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Sennebogen Turns 65, Still Family Owned
German-based Sennebogen recently celebrated 65 years of operation. “This company milestone is truly so well earned by the generations of innovators who have strived to make Sennebogen a world leader in material handling equipment,” says Constantino Lannes, President, Sennebogen LLC, Stanley, NC. The focus, as it has been since 1952, is on providing productive and cost-efficient material handling solutions. “A lot has changed over the past 65 years,” says Managing Director Erich Sennebogen, who along with his brother Walter Sennebogen comprises the second generation of leadership in the family-owned company. “In today’s globalized markets, we supply products to customers in over 100 countries on all continents. In order to stay ahead of the competition, we invest in our model lineup and our sites every year, and undertake modernization and expansion work.” At Straubing, Germany Plant 2, an expansion over the past two years has seen
namic development of our company,” says Walter Sennebogen, “and we are confident that our continued investment in the plant expansion will have a very positive impact on the company’s ongoing success.”
BID Group Buys Idaho’s Vibra-Pro Sennebogen operations in Straubing, Germany
the addition of 375,000 sq. ft. (35,000 sq. m) of new production and warehouse space. At the same time, machine shipping has been restructured, storage areas extended and logistics processes optimized and modernized. Today Sennebgoen has 1,400 employees at production and support facilities around the world, including the North American headquarters just outside Charlotte, NC. With machines ranging up to 350 tons, Sennebogen has always focused both on special customer-specific solutions and on individually configurable series machines. “Our customers are amazed at the dy-
The BID Group, Vancouver, BC, has acquired Vibra-Pro of Boise, Idaho. Vibra-Pro’s staff has a combined experience of more than 200 years in the application, design and manufacture of vibrating equipment for material conveyance applications. It will continue to operate from the existing facility in Boise. Established in 1983, Vibra-Pro has been providing products, installation and service in the forest industry for more than two decades and is a strategic and complementary addition to the suite of products that BID offers. “The acquisition of Vibra-Pro allows us to further expand our worldwide product offerings and enhance the turnkey solutions we provide for customers in North America,” says BID CEO Alistair Cook.
Delta Names Linn Regional Sales Manager Phil Lin has joined motion control manufacturer, Delta Computer Systems Inc., as a Regional Sales Manager covering Asia Pacific, with an initial emphasis on China. Lin comes to Delta with a background in engineering, sales, marketing and business development with more than 22 years of domestic and international experience gained at Intel, IBM and Sharp. Delta continues to expand in the Asia Pacific region including China, India, South Korea, Japan and Australia driven by an industrial base seeking automation products and Delta’s best-in-class family of RMC motion controllers.
Kenworth Sales Remodels Lewiston Dealership Kenworth Sales Co. recently unveiled its $4.95 million remodeling and expansion of its Lewiston, Idaho, dealership at a grand re-opening celebration with more than 200 customers, company representatives and community leaders in attendance. Kenworth Sales C. operates at 21 locations in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. 44
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