surname . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message hymer ag industry recreational vehicles founded 1923 founder erwin hymer & erich bachem headquarters bad waldsee germany area served europe products motorhomes caravans revenue 2 780 million 2011 2012 1 operating income 859 million 2011 2012 1 number of employees 2 600 2010 2011 website hymer english hymermobil b sl eriba triton hymer ag is a motorhome and caravan manufacturer located in bad waldsee germany . one of the largest manufacturers of motorhomes and caravans in europe the listed company hymer ag owns the brands burstner ; carado ; eriba ; hymer ; laika ; niesmann bischoff ; as well as camping equipment wholesale movera . contents 1 history 2 current 3 brands 4 references 5 external links history edit alfons hymer the father of erwin hymer had operated a repair shop in bad waldsee since 1923 . in 1956 erich bachem made the first caravan to a customer order and in 1957 designer erwin hymer created the prototype eriba range the original trolls . as a result that same year the two formed the new distribution company hymer ag and in 1958 the company began production of the eriba troll range which is still in production today . the first hymer motorhome was produced in 1961 the caravano . during the mid 1960s dornier flugzeugwerke and hymer developed the dornier delta ii a development of the earlier z ndapp janus . the vehicle could carry up to six passengers and offered two sleeping places for camping but was never developed beyond the prototype stage . however from 1971 serial production of motorcaravans started under the hymer brand . in 1980 the hymer and eriba companies formally merged before also merging with dethleffs and tec to form cmc . since 1990 the company became publicly traded . in 1995 the company became the first caravan manufacturer to become iso 9001 certified . in 1996 hymer took over niesmann bischoff gmbh and in 1998 added burstner . in the same year the camping accessories wholesaler movera was founded . in 2000 hymer ag acquired the italian motorhome manufacturer laika . the 100 000th leisure vehicle left the factory in october 2004 . in 2005 6 hymer and dethleffs established of capron ltd. which distributes vehicles under the carado and sunlight brands . on 29 october 2011 the 17 million erwin hymer museum opened in bad waldsee . 2 3 4 current edit in financial year 2010 2011 hymer group turned over 792 million with a workforce of 2 600 creating 14 243 motorhomes and 6 317 caravans . the hymer group operates from factories in german bad waldsee polch kehl and is neustadt france wissembourg italy val di pesa tavarnelle brands edit b rstner carado dethleffs eriba caravans under the sub brands troll puck touring nova and triton hymer laika niesmann & bischoff t.e.c. 3dog movera accessories references edit monika schramm auf traumstra en zu sehnsuchtsorten in frankfurter allgemeine sonntagszeitung 6 . november 2011 seite v 8 a b gesch ftsbericht 2011 12 pdf ; 2 1 mb schw bische zeitung hymer museum sz leser in geheimer mission vom 21 . oktober 2011 eingesehen am 29 . oktober 2011 schw bische zeitung erwin hymer stiftung erh lt deutschen camping preis vom 16 . februar 2012 frankfurter allgemeine auf traumstra en zu sehnsuchtsorten vom 7 . november 2011 eingesehen am 10 . dezember 2011 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to hymer vehicles . hymer english b rstner germany erwin hymer museum retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hymer & oldid 698373313 categories automotive companies of germanyrecreational vehicle manufacturerscompanies based in baden w rttembergcompanies established in 1957hidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2014all articles needing additional referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutschnederlandssuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 5 january 2016 at 18 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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