Kran-Service Hartmann

What Kran-Service Hartmann does

Kran-Service Hartmann GmbH is a family-owned German industrial service and manufacturing company founded in 1991 and headquartered in Görlitz, Saxony. Operating from an 11,800 m² facility in the Ebersbach commercial area with direct access to the A4 motorway, the company specializes in the repair, maintenance, manufacturing, and certification of mobile cranes, tower cranes, forklifts, construction machinery, and aerial work platforms. It is led by second-generation family management: founder Klaus Hartmann and his son Jens Hartmann serve as co-managing directors. The company employs approximately 25 people, including certified welders, welding engineers, crane and construction-machinery mechanics, and painters, and explicitly markets workforce availability for worldwide on-site deployments.

The technical offering is built around an in-house workshop stack: two workshops each equipped with 12.5t hall cranes, a wash bay, a dedicated paint shop for large equipment, and a mobile boring mill enabling both workshop and on-site bearing-seat regeneration. Core capabilities include hydraulic cylinder manufacturing and repair, custom cab and driver-house fabrication, and steel construction covering telescopic booms, lattice boom extensions, excavator booms, vehicle and frame constructions, rotating platforms, and special welded structures. The welding and fabrication operations are certified to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 3834, and EN 1090-2, qualifying the firm for load-bearing crane component work. Beyond repair, the company sells spare parts, crane operator cabs, excavator/wheel loader cabins, and used cranes via its website catalog.

Kran-Service Hartmann generates revenue through a mix of professional-services revenue (workshop repairs, on-site field service, expert/certified inspections and crane acceptance testing) and hardware/trading revenue (spare parts sales, manufactured and refurbished cabin sales, used-crane sales). It sells exclusively through direct customer relationships — phone, email, contact form, and on-site sales — with no intermediary distribution channels. The customer segment is horizontal: industrial operators of cranes, construction machinery, and work platforms who require certified repair, custom fabrication, and inspection services. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Geographic reach is regional (primary Germany) with opportunistic worldwide deployment capability, and there is no public digital marketing, no app, and no API surface.

Name

Kran-Service Hartmann

Legal name

Kran-Service Hartmann GmbH

Website

https://kran-service-hartmann.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kran-Service Hartmann GmbH is a family-owned German industrial service company, founded in 1991 and based in Görlitz, that repairs, manufactures, and certifies mobile cranes, tower cranes, forklifts, construction machinery, and aerial work platforms for industrial equipment operators in Germany and on worldwide on-site deployments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Equipment Repair and Maintenance Services

NAICS

Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing (333923)

SIC

Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Construction Machinery & Equip (3531)

akta.pro primary industry

Cranes, Hoists & Rigging Equipment MRO (Mobile/Tower Cranes, Winches) (TLAKAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cranes, Hoists & Overhead Material Handling (Industrial) (IMAHABAE), Crane & Hoist Components (Wire Rope, Chain, Drums, Sheaves, Motors, Controls) (IMAHAJAK)

Keywords

• Crane repair services
• Construction machinery maintenance
• Heavy equipment welding
• Crane spare parts
• Work platform servicing

Headquarters

HQ city

Görlitz

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Repair Services: Repair services for mobile cranes, tower cranes, forklifts, construction machinery, and work platforms. Includes accident repair, wear repair, and complete restoration.
2. On-site Customer Service: Mobile service with technicians available for on-site repair work at customer locations.
3. Spare Parts Sales: Trade of spare parts for cranes, work platforms, and construction machinery.
4. Used Crane Sales: Sale of used/refurbished cranes.
5. Cab and Cabin Sales: Sale of crane operator cabins, cabs for excavators and wheel loaders, including new manufacturing and repairs.
6. Expert Examinations: Expert/certified inspections and crane acceptance testing according to accident prevention regulations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Kran-Service Hartmann GmbH repairs, maintains, and manufactures mobile cranes, tower cranes, forklifts, construction machinery, and work platforms from its Görlitz workshop. The company offers in-house steel construction, hydraulic cylinder manufacturing, custom cab fabrication, large-equipment painting, certified expert inspections, and on-site mobile service, alongside trade-in of used cranes and sale of spare parts.

Product overview

Kran-Service Hartmann GmbH is a family-owned crane construction and vehicle building company offering integrated repair services, manufacturing, and parts trading. The core offering consists of workshop services (hydraulic cylinder repair, winch overhaul, accident repairs), steel construction (boom repair/fabrication, special welded constructions), body construction (cabs, tanks, containers), and painting services for heavy equipment. The company also provides expert inspections and mobile on-site customer service. On the product side, the company sells used cranes, crane operator cabs, excavator/wheel loader cabins, and spare parts—all manufactured or repaired by certified welders meeting required safety standards. The business operates two halls equipped with cranes (12.5t capacity each) and facilities for large equipment washing and painting, enabling complete in-house repair and manufacturing operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workshop Repair Services (Werkstatt)

Quantifiable outcome

• Certified repairs meeting required safety regulations
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wacker Neuson SE: German-headquartered manufacturer of compact construction equipment with its own service and dealer network. Comparable in the construction equipment MRO and parts space, particularly in the compact/mid-size machine segment Hartmann also services.
• Liebherr-International AG: Major OEM of mobile and tower cranes, with an extensive global service and parts network. Directly relevant because Hartmann's customers operate Liebherr equipment and Hartmann fabricates Liebherr-compatible cabs and structures, but Liebherr itself is the OEM and a potential competitor in service work.
• Tadano Ltd. Global crane OEM (mobile, all-terrain, rough-terrain) with an expanding service and parts organization. Comparable in that Hartmann services Tadano/Liebherr-class fleets, but Tadano is the OEM pushing its own aftermarket service network.
• Mammoet: Global heavy lifting and transport specialist operating one of the world's largest crane and engineered heavy lifting fleets. Compares to Kran-Service Hartmann in serving crane-related service demand, but at massive scale and with focus on project execution rather than independent repair.
• Sarens: Global heavy lifting, crane rental, and engineered transport provider. Comparable at the customer and asset level (cranes and lifting equipment), but vastly larger and more focused on rental/project execution than on independent MRO.
• Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH: German Caterpillar dealer and construction equipment sales/service network. Comparable in MRO and parts support for construction machinery, but operates at far greater scale as an authorized OEM dealer with national coverage rather than as an independent specialist.

Direct peers

• Hüffermann Krandienst: German family-owned crane service and rental group providing mobile crane operations, heavy transport, and crane-related services across Germany. Directly comparable to Kran-Service Hartmann in customer base (crane operators/owners), service orientation, and Mittelstand profile, although larger and more rental-focused.
• BKL Baukran Logistik: German specialist in tower crane rental, service, and logistics. Comparable in core service competency (crane MRO, structural inspection, parts) and customer overlap with construction/industrial operators, although BKL is much larger and focused on tower crane rental rather than independent repair.
• Wiesbauer GmbH: German crane and heavy-haulage service company offering mobile crane rental, heavy transport, and project engineering. Comparable as a German-based, service-led crane business targeting industrial and construction customers, though Wiesbauer is significantly larger and more transport-focused.
• Nolte Kran- und Transport GmbH: German crane service and heavy transport provider operating mobile cranes and providing related services. Comparable customer base and service model to Kran-Service Hartmann, with overlap in the German Mittelstand crane service market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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