASY INSTALLATION WITHIN SECONDS
In case of a fault on a Ruthmann working platform, fault
clearance can be carried out in a very quick and easy
way: After having called the national Ruthmann service
number, the customer receives a text message with the
link to the TeamViewer Pilot app in a short time. After the
download, it can already start. The customer indicates his
TeamViewer ID to the Ruthmann expert, then immediately
receive a virtual call and the live image is transmitted
to the Ruthmann expert.
Augmented Reality enables to place virtual markers on the
live camera image and gives you at the working platform
the certainty how to act.
If your portable terminal is not authorized for the
installation of apps by the user, we recommend having
them installed in advance for example by your
IT department.
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RUTHMANN SERVICE
RUTHMANN SERVICE ...
AT ITS BEST!
In order to remain loyal to this motto and to
continuously increase the service satisfaction of
our customers, an annual competition is held
between our service stations. The focus of the
competition is on the merits and achievements
achieved by each team during the year.
For the years 2019 and 2020, Station Manager Christian
Kausche was able to receive the coveted trophy
for the team of the Borkheide service station (right
picture).
2018: Trophy handover to our station
manager in Gescher-Hochmoor (front row
left: Thomas Bennemann - Head of Service
International, right Antonius Twenter, Station
Manager).
2017: Ceremonial trophy handover to our
station manager in Gescher-Hochmoor
(front row left: Antonius Twenter, Station
Manager, right Thomas Bennemann - Head
of Service International)
2016: Winner Groß-Gerau service station
Station Manager Thomas Heil received the
trophy for his team in Groß-Gerau in the
presence of the other station managers.
2014: Borkheide service station, Director
Christian Kauschke
Congratulations
to all winners!
2013: Ingolstadt service station, Director
Michael Zabel
2012: Seevetal service station, Director
Carsten Richter
2011: Seevetal service station, Director
Carsten Richter
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RUTHMANN IN-HOUSE
SALES AND SERVICE PARTNER MEETING
RUTHMANN-PARTNER WITH INNOVATIVE LEAD
We maintain very cooperative contact to our global sales and service partners. It is important that
they have comprehensive insight into our innovations and strategies so that we can work together
effectively and successfully.
That is why we invite them to an
international sales and service partner
meeting - at least once a year.
The chosen venue for the event
this year was Hotel Schloss Velen
(approx. 5 km from our main works
in Gescher).
We introduced them exclusively to
our planned product innovations
and get them into the right mood
for our sales strategy.
Our visitors also had the opportunity
to take a test drive and ‘breath
in the high air of innovation’ while
thoroughly testing the efficiency
and flexibility of the machines.
At the upcoming sales and service
partner meeting, we will once
again comprehensively inform and
present not only our STEIGER ®
but also our performant BLUELIFT,
ECOLINE and VERSALIFT machines.
Despite the tight programme, there
was still enough time to talk shop
with our retailers and have some
private conversations.
In addition to lectures and workshops, the latest
machines were of course available for testing.
Almost all our international sales and service partners came at the conference at Schloss
Velen.
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RUTHMANN IN-HOUSE
RUTHMANN OKTOBERFEST 2019
A HIGHLIGHT FOR THE EMPLOYEES
You may already read about it in
the staff interviews on pages 20
to 24: The annual RUTHMANN
Oktoberfest in Gescher-
Hochmoor is legendary. Employees
and customers from all over
the world who often know each
other by phone celebrate together
and have a great evening
that that people will be talking
about for some time to come.
As always, there was a lot of dancing, and some
people moved on after the event ended.
Celebrating has always been tradition at RUTHMANN, employees look forward to the Oktoberfest
months in advance.
Even the management does not miss the
opportunity to entertain employees and guests.
At holding beer mug, Sven Vieth - second from the left - almost brought the victory to
Gescher. At the end, however, he let a customer win :)
The Bavarian buffet offers a wide selection
for all tastes.
