The Krone Group can look back on a successful financial year 2022/2023 (Aug. 22 to Jul. 23). Despite achieving sales of around 3.2 billion euros, marking the strongest year in the company’s history, the Krone Group is confronted with a clouded forecast and conservative business expectations for the near future. The generally very
Schmitz Cargobull secures the coveted sustainability award from Huss-Verlag (Germany) for 2024 – in two categories. At the award ceremony on 30 November, Marnix Lannoije, Chief Technical Officer at Schmitz Cargobull, received the awards for the fully electric S.KOe COOL refrigerated semi-trailer in the ’Semi-trailer’ category and for the Full Service Retread Tyres
More than 700 customers and partners from the transport sector gathered to celebrate the official inauguration of Schmitz Cargobull’s new plant in Figueruelas, Zaragoza (Spain) on June 1. They were able to get an on-site impression of the new, state-of-the-art assembly line. The new plant for curtainsiders, reefer semi-trailers and dry freight semi-trailers
The availability of transport data in real-time and across system boundaries is a prerequisite for the digitalization of supply chains and logistics processes. Using the new TrailerConnect Data Management Center, freight forwarders can provide their customers with order-relevant data in a controlled and secure manner. To enable freight forwarders to use existing real-time
At the IAA Transportation 2022 in Hanover (20/0922–25/09/2022), Krone will be presenting a total of eleven exhibits. Innovative prototypes connected to the megatrends of “digitalization, automation, sustainability and electrification” can be seen at the Krone trade fair stand C40 in Hall 27 as well as right next door at the Krone stands in
The final Supervisory Board meeting of Schmitz Cargobull AG in the 2021/2022 Financial Year took place on 29 March 2022 against the background of the war in the Ukraine, the uncertainty surrounding the supply chain and the ongoing challenges created by the corona pandemic. As part of a planned succession policy, a new
The strain of the corona pandemic and the impact of the war in Ukraine have given rise to a great deal of uncertainty at both a personal and economic level. As a production company, Schmitz Cargobull has been directly affected by the escalation of prices for raw materials and energy, and the deceleration
Krone Trusted has been very well received by the market: The new spare parts brand started with a stock of around one million euros, which was already turned over in the first year. More than 300 different tested brand-name spare parts, which cover more than 80 per cent of the common wear parts
A strong growth in all business segments has led the Krone group to expand its executive board as of 1 April 2022. The decision was taken by the supervisory board and its chair Bernard Krone who says it will strengthen the viable group structures as the family business continues on its course for
The vehicle with the millionth chassis number WKESD000001000000 has now rolled off the Krone production line: a Cool Liner from the Lübtheen plant for the Norwegian branch of the TIP Trailer Services. In 1971 TIP was one of the first customers when Krone started their trailer construction business. The official handover of the