Zeppelin Group acquires Luther Group
Zeppelin Group will acquire 100 percent of the shares in Luther Group, comprising Luther HL and METON, retroactively from January 1, 2019. As part of the acquisition, Zeppelin will transfer 100 employees to its Rental strategic business unit – a move that will support the company in strengthening its expertise in solutions in the areas of traffic guidance and transport technology.
Zeppelin Group makes top management appointments in Plant Engineering
Alexander Wassermann takes over as Head of the Zeppelin Group’s Plant Engineering strategic business unit. Axel Kiefer leaves the company at his own request
Garching near Munich/Friedrichshafen, June 24, 2019. On July 1, 2019, Alexander Wassermann (53) will take over the position of Chair of the Management Board at Zeppelin Systems GmbH, and in doing so will also become Head of the Zeppelin Group’s Plant Engineering strategic business unit (SBU). He succeeds Axel Kiefer, who is set to leave the Zeppelin Group at his own request on June 30, 2019.
The Zeppelin Group opens a branch in St. Petersburg
The company remains committed to the Russian market. On June 5, 2019, the Zeppelin Group not only celebrated the opening of a new branch, but also marked 20 years of operation in Russia. The company is demonstrating its ongoing commitment to the Russian market by investing in a high-tech service workshop, spare parts warehouse, and office building.
The Zeppelin Group completes the financial year with a new record
Targeted digitization and acquisitions contribute to success
- The Group Financial Statements are compiled in accordance with IFRS for the first time
- Group sales: EUR 2.9 bn
- Group earnings before taxes on income and earnings: EUR 131 m
- Average workforce over the year: 8,502 (FTEs, including trainees)
- Group Management Board expects conditions to be largely stable in 2019
Peter Gerstmann, Head of Zeppelin Group, reconfirmed in role
On January 14, 2019, the Supervisory Board of Zeppelin GmbH extended Peter Gerstmann’s contract as Chairman of the Management Board by an additional five-year term, confirming the graduate business economist in office up until 2024.
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Zeppelin GmbH
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85748 Garching near Munich
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Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH
Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1
85748 Garching near Munich
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Phone: + 49 89 32 000 341
Gaby Bieger
Zeppelin Rental GmbH
Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1
85748 Garching near Munich
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Phone: +49 89 32 000 851
Andrea Krueger
Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Ruhrstraße 158
22761 Hamburg
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Phone: +49 40 853 151 741
Sandra Müller
Zeppelin Systems GmbH
Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1
88045 Friedrichshafen
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Phone: +49 7541 202 1475
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Zeppelin Lab GmbH
Elsenstraße 106
12435 Berlin
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