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RUTHMANN IN-HOUSE
RUTHMANN FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY
GUEST AT RUTHMANN IN GESCHER
RUTHMANN invited its employees to a family and
friends day in Gescher-Hochmoor. This was a complete
success and around 900 guests accepted the invitation.
The bouncy castle enjoyed great popularity and, such as the bungee
trampoline invited to let off steam.
Children let off steam on the bouncy castle or the bungee
trampoline or enjoy by playing games. There was
also a lot to discover for the adults: At Life Kinetik they
could e.g. learn how to improve their memory through
short entertaining tasks. Another highlight for young
and old were the rides with the STEIGER ® proposed by
RUTHMANN.
The physical well-being was taken care of, besides the summer
festival classics, there were also nutrition tips from Brain Food.
At football darts, the children could really kick the ball and prove
their accuracy to mum and dad.
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RUTHMANN ACTIVE
Aquarius Indoor-Cup
Borken 2019
RUTHMANN ACTIVE
TOGETHER IN SPORT AND WORK
Besides the employer, a lot of employees also share their love
of sport. And so, a few years ago, we were able to inspire
numerous athletes to compete for RUTHMANN at local sport
events either individually or as team. Because if you work well
together as a team, you can also achieve a lot by doing sport.
In addition to numerous city runs in which we participated successfully,
we have always been able to get enthusiastic about
dragon boat races.
We are looking forward to the coming challenges.
13 th Tiergarten run in Velen in 2019
25 th City run in Coesfeld in 2018 26 th City run in Coesfeld in 2019
2018: Dragon Boat cup in Münster - Our R team was at the start! Tiergarten run in Velen in 2016.
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RUTHMANN JOBS
START IN THE FUTURE AT RUTHMANN
RUTHMANN in Gescher-Hochmoor is one of the largest training company in the surrounding area and
offers numerous apprenticeships in seven different professions every year.
In the commercial sector,
RUTHMANN offers apprenticeships
for the professions of industrial
clerk and IT-specialist (m/f/d).
In the technical sector, apprenticeships
as industry mechanics,
mechatronics, process mechanic,
technical product designer and
construction mechanics (m/f/d)
can be completed, in addition also
dual curriculum in the disciplines of
mechatronics or engineering.
The apprenticeship takes place inhouse
in our specialist department
or in our modern in-house workshop.
We offer of course a good apprenticeship
allowance and a job offer
for all production trainees.
At the modern workplaces, there
are free drinks and fresh fruit every
week.
Free water and fresh fruit are available for all
employees.
INDUSTRY MECHANICS
(m/f/d)
MECHATRONICS
(m/f/d)
PROCESS MECHANIC
(m/f/d)
TECHNICAL PRODUCT
DESIGNER (m/f/d)
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RUTHMANN JOBS
10 REASONS TO WORK AT RUTHMANN
At RUTHMANN, the focus is
on the employees as a person.
RUTHMANN produces innovative
products with high international
brand awareness.
RUTHMANN pays attentions
to state-of-the-art PPE (personal
protective equipment) at
workplace and adapted ergonomics.
RUTHMANN offers many different
apprenticeships with the
possibility to broaden your horizons
into other departments or
activity fields.
RUTHMANN disposes of
extremely collegial working environment
where work is fun.
Many friendships surpass the
employment relationship.
RUTHMANN offers future-proof
workplaces with stable
order situation and growing
number of employees.
RUTHMANN offers free water
and fresh fruit every week for
all employees.
RUTHMANN offers all trainees
in the production department a
job.
RUTHMANN allows a lot of
free space to design and implement
things yourself. Personal
commitment is encouraged.
RUTHMANN disposes of
extremely well-equipped
workplaces with top tools or
state-of-the-art IT equipment.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
JOBS AT RUTHMANN
Our actual job advertisements
on the
Internet.
APPRENTICESHIP
AT RUTHMANN
Our apprenticeship
brochure as download.
