Gummersbach, April 8, 2026 – From April 14 to 16, 2026, the FERCHAU Group will be exhibiting with its Aerospace & Defence division at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg. The leading international trade fair for aircraft cabins, inflight entertainment, and passenger experience brings together airlines, manufacturers, and suppliers. As a leading engineering partner in the Cabin & Cargo sector, the division—together with FERCHAU subsidiary RST Rostock System-Technik—will present its comprehensive service and product portfolio for the aerospace and defense industries at Booth 6E80C-01.

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With sales of €945 million, around 10,000 employees, and over 130 locations, the FERCHAU Group has laid the foundation for targeted growth in future-oriented industries in 2026.

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Part of the FERCHAU Group for many years, top itservices AG will also bear the name FERCHAU from January 1. This will bring the technology service provider from Gummersbach even more into focus in the contracting market—and enable it to respond to customer requirements with an expanded network of freelancers in the future.

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Gummersbach, 1 July 2025 – Founded 15 years ago as a single office in Cologne, planting GmbH is now one of the established engineering partners of the German process industry. With over 430 operational employees, 13 offices and annual sales of around 50 million euros, the company has grown strategically and technologically since then.

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Munich, 1 July 2025 – Where desks once stood, engines will now be tested, prototypes manufactured and cable harnesses assembled: FERCHAU Automotive is opening a new location for its motorcycle technology division at Hufelandstraße 13, directly opposite BMW Motorrad. With an additional 580 square metres of workshop and project space, the company is responding to growing demand for specialised engineering services for two-wheeled vehicles.

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Gummersbach, April 9, 2025 - planting GmbH can look back on the most successful financial year in its 15-year history. With an increase in turnover of 15 percent compared to the previous year, the premium partner to the process industry defied the difficult service and engineering market environment. In the 2024 financial year, the company achieved a turnover of 50 million euros after 44 million euros in 2023. There was also an increase in the number of employees to a total of 435 (410, 2023). The team almost doubled, particularly at the Hamburg location. Just a year ago, there were 15 employees at the port of Harburg; now there are almost 30.

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2024 was a successful year for the ABLE GROUP – Germany's leading group of companies for cross-industry IT and engineering services. It again generated solid total sales of almost 1 billion euros in the past financial year and expanded its network of branches to more than 145. It is thus bucking the economic trends in the industry and the market as a whole. With a new structure and under a new name, the FERCHAU Group has been strengthening its position in a highly competitive environment since January 2025.

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The IT and engineering service provider supports the care of sick children Augsburg, December 12, 2024 - The year 2024 brought with it many challenges, especially for vulnerable people such as sick children and young people. The “Der bunte Kreis” foundation offers them much-needed support in uncertain times. For the fifteenth time in a row, the FERCHAU Augsburg branch donated 1,000 euros and a basket full of chocolate Santa Clauses to the “Bunter Kreis” foundation in Augsburg at the end of the year.

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Gummersbach, November 07, 2024 - This year, the global space industry will once again meet at Space Tech Expo Europe, which will take place at Messe Bremen from November 19 - 21. As the largest B2B event for space technology and services in Europe, the trade fair brings together the who's who of the industry, from institutional representatives such as ESA or the EU Commission, OEMs and research institutions to service providers and suppliers.

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FERCHAU GmbH, one of the leading platforms for first-class technology services, continues to be at the forefront of organizing and placing engineering freelancers in Germany. This is highlighted by the company's ranking in the Lünendonk Market Segment Study 2024: in the ranking, which is sorted according to the sales generated in the freelance sector, FERCHAU continues on its successful course and achieved a place among the top five in Germany this year.

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FERCHAU GmbH - one of the leading platforms for first-class technology services - is repositioning itself as of January 1, 2025.

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At InnoTrans 2024 (September 24 to 27, Messe Berlin), FERCHAU will highlight its important role in the transportation and mobility market. As a development partner for OEMs and suppliers, the company is not only active in the automotive sector with its FERCHAU Automotive division, but also in the field of rail vehicles. In this segment, long-term partnerships have been established and pioneering projects driven forward in areas such as AI and data management, for customized IT software solutions as well as for systems engineering, power management, design and electrics/electronics.

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Gummersbach, 14 August 2024 - In September 2024, the two FERCHAU branches in Mannheim and Nuremberg will be celebrating their 50th anniversary. Together with the Stuttgart and Munich branches, they were among FERCHAU's first locations in Germany. In these 50 years, FERCHAU has developed steadily and in harmony with its customers in the region.

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Gummersbach, 28 May 2024 - Every two years, the global aerospace industry gathers at ILA Berlin - next time from 5 to 9 June 2024 at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport. The FERCHAU Aviation Group will also be exhibiting there again. The FERCHAU GmbH Aviation Division and RST Rostock System-Technik GmbH will be present in Hall 2, Stand 132.

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Gummersbach, 30 April 2024 - From 28 to 30 May 2024, the FERCHAU Aviation Group will once again be exhibiting at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX). The world's largest trade fair for cabin interiors, in-flight entertainment and passenger comfort takes place at the Hamburg Exhibition Centre and is regarded as the most important industry gathering for airlines and their supply chain. Under the umbrella of the FERCHAU Aviation Group, FERCHAU GmbH Aviation Division and RST Rostock System-Technik GmbH will be providing information about their extensive service and product portfolio for the aerospace industry and the defence sector at stand 6E80 (joint stand with Hanse-Aerospace).

