Magirus

The Iveco Magirus AG is a company that develops commercial vehicles, manufactures and distributes.

Developed at its headquarters in Ulm, and the company manufactures vehicles and equipment for the fire and disaster protection. It has subsidiaries in Germany, France and Romania, develop the turntable ladders and other fire-fighting vehicles, manufacture and market, as well as subsidiaries selling the range of the parent company Iveco in Germany.

Company History

The Iveco Magirus AG has its origin (now Deutz AG ) in the truck, bus and fire engine manufacturers Magirus, which founded in 1865 and 1936 von Humboldt -Deutz was taken. Deutz led the production of commercial vehicles under the brand Magirus -Deutz on. In 1974, the company Deutz Magirus- Deutz AG to divest the division the next year and bring in the new company Iveco. As of January 1975, the company Magirus-Deutz AG was a 100 per cent Iveco AG, which in turn belonged to 80 percent to Fiat. The remaining 20 per cent Iveco held until 1980 Deutz, Fiat was then the sole owner of Iveco and thus the Magirus-Deutz AG. 1983 Magirus -Deutz AG was renamed Iveco Magirus AG. The fire protection division was spun off in 1996 in the subsidiary Iveco Magirus Fire Protection Technology GmbH.

The euro crisis led to a sharp drop in demand for commercial vehicles. The orders were received in 2009 alone at the Iveco Magirus AG fell by 56 percent. As production capacity was underutilized, 2009, short-time working was introduced in February, which lasted in 2012. Therefore, the Fiat Group decided in May 2012 to close five Iveco plants in Europe and relocate the production of commercial vehicles from Ulm to Madrid. August 3, 2012 was built with an Iveco Stralis truck, the last in Ulm. From the truck sector remained Development and Remodeling in Ulm. 300 jobs have been lost through retirement and voluntary termination agreements, the rest of the affected jobs in 1500 was distributed in late August to other areas of the site Ulm, where a guarantee of existence to 2017Vorlage the Fiat Group: future was / given in 3 years.

In the former truck manufacturing plant, a new production of fire trucks was added in 2013. Since 1000 working employees ( previously 400) in fire protection.