IT-SPECIALIST
(m/f/d)
INDUSTRY CLERK
(m/f/d)
CONSTRUCTION MECHANICS
(m/f/d)
DUAL CURRICULUM
(m/f/d)
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RUTHMANN IN-HOUSE
APPEAL FOR
DONATIONS FOR
THE FLOOD VICTIMS
Dear employees, customers, suppliers
and partners,
We would like to thank you very much for having responded in such large
numbers to our appeal for donations to help the flood victims. Now, the
extent of the damages caused by the disaster is only just becoming visible
in many places in North-Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. Lots
of people have lost their homes and are living at present by friends or
relatives. The organization “Deutschland hilft” is supporting the emergency
forces in the ongoing clean-up works and the restoration of the
infrastructure.
We would therefore like to ask you to continue to
support the people in the flooded regions and to
contribute to this through the “Deutschland hilft e.V.”
organization.
“THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR HELP!”
With our limited anniversary
chocolate, we would like to thank
all those who sent us a contribution
under the hashtag #YourRuthmannStory.
Thanks a lot
for the great support
without which this
anniversary
edition of the
experience
issue
wouldn’t
have been
possible.
Donate now!
If everyone contributes a small part, WE make a big
difference! We are happy about each donation!
TEAM EVENT
RUTHMANN ITALIA
The RUTHMANN team Italy was
able to compete on the go-car
track at the Team Event.
At the end of the race with qualifying
and final, the winners were
determined. The coveted trophies
go to Federico Poggiali for the 1st
place, Nicolae Tamaiusc for the 2nd
place and Francesco Granato for
the 3rd place. Congratulations to
all winners!
Imprint
“Experience”, issue: Autumn 01/2021
Editor: RUTHMANN Holdings GmbH
Address:
Ruthmannstraße 4
48712 Gescher | Germany
Phone: +49 2863 204-0
Fax: +49 2863 204-5312
www.ruthmann.de
info@ruthmann.de
Editing: omast.de web | photo | print
Photos: Ruthmann Holdings GmbH, Frédéric Boyadjian,
VW Nutzfahrzeuge, Oliver Mast, private inventory,
Aktion Deutschland Hilft
Layout and typesetting: omast.de web | photo | print
Proof-reading and Translation: Ruthmann Holdings GmbH
Print: Onlineprinters GmbH, Fürth, www.onlineprinters.de
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RUTHMANN THANKS ALL EMPLOYEES
FOR ANOTHER IAPA AWARD
RUTHMANN IN-HOUSE
This year, RUTHMANN once again won the IAPA Award. The
5th winner of the awards is the new RUTHMANN STEIGER ® TB
300.
For such a performance, RUTHMANN would like to thank all
its employees in form of a lunch. Mobile food trucks visited the
different locations of the companies or the employees went out
to eat together.
The Burger truck “Arche de Noah by 180 degrees”
was at the headquarters in Hochmoor from the
15th June to 17th June 2021 and provided all
employees with delicious burgers, fries and drinks.
The employees could choose from different menus
so there was something for everyone.
Also, RUTHMANN Italia received the visit of a
mobile food truck. The “Rocket Truck” was on site
and provided the employees with burgers, fries and drinks.
The team of RUTHMANN Switzerland went to an outdoor restaurant.
The colleagues of the service station Geisenfeld-Ilmendorf
ate their delicious burgers indoor due to the weather.
Further locations will follow in the coming weeks. Many thanks
to all our employees for bringing home the IAPA Award once
again in 2021.
At the very top: Shortly before the beginning of the
event, the team of the “Arche Noah by 180 degrees” is
looking forward to the hungry Ruthmen.
At the top: The best atmosphere in Italia - handmade
burgers with fresh ingredients under the best weather.
PREVIEW OF EVENTS:
Innovation Days, Hohenroda 24. – 25.5.22
GaLaBau, Nuremberg 14. – 17.9.22
bauma, Munich 24. – 30.10.22
APEX, Maastricht, NL 06. – 8.06.23
Further actual dates at: https://www.ruthmann.de/news/messen-events
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