abi anlagentechnik -baumaschinen - industriebedarf- maschinenfabrik

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ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, operating as ABI Group, is a German family-owned manufacturer of specialized civil engineering machinery headquartered in Niedernberg, Bavaria. Founded in 1974 by Alfred Heichel and now led by Managing Directors Christian Heichel and Matthias Häberlein, the company employs approximately 290 people and produces telescopic leader mast systems under the MOBILRAM brand (models TM 13 through TM 26), DELMAG rotary drill rigs (RH 14 through RH 50), DELMAG diesel pile hammers, and a broad family of attachments (HVR vibrators, BA/RHP auger drives, RDV casing twisters, VDW double auger heads, TMBA soil-mixing drives, and the Hydro-Press-System for low-vibration sheet pile work). The firm has consolidated complementary product lines through the acquisitions of DELMAG (2000), BANUT (2003), INTEROC (2009), and a minority stake in Swedish SPD (2017).

ABI's technology platform centers on a patented mast-in-mast telescopic design and a proprietary Docking-System that enables rapid exchange of attachments across piling, drilling, soil mixing, static pressing, and impacting methods. The DAC.Site IoT portal extends the offering into real-time fleet telemetry, GPS tracking, and process data acquisition hosted on German servers, sold on Standard and Premium subscription tiers. Underlying drive technology marketed as Efficiency Drive targets hydraulic efficiency and reduced energy consumption.

The business model combines one-time sales of new capital equipment directly from the Niedernberg factory and through a global network of regional sales and service partners (including Hammer & Steel in the USA, ABI Equipment Ltd. in the UK, MABEY in Australia/New Zealand, Traxxon in Canada, SYGMAT in France, Al Marwan in the Middle East, and Hidraulika Žugec in the Balkans) with recurring revenue from an in-house rental fleet, technical after-sales services including overnight spare parts delivery, used equipment sales, and DAC.Site subscriptions bundled free for one year with new machine purchases.

Name

abi anlagentechnik -baumaschinen - industriebedarf- maschinenfabrik

Legal name

ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik und Vertriebsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

Website

https://abi-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ABI Group is a German family-owned manufacturer of telescopic leader mast systems (MOBILRAM), DELMAG drill rigs and diesel pile hammers, and attachments for special civil engineering contractors, serving foundation construction projects globally through direct sales and regional service partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Civil Engineering Machinery

NAICS

Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Off-Highway Vehicle Cabs, Frames & Attachments Manufacturing (Cabs/Booms/Buckets/Implements) (IMACAFAL)

Keywords

• Special civil engineering machinery
• Telescopic leader mast systems
• Foundation drilling rigs
• Diesel pile hammers
• Construction equipment manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Niedernberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. New Machine Sales: Sale of new special civil engineering machines including ABI MOBILRAM systems, DELMAG drill rigs, and DELMAG diesel pile hammers. Machines are sold directly from the factory in Niedernberg and through international sales partners.
2. Rental Fleet: Rental of machines, tools, and drilling accessories from ABI's rental fleet. Includes rental of ABI MOBILRAM systems, DELMAG drill rigs, ABI attachments, excavator-mounted attachments, and drilling tools. Regular maintenance is included and machines can be handed over on site.
3. Technical After-Sales Services: Technical after-sales services including telephone assistance, spare parts delivery (including overnight express), on-site maintenance and repair, machine handover, and machine training at ABI factory or customer premises.
4. DAC.Site IoT Subscriptions: DAC.Site IoT portal offered in Standard and Premium tiers. Premium includes fleet management with location data, machine overview, operating hours, maintenance intervals, fill levels, data acquisition with PDF export, real-time machine and process data, and historical data. One-year free trial with new machine purchase.
5. Used Equipment Sales: Sale of used machines including DELMAG drill rigs and diesel pile hammers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ABI designs and manufactures special civil engineering machinery for foundation, pile driving, and drilling works, with the ABI MOBILRAM telescopic leader mast system at the core. The product range covers DELMAG drill rigs and diesel pile hammers, hydraulic piling and pressing systems, and excavator-mounted attachments (such as the MULTI-FUNCS attachment), complemented by the DAC.Site IoT telematics and fleet management platform, a German-market rental fleet, and after-sales service.

Product overview

ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik is a German family-owned company founded in 1974, specializing in special civil engineering machines. The product portfolio centers around the ABI MOBILRAM-System, a modular telescopic leader mast platform with models ranging from TM 13 to TM 26, enabling pile driving, drilling, soil mixing, pressing, and impacting methods through various attachments. Complementing this are DELMAG drill rigs (RH 14 through RH 50) for Kelly drilling, cased/uncased drilling, and VDW methods, along with DELMAG diesel pile hammers. The DAC.Site IoT portal provides real-time fleet monitoring and data analytics. ABI also offers excavator-mounted attachments (HVR vibrators, BA/RDV auger drives), and acquired brands including BANUT (2003), DELMAG (2000), and INTEROC (2009). Services include technical after-sales support, rental fleet, and used equipment sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DAC.Site: IoT portal for monitoring machine fleet with real-time data, location tracking, and process analytics.

