Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG is a specialized vehicle manufacturer based in Laupheim, Germany.
The company was formed in 1994 through a management buyout of the snow and sand divisions during the breakup of Karl Kässbohrer Fahrzeugwerke.It was publicly traded from 1998 until it was taken private in 2015, when Ludwig Merckle's LuMe holding company, which had previously owned over 95% of shares, bought out minority shareholders for an aggregate EUR 13.8 million.
[1] Kässbohrer's largest division is snow grooming vehicles, which represents 90% of the company's revenue.
The division develops, manufactures, sells and services equipment for maintaining ski hills.
[2] Kässbohrer launched a separate line of beach grooming machines in 1991.