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FERCHAU GmbH, one of Europe's leading platforms for first-class technology services, significantly expanded its international business in 2023: The turnover generated at the 16 foreign locations rose to over 63 million euros from around 50 million euros in the 2022 financial year, while the number of employees there rose from around 700 to over 880.

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Gummersbach, March 14, 2024 - FERCHAU GmbH, one of the leading engineering and IT service providers, is presenting a one-stop shopping solution for personnel requirements with its new customer portal "FERCHAU relaX - the portal for customers and suppliers". With this comprehensive portal, FERCHAU is driving digitalization in recruitment and offering companies a platform to manage their personnel requirements holistically, efficiently and transparently, from procurement to the tracking of project-relevant information.

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Gummersbach, November 15, 2023 - The highly innovative corporate landscape in the Heilbronn-Franken region is characterized by an extensive industry portfolio. The branch of the engineering and IT service provider FERCHAU in Heilbronn addresses this issue and provides support with its expertise, particularly in the automotive, electronics, medical technology, mechanical and plant engineering sectors, which are strongly represented here. Founded in 1985, the site handles around 250 projects in these sectors every year.

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Gummersbach, August 8, 2023 - Personnel consulting in the search for specialists and managers is becoming increasingly important in 2023. In order to meet the growing requirements in the future, the engineering, IT and personnel service provider FERCHAU GmbH has now opened its first branch in Cologne, which focuses specifically on the personnel consulting business. At FERCHAU, the service is bundled under the name FERCHAU DIRECT.

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Gummersbach, July 6, 2023 - With effect from May 1, 2023, FERCHAU GmbH, the leading platform for first-class technology services, has appointed Thomas Hucht (born 1969) as its new CCO (Chief Competence Officer) and member of the Executive Board. In this role, he joins the FERCHAU management team alongside Managing Partner Frank Ferchau and COO (Chief Operating Officer) Alexander Schulz. Thomas Hucht will continue in his current role as Managing Director as part of the dual leadership of plantIng GmbH (together with Oliver Franke).

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Gummersbach/Berlin, July 03, 2023 - FERCHAU GmbH, one of Europe's leading platforms for first-class technology services, is opening up a new market in eastern Germany with a pilot project and is looking to recruit up to 500 employees within three years. On July 1, 2023, the company founded the new sales region "Business Solutions East", which will focus specifically on the retail, insurance, energy and public sector industries. The aim of the new sales region is to expand FERCHAU's industry expertise in eastern Germany, generate continuous growth and gather experience for similar sales regions throughout Germany.

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Gummersbach, June 29, 2023 - With over 160 technology projects for future industries, the FERCHAU branches in Karlsruhe and Karlsruhe Mobility underline Karlsruhe's importance as an up-and-coming IT stronghold in Germany. A total of around 1,000 software companies are currently based in Karlsruhe. Together with FERCHAU, these companies create valuable jobs in the region.

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Gummersbach, May 31, 2023 - From June 6 to 8, 2023, the FERCHAU Aviation Group will be presenting its engineering expertise at the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2023 (AIX) in Hamburg, the world's largest trade fair for cabin interiors, in-flight entertainment and passenger comfort. Under the umbrella of the FERCHAU Aviation Group, FERCHAU GmbH Aviation Division and RST Rostock System-Technik GmbH will be providing information about their services and expertise in the aerospace and defense sector at booth 6E80.

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FERCHAU GmbH will open its doors on May 5, 2023 as part of "Nacht der Technik" in Oberberg. Interested parties will have the opportunity to get to know the innovative technology service provider and its sister companies. An interactive exhibition provides an insight into exciting professional fields. Anyone looking for an apprenticeship or a career change will find the right contacts on site.

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Gummersbach, March 29, 2023 - The FERCHAU Friedrichshafen branch is a strong pillar in the IT and engineering sector as well as in the automotive supply industry, plant and mechanical engineering and aerospace. In order to promote and expand customer diversity and project variety, the branch is now merging the former project groups into two "Centers of Competence", each focusing on IT and engineering. This transformation will allow the specializations of the individual project groups to be combined in order to provide the aforementioned future-oriented industries with the best possible bundled expertise.

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Thanks to brand focus and thanks to the expansion of strategic business fields, FERCHAU GmbH has succeeded in significantly increasing its revenue in 2022: Its annual revenue grows to 760 million euros – an increase of around 130 million euros over the previous year.

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FERCHAU GmbH defies the challenges of the Corona pandemic and achieves total sales of 630 million euros in 2021 – 30 million euros more than in the previous year. The IT business is a growth driver.

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FERCHAU GmbH is Germany’s market leader in the field of engineering and IT services. In 2020, which was an extraordinarily challenging year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company and its subsidiaries contributed 600 million euros in sales revenue (2019: 735 million euros) to the ABLE GROUP. There were around 6,750 employees (2019: around 8,450) at more than 100 branches and sites.

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