Camping Trade World – Issue 06

AL-KO COMPANY PROFILE
▲ More than 3,800 employees work for the AL-KO Vehicle Technology Group at more than 40 sites around the world.
““It is really incredible how the AL-KO Vehicle
Technology Group has grown and developed...”
HARALD HILLER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE AL-KO VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY GROUP
a time machine and show him
these numbers.
“It is really incredible
how the AL-KO Vehicle
Technology Group has grown
and developed,” continues
Harald. “The team has done
an outstanding job. The focus
on our customers, partners and
employees, consistency through
financial stability, a high level of
in- novation and the philosophy
of having everything to do with
chassis and peripherals from a
single source, are what made this
possible. All of this will continue
to define us in the future.
“We are still on course
for growth, which became
particularly clear with the
acquisition of Brink, our largest
single acquisition for the DexKo
Group worldwide to date. With
the towbars, a completely new
business area came to us, which
is already served by over 900
colleagues today and is expected
to grow further.”
1931 1961 1970 1983 1985
Alois Kober laid
the foundations for
today’s AL-KO Vehicle
Technology with a forge
in Großkötz in Bavaria,
Germany.
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The company founded
its first ever foreign
subsidiary company
in the neighbouring
European nation of
Austria.
Further subsidiaries
were opened in the
UK (Southam), France
(Louhans) and also Italy
(Vintl).
AL-KO USA was
established, closely
followed by AL-KO
International in
Australia in 1986.
The market launch of
one of AL-KO’s most
iconic products, the
chassis AMC, which has
become the base for
many leisure vehicles
over the years.