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Hako GmbH
Company type	GmbH
Industry	Machinery and automotive industry
Founded	24 December 1948
Headquarters	Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Key people	Mario Schreiber (Chair), Uwe Brenne, Matthias Wolf
Products	Cleaning industry, ultra-light commercial vehicles
Revenue	197.3 million EUR (2009)
Total assets	100.9 million EUR (2009)
Number of employees	1166 (2009)
Website	www.hako.com

Hako GmbH is a manufacturer of street sweeping equipment and ultra-light commercial vehicles, headquartered in Bad Oldesloe, Germany with customers in about sixty countries. The company was founded on 24 December 1948; its name derives from Hans Koch & Sohn. It produces the Multicar line of vehicles.

History

In 1924 in Mecklenburg, Hans Koch invented the world's first small mechanical cultivator, the Di-Mo-Ha. He founded the company in Pinneberg in 1948, and it began assembling and mass-producing cultivators and single-axle milling machines.^[2] In 1956 the company acquired a piece of land on Lübecker Straße in Bad Oldesloe; in the 1970s Hako moved to the industrial area on Hamburger Straße, where its headquarters are now located. It also has a technology center in Trappenkamp.

In 1998 Hako acquired sufficient shares in Multicar to become its controlling shareholder.^[3]

As of 2010, Hako is a worldwide leader in outdoor cleaning equipment.^[4] In 2013 Hako was represented by a board member on the Cleaning Systems trade association of the VDMA (de:Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau),^[5] the largest industrial/engineering federation in Germany.

Products

Today Hako is one of the leading manufacturers of professional machines for internal cleaning, external cleaning and plant care.^[2]^[4] The company manufacturers severals types of polishing machines, carpet cleaning equipment, dust and water vacuums, scrubbers, sweepers, street-sweeping machines, single-axis motorized tools^{[clarification needed]}, small tractors (Hakotrac), and electric tractors.^[6] In addition, Hako offers cleaning and maintenance products for professional janitors. Worldwide distribution is carried out by a dozen separate companies, as well as general importers in over 60 countries around the world, with Hako-Werke GmbH as the main business of the Hako-Group.^[2]

Structure

Hako is a subsidiary of the Possehl Group. Hako encompasses six brands (MinuteMan^[7]^[8]^[9] and PowerBoss in the United States), five factories, fifteen sales offices, and dealers in 25 EU countries (plus 20 additional countries internationally).^[10] The branch office of the Multicar subsidiary is located in Waltershausen. The branch office of the Havelländische Maschinenbau subsidiary is located in the Glindow section of Werder an der Havel. In addition, the company has shares in six other^[vague] subsidiaries.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Suche im elektronischen Bundesanzeiger Hako Werke: Jahresabschluss zum 31. Dezember 2009". Ebundesanzeiger.de. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Langenscheidt, Florian; Venohr, Bernd, eds. (2010). Lexikon der deutschen Weltmarktführer. Die Königsklasse deutscher Unternehmen in Wort und Bild [Encyclopedia of German leaders in the world market : The pinnacle of German companies in words and pictures] (in German). Cologne: Deutsche Standards Editionen. ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2.
^ Schmeding, Carolin (31 July 1998). "Tyll Necker: Angebot wird mit Übernahme erweitert – Hako will bei Multicar mehr Stellen schaffen"]" [Tyll Necker: Offer for acquisition is increased - Hako wants to create more jobs at Multicar]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b Bonnema, G. Maarten; Borches, P. Daniel; Kauw-A-Tjoe, Rogier G.; van Houten, Fred J.A.M. (2010). Communication: Key Factor in Multidisciplinary System Design (PDF). 8th Conference on Systems Engineering Research, 17–19 March 2010. Hoboken NJ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2014. ...Hako-Werke GmbH (a worldwide leader in outdoor cleaning equipment...)
^ Technik für Menschen: Geschäftsbericht 2013 Vorgelegt zur Mitgliederversammlung am 17./18. Oktober 2013 in Stuttgart [Technology for people: Annual Report 2013 presented to the General Meeting on 17–18 October in Stuttgart] (Report) (in German). p. 60. Retrieved 13 January 2014. Reinigungssysteme ... Uwe Brenne, Hako GmbH, Bad Oldesloe...
^ "Carpet Cleaning Tips - Some Of The Best!". Novanna Cleaning Services NYC. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "Minuteman and Hako-Werke to Merge". FloorDaily.net. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^ "Hako Minuteman Inc., a manufacturer of vacuum cleaners and... - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 30 July 1990. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^ Published: April 24, 1991 (24 April 1991). "Hako Minuteman Inc. reports earnings for Qtr to March 31 - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 13 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "one-page corporate overview" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.