About us

Kahlbacher. Safe and snow free

Goodwill and a passion for advanced technology: these are the foundations of our long-standing and positive relationship with our customers. Companies from road, rail and airport management, as well as cable car operators trust us and our machines, which are manufactured to face any challenge. Many for more than 50 years. We enjoy the trust of our customers because we do what we do best in a way that only we know how.

Horst und Christian Kahlbacher

Horst & Christian Kahlbacher

EFFICIENT. DURABLE. COMFORTABLE.

The main feature of equipment is their outstanding quality standard: maximum operational safety, high working comfort, above-average service life as well as excellent clearing performance and economy. All this is guaranteed by the most modern production methods and our highly trained specialist staff.

Prompt and professional: Our flexible product support and repair service ensures satisfied customers in Austria. In addition, a dense network of trained partners in export countries keeps our foreign customers happy.

MADE IN AUSTRIA

All Kahlbacher products are developed and manufactured entirely in Austria.

We have two production sites in Kitzbühel. This is where planning, construction and sales take place. Customers in particular benefit from our location, which is advantageous in terms of transport.

The Kahlbacher plant in Amstetten was built in 1976 as a service center in eastern Austria and expanded and modernised in 2018 with an approximately 800-square-metre production extension.

Kitzbühel

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Amstetten

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Kitzbühel

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History

PIONEERING SPIRIT, INNOVATIVE STRENGTH, FUTURE ORIENTATED

It was Toni Kahlbacher, Technical Counsel and founder of our company, who played a decisive role in shaping the history of snow clearing. Today, after 70 years, no other name is as closely connected with the subject of winter services as Kahlbacher.

The success story as a complete supplier of technically advanced clearing equipment for roads, rails and airfields, as well as for the processing of ski slopes began in 1949 in Kitzbühel, the home of the founder. Since 1976, our customers have also been served by our second plant in Amstetten.

Wappen der Familie Kahlbacher

Kahlbacher - A success story

1949

Company foundation in the private home of Toni and Marianne Kahlbacher in Kitzbühel/Austria

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1949

1951

First successes with construction machines and concrete mixers

mitarbeiter450

1954

First production plant was built (plant 1)

werk1 450

1954

1955

The first Kahlbacher snow ploughs

pflug450

1960

Innovation in winter service with the first automatic Kahlbacher sand spreader

1969 Salzwerfer

1960

1960

First drum snow cutter with its own drive engine

trommelschneefraese

1968

One of the very first snow groomers: Kahlbacher "Schneewiesel"

1968 schneewiesel

1968

1978

Beginning of a new era: High performance snow blower KFS 145 for airports

1978 KS145 sw

1981

Production plant 3 was built in Kitzbühel

1981 Neubau Werk 3 in Kitzbühel

1981

1988

Inauguration of the new production plant (plant 2) in Amstetten/Austria

1988 Werk2

1991

Presentation of high speed snow blower type KFS 160

1991 KFS160

1991

1995

ISO 9001 certification

1995 9001Logo

1997

More convenience for airport passengers by the passenger stair Jet Step

1997 jet step

1997

2000

The first snow ploughs of the PRAXOS and VAMPIR-family were developed

2000 PRAXOS

2006

Further development on the airport sector: High performance snow blower KFS 170 M2

2006 KFS170 M2 2

2006

2009

Highway snow plough ASP

2009 ASP

2013

Rebuilding of plant 3 in Kitzbühel/Austria

2013 Werk3

2013

2013

Snow power sweeper for railways SPS 245

2013 Werk3

2014

Snow power sweeper for airports SPS 530

2014 SPS530 2

2014

2018

Rebuilding and expansion of plant 2 in Amstetten/Austria

2018 Werk 2

2019

70 years anniversary

70 Jahre Logo

2019

2020

New standards for airports: High performance blower G2

2020 g2