PASSION
How SABO and its employees
THE DAY THE LAWN MOWER LEARNT TO FLY
At SABO, we like to tell the anecdote of company founder Heinrich Sanner on the subject of quality control: Sanner simply tossed the lawnmowers out of the window. They were then examined to see whether they were still in good working condition. True to the motto: We don‘t build toys, we build professional equipment. But how do you maintain your reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality, reliable garden tools over many decades? Can quality be „commanded“? Or does it come from a tradition that is both lived and cultivated?
NOTHING IS GOOD UNTIL
IT HAS BEEN WELL TESTED.
Nowadays, SABO equipment does not fly out of the window. And yet it is a long and difficult road from the first sketch to the first use on the lawn. Before the individual components are put together in production, we check that they meet our strict quality requirements. The individual components are then assembled in our workshop in Gummersbach, close to Cologne, Germany. Numerous quality tests and inspections follow. In this way, we make sure at every stage of the development process that the mowers really do meet our requirements.
LAWN MOWER
TESTING
Every new prototype of a SABO lawn mower has to undergo an ordeal before it goes into mass production. In an impact test, for example, the mechanical strength of the blade is tested using a steel tube and rod.
The vibration, drive and gearbox tests simulate the stresses and strains of everyday use. The blade testing checks the structural strength of the blades. Only after one million load cycles is the blade approved for serial production.
In the ball impact test, hardened steel balls are shot into the running blade and chassis, providing information on structural strength and shielding. In addition, our experts put the products through their paces under the toughest conditions in the open field test. All this is the hallmark of a SABO product and is the guarantee of our renowned high quality over a lengthy time period.
COLLABORATION
IS KEY
The SABO brand is not only characterised by strict quality standards, but above all by a strong community of motivated people. The principle of production at SABO follows its own set of rules. Quality is not dictated here, but deliberately developed, making it the goal of every single employee. Everyone involved is called upon to get involved. This means taking responsibility and getting involved beyond their own workplace and department. Every day, all employees at SABO make sure that quality is not an exception, but the rule.
COMMUNITY
SPIRIT
One of the most important advantages at SABO is the close proximity of sales, development and production at the company‘s premises in Gummersbach. The routes are short, people know each other and talk face to face. In this way, colleagues become partners in the workplace – and everyone becomes a part of the SABO team. This exceptional feeling of community begins at SABO itself and extends through all departments all the way to our retail partners and customers.
We live and consciously cultivate this sense of community, even beyond the factory gates. It is the cornerstone of a vivid corporate culture and products that meet the highest quality and durability expectations. The experience of more than six decades is built into every SABO mower as standard, which you as a customer can see and feel at first glance. Our SABO machines offer the highest level of safety, performance and reliability. Everything that you would expect from a good partner.
Another significant change has been made to the professional machines: from now on, they are presented in the bold SABO red colour and thus blend harmoniously into the brand image. As part of this development, the entire professional programme was electrified in order to offer professional users an even wider range of solutions.
