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Achleitner informs
Personnel news
Ewald Gattermayr is the new Managing Director of Tyrolean special vehicle manufacturer Achleitner, taking over overall responsibility from owner and previous Managing Director Franz Achleitner.
After studying materials science at the University of Leoben and executive education at Kellogg University in Chicago, the experienced manager has held various management positions at well-known companies since 1999. His positions include Thyssen Krupp, Plasser & Theurer, Gebauer & Griller and AT&S.
For more than 90 years, the Tyrolean vehicle manufacturer Achleitner has been a global name for the design, development and production of customized armoured solutions for special vehicles for police, military and paramilitary purposes. The vehicle concepts are developed, produced and put through their paces 100 percent in-house, right through to series production.
The change at the top of the company is accompanied by a strategic realignment. The company will focus on its core competencies: Processing and welding of armored steel, development of protected vehicle cells and the optimized production of complete vehicle concepts. In the course of this, the Achleitner family is in the process of separating the vehicle construction division from the classic tire trade. The aim is to streamline the product portfolio and position the company in a focused and future-proof manner.
High quality as standard
Vehicle construction
Achleitner is a global name at automotive engineering and production of customized bodies, trailers and all-wheel-drive vehicles, as well as at the manufacturing of special vehicles prepared for police, military and paramilitary purpose - protected and unprotected. Located in Woergl/Tyrol, Austria all vehicles gets adapted and manufactured according to customer and mission requirements.
Starting with an individual and unique piece, optimized and innovative vehicle concepts are offered. Along the entire value-added chain the vehicles are developed to series, produced, thoroughly tested, type-approved and delivered with in house competence.
The basis therefore is the knowledge and practical experience of our specialists, which has been grown over decades. Consistent progress and investments in machinery, coupled with the courage to start Industry 4.0 view already in the 2000s, is what Achleitner makes a global player with highly complex vehicles systems.
At the beginning there was a traditional handcrafted blacksmith which was founded in 1932.
More than 9 decades of a regular solid development have been passed Achleitner already and the company - in 3rd generation - is family owned and managed. Highest concentration on and at the daily work of all involved parties - partners, customers, suppliers and employees - is needed to be able to achieve this.
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STEEL TARGET
Saftey and quality
Research
Our highly trained workers with years of company-specific experience regularly develop our products and their related equipment. This guarantees maximum quality and the most up-to-date technology.
Through its close cooperation with customers, users, suppliers, institutions and based on the use of tested and market-ready components, Achleitner vehicles are produced that can be clearly distinguished from the standard series-produced vehicles made by other manufacturers.
Quality, functionality, durability and design - despite flexibility and customer-oriented solutions - are paramount. Achleitner vehicles must also have the capacity of working under extreme stress. To achieve this, Achleitner relies on an extensive range of in-house tools and expertise as well as partner test laboratories.