Quantifiable outcome

• DAC.Site provides real-time monitoring with update intervals of up to one second
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SPD Scandinavian Pile Driving AB (Sala, Sweden)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017ABI acquired shares in the Swedish company SPD Scandinavian Pile Driving AB in 2017. SPD specializes in pile driving equipment and is listed as a sales and service partner for ABI in Sweden.
• INTEROC (Sweden)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009ABI acquired the INTEROC brand in 2009 and moved all activities to Niedernberg. INTEROC produces anchor drill rigs.
• Sennebogen (Germany)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2008ABI has a 30-year partnership with Sennebogen (celebrated in 2014) for the supply of carrier machines for MOBILRAM systems. Sennebogen provides the undercarriage/carrier that ABI's leader masts are mounted on.
• BANUT (Sweden)minorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2003ABI acquired the BANUT product line and trademark from Sweden in 2003. BANUT produced fixed leader masts and hydraulic impact hammers. Production was relocated from Sweden to Niedernberg.
• DELMAG (Esslingen, Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000ABI acquired the company DELMAG in Esslingen in 2000. DELMAG is a producer of drill rigs and diesel pile hammers. ABI now manufactures DELMAG products in Niedernberg. Since 2008, ABI also began manufacturing its own carriers for DELMAG drill rigs.
• Hammer & Steel, Inc. (USA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHammer & Steel is ABI's primary sales and service partner for the USA market. Corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with regional offices in California, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas. Provides representation for both ABI and DELMAG products.
• ABI Equipment Ltd (UK)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorABI Equipment Ltd is a subsidiary company established by ABI in 2008, based in Northampton, UK. Handles sales and service for ABI products in Great Britain.
• SPD Scandinavian Pile Driving AB (Sweden)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSPD AB is ABI's sales and service partner in Sweden, representing both ABI and DELMAG products. ABI holds shares in SPD since 2017.
• MABEY Hire Pty Ltd (Australia/New Zealand)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMABEY represents ABI excavator-mounted attachments in Australia and New Zealand from their location in Yatala, Queensland.
• Traxxon (Canada)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTraxxon is ABI's sales and service partner in Canada, based in Surrey, British Columbia.
• terra infrastructure UAB (Lithuania)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributorterra infrastructure represents both ABI and DELMAG products in the Baltic States from their office in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
• SYGMAT (France)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSYGMAT is ABI's sales and service partner in France with offices in Livron-sur-Drôme and Herblay-sur-Seine.
• STL Spezialtiefbaulösungen GmbH (Switzerland)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSTL represents ABI products in Switzerland from their location in Fraubrunnen.
• Al Marwan Heavy Equipment (UAE/Oman/Saudi Arabia)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAl Marwan represents ABI products in the UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia from Sharjah, UAE.
• Hidraulika Žugec (Croatia/Balkans)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHidraulika Žugec represents ABI products in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Albania. Located in Novi Marof, Croatia.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bauer AG: Bauer is the global market leader in specialist foundation equipment — drilling rigs, piling rigs, diaphragm walls, soil mixing — and is the most direct competitor to ABI's MOBILRAM and DELMAG product lines for special civil engineering contractors. Overlapping customer base, methods (Kelly drilling, VDW, soil mixing), and global project-driven sales motion.
• Soilmec: Soilmec (part of the Italian Trevi Group) manufactures hydraulic piling rigs, drilling rigs, and foundation equipment that directly competes with ABI MOBILRAM and DELMAG. Strong overlap in Kelly drilling, CFA, and large-diameter drilling methods, with similar target customers in special civil engineering.
• Casagrande Group: Casagrande produces hydraulic piling rigs, drilling rigs, and special foundation equipment — directly competing with ABI in telescopic leader mast rigs, Kelly drilling, and CFA piling applications. Italian manufacturer with comparable size and product positioning.
• Junttan Oy: Finnish manufacturer of hydraulic piling rigs and hammers for driven precast piles and bored piles — overlapping with ABI MOBILRAM and DELMAG offerings in the piling and impact-driving segments of special civil engineering.
• BSP International Foundations: UK-based manufacturer of hydraulic pile driving hammers, piling rigs, and foundation equipment that overlaps with DELMAG diesel pile hammers and ABI MOBILRAM piling applications, serving the same special civil engineering contractors.
• American Piledriving Equipment (APE): US-based manufacturer of vibratory pile drivers, pile hammers, and foundation equipment. Directly comparable to ABI's vibrator attachments and DELMAG diesel hammers, and a competitor to ABI's US partner Hammer & Steel's installed-base business.
• Dieseko Group: Dutch manufacturer of vibratory pile drivers, hydraulic impact hammers, and piling equipment (PVE, ICE, HPSI brands). Directly competes with ABI's vibrator attachments (MRZV-VV, HVR) and piling-driving product line.
• IMT S.p.A. Italian manufacturer of hydraulic drilling rigs and piling equipment for foundation engineering — overlapping with ABI MOBILRAM and DELMAG rigs in the European special civil engineering customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Liebherr: Liebherr is a diversified heavy equipment manufacturer whose earthmoving and crawler crane lines overlap with ABI's foundation equipment customer base. While Liebherr does not focus exclusively on special civil engineering rigs, it competes at the higher end of piling/drill rig applications and offers broader fleet procurement to large contractors.

Regional players

• Sennebogen Maschinenfabrik: German manufacturer of crawler cranes and material handlers that has supplied base carriers to ABI MOBILRAM systems for 30+ years. While a strategic partner, Sennebogen's material handler and crane lines overlap with ABI's customer base in European construction and material-handling markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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