History

At the age of 21, Erich Sennebogen founded the company SENNEBOGEN for the production of agricultural machines in the Lower Bavarian town of Pilling near Straubing.
(Picture: "There is no such thing as can't." the guiding principle from 1952 until today.)

Innovation and increasing mechanization for agriculture: the S 500.

The rapid growth of the company forces SENNEBOGEN to expand: a new plant is opened at the train station in Straubing.

Then just as now, all products made by the company are characterized by one thing: the focus on designing and producing our own solutions wherever possible. Erich Sennebogen coins the saying “There’s no such thing as no can do” as the company’s motto.

Innovation: the first duty cycle crawler crane with hydraulic lattice boom folding function, ensuring that the machine can be transported easily and put into operation quickly. These innovative machines are also launched on the market as truck-mounted cranes.

The first SENNEBOGEN hydraulic excavator with modern plastic chassis and wide angle of vision is produced.

The company recognizes the opportunities of internationalization early on and has been actively taking advantage of them since 1973: globalization and export help spread awareness for the SENNEBOGEN brand – including in the Arab states and Africa.

SENNEBOGEN develops a fully hydraulic duty cycle crawler crane with hydraulically elevating cab.

Since 1984, SENNEBOGEN has been developing and producing all kinds of special carrier machines. Well-known customers successfully use this special equipment all over the world.

Innovation: SENNEBOGEN develops machines with a boom range of 20 m for effective, stationary material handling.

Development order for the quietest material handler in the world! SENNEBOGEN receives the Blue Angel ecolabel for the quietest mobile material handler over 10 t.

Innovation: SENNEBOGEN designs a unique telescopic crane with mobile or crawler undercarriage and trend-setting technology.

SENNEBOGEN bundles its longstanding experience and creates a completely new range of high-performance material handling machines: the Green Line series is born.

American sales and service operation established in Stanley, North Carolina, USA, under the name SENNEBOGEN LLC.

Innovation: The new 7 series for timber handling celebrates its premiere.

Innovation: SENNEBOGEN works with dealers and customers to develop and produce the 608 Multicrane with elevating cab – a powerful all-round machine for construction.

Foundation of the subsidiary SENNEBOGEN Pte. Ltd. in Singapore in the German Center.

Presentation at bauma and launch of the new 7700 crawler crane in the new 300 ton class – with a simple and cost-saving transport concept.

On 21 March 2011, our company founder Erich Sennebogen Sr. left us at the age of 79, having guided the destiny of our company with confidence and certainty for nearly six decades.

Innovation: SENNEBOGEN successfully launches the new E-Series with Green Efficiency technology on the market. The fuel-saving and environmentally friendly high-performance machines are perfectly suited to demanding continuous use in material handling.

SENNEBOGEN LLC expands its spare parts warehouse by 4000 m²: The facility of North America's market leader in material handlers combines administrative and sales offices with a training center and a spare parts warehouse under a single roof over 9000 m² in area.

The company sets another milestone its history with the opening of the SENNEBOGEN Academy and the Erich Sennebogen Museum in May 2014. In its facilities, the SENNEBOGEN Academy GmbH & Co. KG houses a modern machine training center, including demonstration site, as well as spacious training and conference rooms.

Expansion of Plant 3 in Wackersdorf – New steel construction hall with a total usable area of 4000 m².

SENNEBOGEN entered the mobile port crane sector in May 2017 with its 9300. The 9300 E from SENNEBOGEN boasts a high load capacity across the entire work area, while the mobile undercarriage with all-wheel steering with 14 wheel sets ensures maneuverability and a low ground pressure. 

SENNEBOGEN is already preparing the successful continuation of the family business in the 3rd generation: since 01.07.2017 Anton Sennebogen (right) has taken over the Controlling division, Sebastian Sennebogen (left) joined the new Multi Line product range on 01.12.2018. Alexander Sennebogen (centre) is still studying, but is regularly present at all important events.

SENNEBOGEN will present the new 895 E, the largest material handler ever built, to the public at bauma 2019. The gigantic machine is impressive with its operational weight of around 390 t and reach of up to 40 m. SENNEBOGEN has been setting once again new standards in challenging material handling.

In addition to the continuous further development of the plant since 1994, a new machine shipping area and an expansion of the employee parking spaces were created in Wackersdorf in 2020. The realignment of the Multi Line with its own plant 4 is a milestone for the production of the telehandlers.

At the new location SENNEBOGEN is bundling service activities from the areas of spare parts, customer service and SENNEBOGEN Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG.

The bauma 2022 was marked by records in every respect for SENNEBOGEN as INNOVATION PACEMAKER with its booth of more than 2100m2 in the center of the outdoor area, the 12 machine exhibits and international dealers and booth personnel.

After the enormous success of 2017, SENNEBOGEN will once again celebrate a major in-house exhibition in 2023: the WE Show, which will be called "WE SHOW 71" in reference to the company's 71 years of history.