maschinenbau gmbh industry heavy equipment founded 1948 headquarters ostfildern germany key people dr. hermann br ggemann ceo products machinery number of employees 130 website www.schopf gse.com schopf maschinenbau gmbh is a german company that produces specialist vehicles for the mining and aviation industries . the company was founded in 1948 by j rg schopf a mechanical engineer . it started out with manufacturing equipment for the mining industry . it soon expanded into the growing sector of aviation by manufacturing stair lifts tow trucks and loading machinery . it is now considered the global market leader in this field . 1 products supplied for both civil and military aviation include a complete range of tugs to handle aircraft in every weight range the unique powerpush remotely controlled pushback system container pallet loaders and passenger stairs . in supplying to nato major airlines ground handling companies and airports around the globe 90 % of schopf s aviation related production is for export with deliveries to more than 130 countries . schopf s range of mining vehicles comprises underground loaders suited for various materials and volumes together with dump trucks produced in collaboration with an international partner . who product conception design manufacture and sales are carried out by a team of 130 workers all based at the factory in ostfildern near stuttgart in south western germany . the company s most powerful tow tractor the f396p is used to tow the world s largest cargo aircraft antonov an 225 and the airbus a380 the largest passenger aircraft . 2 references edit the story of schopf . . airports international . june 1 2000 . schopf wins 48 tug contract . airports international . december 1 2006 . schopf aircraft tow tractor retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title schopf & oldid 730544249 categories mining equipment companiesengineering vehiclescompanies based in baden w rttemberghidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrasesarticles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from may 2010 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 17 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view