Luibl Group takes over Uplifter

Luibl Group has bought the renowned mini crane and glass lifter specialist out of insolvency

Luibl Group has taken over the operating business of the specialist for mini cranes, vacuum technology and glass lifters based in Guteneck near Nabburg – including 45 employees in rental, sales, service, machine operation and transport. The former Uplifter GmbH & Co. KG is being wound up by the insolvency administrator.

Karl Bauer, owner of Luibl Group, has founded a new group of companies for this step, which will operate under the name Uplifter Group in future. However, it is not responsible for the operating business.

Several subsidiaries were founded to take over the different business units of Uplifter:

· Uplifter Rental: The rental business will continue independently under the Uplifter brand. Close cooperation with Luibl Rental will take place on a project basis only to bundle synergies and save costs.

This improves customer service and comprehensive support for shared customers across the group. Large construction groups and re-rental partners in particular will benefit from the wide range of large machines and special solutions.

The mini crane rental business will be further internationalised in order to serve the markets covered by Luibl Rental in Austria, Hungary and Eastern Europe in general with the newly acquired rental machines.

· Uplifter Trading: The sales and distribution business for mini cranes, vacuum technology and glass lifters will continue under Uplifter Trading. New brand partnerships will be established step by step to further expand the trading business.

Industry pioneer Martin Lobinger remains with the future group to continue developing his life's work. Mini cranes and glass lifters are still sometimes referred to as "Uplifters" today, because Mr Lobinger established these machine types on the German market.

· Uplifter Service: The service business for mini cranes, vacuum technology and glass lifters will be handled by this company in future. This strategic focus allows a gradual expansion of the service offering to other product areas, such as aerial work platforms, construction machinery, forklifts and telehandlers.

· Machineoperators: For the professional handling of operator assignments, the group offers Machineoperators as a separate company in Germany. There, operators for machines can be hired by the hour, day, week or month. In the near future also for all other machines of the Luibl Rental group.

Together with Uplifter Group, Luibl Rental Group now has well over 1,000 rental machines. These are rented out in Germany from more than 11 locations. New additions are the locations in Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Berlin, as well as the Uplifter Group headquarters in Oberaich near Nabburg in the Upper Palatinate. The large Luibl logistics hubs in Passau on the Austrian border, in Weissenfels near Leipzig, in Volkmarsen near Kassel and in Schillingsfuerst at the Crailsheim/Feuchtwangen motorway junction remain in place.

The takeover significantly strengthens regional customer proximity and local presence.