20.07.2016

CTE and Rosenbauer form JV

CTE has formed a joint venture with Rosenbauer International for the production of firefighting and rescue platforms.

The new venture, Rosenbauer Rovereto Srl, will take over, and be based at, the existing CTE plant in Rovereto, Italy, retaining the current team and facilities.

The new company will produce, distribute and service the the firefighting, rescue platforms and water towers - currently produced by CTE under the B-Fire brand - as Rosenbauer products through the Rosenbauer distribution network.

Meanwhile CTE will focus all of its efforts on the design, production and distribution of the regular truck mounted and spider lifts it produces. In future all of these will be manufactured at the company's plant in Rivoli Veronese (Verona), Italy.

CTE president Lorenzo Cipriani said: "This agreement is a historical achievement for our group. Rosenbauer is the world leader in supplying of firefighting equipment and the decision of establishing a new company together after years of commercial cooperation, it is a great acknowledgment of the high technological value and excellence reached by our company over the last 10 years. With a shared vision and agreed business plan, Rosenbauer Rovereto is aiming to become a global player in the firefighting and rescue industry in the near future. CTE will benefit also from more economic resources to be utilised to R&D, quality and even better after-sales and customer service of the industrial platforms that will remain the core business of CTE”.