Aebi vehicles
Encyclopedia
AEBI is a Switzerland
-based manufacturer of municipal and agriculture machinery. The company's products include transporter
s, Implement carriers, road sweepers, tractor
s, and mower
s.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
-based manufacturer of municipal and agriculture machinery. The company's products include transporter
Transporter
Transporter may refer to:* Transporter , types of vehicles designed to transport items* Volkswagen Transporter, a model of van- Film and television :...
s, Implement carriers, road sweepers, tractor
Tractor
A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction...
s, and mower
Mower
A mower is a machine for cutting grass or other plants that grow on the ground. Usually mowing is distinguished from reaping, which uses similar implements, but is the traditional term for harvesting grain crops, e.g...
s.
History
- 1883: In Burgdorf, Switzerland, Johann Ulrich Aebi established a workshop for manufacturing turbineTurbineA turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades, or the blades react to the flow, so that they move and...
s and sprayerSprayerA sprayer is a device used to spray a liquid.In agriculture, a sprayer is a piece of equipment that spray nozzles to apply herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers to agricultural crops...
s - 1894: Workshop held on development of an industrial enterprise with production
- 1895: Aebi builds starts the production of a replica of McCormick's reaper
- 1910: Production of threshing equipment, feed elevators, and forceps begins
- 1915: Experimental use of a 4-wheel Mähtraktors
- 1928: Launch of a modernizationModernizationIn the social sciences, modernization or modernisation refers to a model of an evolutionary transition from a 'pre-modern' or 'traditional' to a 'modern' society. The teleology of modernization is described in social evolutionism theories, existing as a template that has been generally followed by...
campaign in workshop and machinery - 1929: Production of 3-wheel Mähtraktors
- 1931: Approximately 40,000-"Helvetia" mowers were sold
- 1932: Production of the world's first ball-reaper begins
- 1942: Takeover of the company Stadler AG; total workforce: 270; turnover: 5.8 million Swiss francSwiss francThe franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...
s - 1950: Launch of the first motor mower: the Aebi AM 50
- 1954: Production of the first-Aebi Einachstraktors with Triebachsanhänger
- 1964: The first Aebi transporter is presented
- 1971: Production of snowblowers begins for municipal and winter use
- 1976: Development of the Terratrac DD 77, a hangtauglichem Zweiachsmäher
- 1981: Founding of the Aebi vehicles and machinery in Kematen GmbH (Austria)
- 1986: Presentation of the TT 88 with hydrostatic drive
- 1995: Founding of Aebi France S.à.r.l. in GenasGenasGenas is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It is located approximately 9 miles east-southeast of Lyon.The town includes the hamlets of Azieu and Vurey, and has a total population of approximately 11,895.-Transportation:...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - 1998: Founding of North America Inc. Aebi in Richmond, VirginiaRichmond, VirginiaRichmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, USA; Nussmüller acquisition of land and municipal engineering Schwanberg GmbH (Austria) - 1999: Takeover of the company MFH AG, Maschinenfabrik in HochdorfHochdorfHochdorf may refer to* Hochdorf, Lucerne, a municipality in Switzerland* Hochdorf , a district in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland* Hochdorf, Esslingen, a municipality in the district of Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany...
, Switzerland - 2006: The Aebi Holding AG is represented by a group led by entrepreneur Peter SpuhlerPeter SpuhlerPeter Spuhler is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party, a member of the Swiss National Council for the canton of Thurgau.- External links :*...