INTERVIEW WITH KEMPF

KEMPF Fahrzeugbau with passion. Apart from competence and experience it is the passion for vehicle construction that leads KEMPF to develop better and better vehicle concepts. For 70 years KEMPF have been developing trailers, semi-trailers and bodies for the commercial vehicle industry and offer their customers tailor-made solutions for the transport of bulk and general cargo goods. By means of state-of-the-art construction and production technology, high-quality materials and qualified skilled workers KEMPF guarantees quality at the highest level. The medium-sized company from the Westerwald region in the heart of Europe is one of the companies with high turnover in the field of vehicle construction.

Easy Engineering: What are the main areas of activity of the company?

KEMPF: Our product range contains:

3-side tipping trailers aluminium/steel, 3-side tipping trailers aluminium/steel, tipping bodies, thermo-insulated bodies, tipping semi-trailers, 2-side tipping trailers aluminium/steel, semi-trailers with conveyor belt system, sliding floor trailers, beverage semi-trailers, tandem trailers and special vehicles

E.E: What’s the news for 2020 about new products?

KEMPF: This year we have developed a new trough for the agricultural sector. With a loading length of approx. 9,000 mm and a loading height of approx. 3,600 mm we achieve a loading volume of approx. 50 cbm. With this new type of aluminium-body mounted on a -quality steel-chassis construction we achieve a tare weight of approx. 5,600 kg.

E.E: What are the ranges of traded products?

KEMPF: Company Kempf is active in many areas. Our main sales markets include tipper vehicles for the agricultural, construction  and recycling branches.

E.E: At what stage is the market where you are currently active?

KEMPF: After a successful start to 2020, we too have felt the effects of the corona pandemic, but we expect a recovery in the third quarter of this year.

E.E: What can you tell us about market trends?

KEMPF: The requirement profile for our vehicles is payload, quality and stability.

E.E: What are the most innovative products marketed?

Payload-optimised tipper vehicles for construction sites and the agricultural sector as well as customer-orientated special solutions all around off our product range.

E.E: What estimations do you have for 2020?

KEMPF: As described above, we hope for a significant recovery in the third quarter of 2020.