The AL-KO Group of Companies

The AL-KO Kober Group was founded in 1931 by Alois Kober and began as a small welding shop. The AL-KO Group is currently managed by his three sons Herbert, Kurt and Willy Kober; and grandson Roland Kober.

AL-KO has grown to be an international market leader with 40 companies throughout Europe, the United States, Australia and Asia. Together AL-KO employs 4,000 people world wide.

AL-KO is headquartered in Koetz, Germany, a small farming community in Bavaria. This is home to centralized engineering and quality control departments which insure world wide consistency of AL-KO Products.

In 1984, the AL-KO Group started its United States Operations in Elkhart, Indiana.
AL-KO Kober Corporation has grown to be a full line axle and brake manufacturer and industry leader. AL-KO now has manufacturing facilities in Shawnee, Oklahoma; Seminole Oklahoma; Elkhart, Indiana; Ontario, California; and Baldwyn, Mississippi.