Franz Xaver Kögel learned his trade in this small business and had just taken his masters examination.

Motorized transport of goods had just taken off with the autobahns in 1934, thus F. X. Kögel, with his wagon making business located within easy reach of the forge for chassis and trailer manufacture owned by August Welte was able to begin a forward-looking collaboration.

Kögel provided the floors for the chassis and the side walls, and both companies needed to expand their businesses.

After the fall of communism they added the Werdau factory in Saxony and, in 1993, Kögel also took over the defunct "trailer manufacture" of the Karl Kässbohrer Fahrzeugwerke in Burtenbach.

Kamag, a subsidiary of Kögel (also in Ulm since 1969) is concerned with the manufacture of heavy-duty self-driven combinations having payloads up to 10,000 t, and their customers also include NASA.

The "Kögel Phoenixx" brand is used for the introduction of innovative products, such as the first flatbed semi-trailer made from glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GRP).

An assessment by Prof. Henning Wallentowitzdes from the ika in Aachen attested to the extended trailer's excellent suitability for use in practice.

This means that the two production facilities in Burtenbach and Choceň (CZ) are in the sole possession of Ulrich Humbaur.

At the IAA in September 2010, Kögel presented their new vehicles for the forwarding and construction industries on the largest stand of all the trailer manufacturers.

A total of 1,000 orders prove that the products from the traditional brand from southern Germany continue to be in demand.