Global crane and lifting equipment manufacturer with 30 plants and 5,000 service points
PALFINGER is a €2.45B public industrial manufacturer (Vienna exchange) specializing in loader cranes, access platforms, marine cranes, and lifting systems. The company is mid-career-weighted in hiring (196 mid-level, 85 senior roles open) and actively scaling across 22 countries, with engineering (146 roles) and manufacturing (70) leading the staffing push. Infrastructure shift toward SAP Activate and ServiceNow implementation signals a modernization phase in ERP and field operations, while concurrent CAD detail work and prototype projects suggest heavy product engineering concurrent with process standardization.
Notable leadership hires: Prototyping Center Head, Head of Marketing
PALFINGER manufactures and sells mobile cranes, hooklift systems, timber cranes, telescopic cranes, wind cranes, winches, and truck-mounted forklifts to industrial and commercial customers. Founded in 1932, the company operates 30 manufacturing sites and a global service network of approximately 5,000 service points across 22 countries. With approximately 12,700 employees, PALFINGER serves customers across construction, logistics, waste management, and marine sectors. The organization is actively working on enterprise architecture harmonization, process standardization across regions, material logistics optimization, and virtual engineering adoption to improve efficiency and quality.
Siemens TIA/S7 for industrial control, SAP/S/4HANA for ERP, ServiceNow for field operations, CREO for CAD design, Power BI for analytics, and C/C++/Java/Python for software development. The company is implementing SAP Activate and scaling ServiceNow adoption.
Headquartered in Bergheim, Austria. PALFINGER AG is listed on the Vienna stock exchange since 1999 and reported record revenue of EUR 2.45 billion in 2023.
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