Since the founding of SENNEBOGEN in 1952, this family owned business has engaged in the design, development and manufacture of cranes, material handling machines and hydraulic excavators. The group of companies employs about 800 people and has manufactured over 16,000 units since 1980. The company's success is due to a great number of technological innovations and ongoing product improvements.

It maintains its leadership position worldwide in many market segments including material handling and construction.

The SENNEBOGEN name stands for reliable, state-of-the-art machines. At the plants in Straubing and Wackersdorf, Germany, the manufacturing processes employ quality standards to ensure the very best in machine performance.

SENNEBOGEN has a worldwide dealer network that is second to none and the envy of many.

The wide range of products built by SENNEBOGEN includes rope excavators, cranes, material handlers and purpose-built carriers as well as wheeled and tracked excavators.

In addition to the highly versatile production machines, SENNEBOGEN offers custom-built and special purpose machines. Utilizing their engineering skills and backgrounds, their team of engineers works one on one with the customers to build machines that meet and exceed customer requirements on a day-to-day basis.


1952 Erich Sennebogen, at the age of 21, sets up his own business in Pilling, near Straubing to manufacture agricultural machinery
1959

Rapid growth of the company forces him to expand. The new plant is built in Straubing
1962 Besides the traditional rope-operated mechanical excavators, the first hydraulic excavators are developed (SH40, SH50, SH60)
1969 The world's first fully hydraulic rope excavator is developed by SENNEBOGEN
1970 A new generation of hydraulic excavators is developed and is successfully launched on the market (S451, S467, S517, S755, S1164)
1980 SENNEBOGEN develops the hydraulically adjustable articulated boom. This innovation changes the hydraulic excavator world and has become the standard worldwide
1980 SENNEBOGEN designs the EVSthree-circuit hydraulic system, thereby setting new standards of speed and efficiency
1989 The next step of corporate expansion policy is the decision to build another plant in Wackersdorf. A state-of-the-art production facility for wheeled excavators is set up on a 160,000 M^2 site
1991 Official opening and start of production in Wackersdorf
1992 A family of heavy-duty rope excavators (635, 645, 660) of up to 60 tonnes capacity is presented at BAUMA 1992
1996 Set up of own structural steel works in Hungary
1996 At the Wackersdorf plant, the production area is expanded by 66%.
1998 Presentation of a new dimension in the 200-tonne class: The 6180 HD Starlifter is a great success both as a purpose-built carrier machine and as a crawler crane
2000 SENNEBOGEN GmbH establishes its first corporate office of SENNEBOGEN LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina
2001 Introduction of a new generation of HD rope excavators and crawler cranes at BAUMA in Munich
2001 SENNEBOGEN delivers first ever 870 M machine to Tube City - Gary Works, Indiana
2001 Erich Sennebogen, Sr., the Company founder and owner, celebrates his 70th birthday
2002 SENNEBOGEN celebrates 50 years of manufacturing innovation and excellence
2003 835 C Series is introduced to the North American marketplace at the ISRI Show in Orlando, Florida
2004 850 M C Series makes its worldwide debut at the ISRI Show in Las Vegas - April 2004
2005 SENNEBOGEN delivers the first 835 special machine to North America
2005 SENNEBOGEN introduces the world’s first 840 M at the 2005 ISRI Show in New Orleans
2006 821 M equipped with John Deere engine makes its North American debut at the 2006 ISRI Show in Las Vegas
2006 The 305 Multihandler is showcased for the first time at the 2006 ISRI Show and 2006 Waste Expo

 
 
Tube City's new 870 M goes right to work
With an eye-level height at almost 19-feet, the operator gets a perfect view of the trailer
Zubick acquired the world’s first 125,000 lb. SENNEBOGEN 850 M after its debut at ISRI 2004 to capitalize on its high lift capacity and long reach
Speed is key as the 825 M works throughout the 6-acre site, unloading trucks in less than 10 minutes picking logs from stacks for rail shipment
SENNEBOGEN 835 M green line machine hydraulic cab and Genesis GMS 500R quickly gets into position for work
From the cab of the 835 special, the operator at B&B Metals sees right into the Vezzani Shear which stands almost 35 ft. high
The 305 Multihandler is the intelligent combination of a material handler and a telehandler and offers the operator the full benefit of a hydraulically lifted cab