Global Procurement

    Long-term partnerships with AL-KO VT

    The central procurement department of the AL-KO Vehicle Technology Group manages procurement activities across our international locations. We work with suppliers who share our high standards for quality, reliability and sustainable cooperation. In return, we offer long-term partnerships with excellent development and growth opportunities.

    Compliance in procurement

    Compliance as the foundation of our procurement

    Procurement is subject to particular requirements and risks from a compliance perspective. To minimise these risks, transparent processes are required. Potential breaches of the law must be prevented, fair competition must be ensured and the supplier base must be reviewed regularly.

    Compliance with statutory requirements, transparency and fair competition are essential elements of our day-to-day operations. This also helps us safeguard the long-term success of our company.

    For this reason, we set high standards for ourselves as well as our suppliers:

    • Fair competition
    • Combating corruption
    • Data protection
    • Environmental protection
    • Occupational health and safety
    • Compliance with laws
    • Avoidance of conflicts of interest
    • Protection of assets and information

    Process-oriented procurement

    Our principles

    To maintain and strengthen our company's market position in the long term, process-oriented procurement at AL-KO VT plays a vital role. Procurement of production materials, commercial goods, capital goods, services and indirect requirements takes place through a global procurement network. We hold our suppliers to high standards and, in return, offer partnership-based business relationships with opportunities for growth and development.

    Targeted procurement

    The objective is clear: our aim is to ensure a cost-efficient supply to all AL-KO VT production sites worldwide while maintaining high quality standards. In selecting the right suppliers, it is important to understand the cost structures throughout the entire supply chain. Only with sufficient cost transparency can we assess which suppliers are able to meet the target costs. This requires suppliers to provide transparent information about their cost drivers. The aim is not to question the supplier's profit, but rather to identify cost drivers on both sides throughout the entire value chain. Our objective is to supply our global production sites cost-efficiently while maintaining consistently high quality standards. Together, we identify cost drivers within the value chain that we can influence and develop measures to reduce them. We see this as the foundation for long-term partnerships and their ongoing development.

    Our requirements and supplier application

    AL-KO VT's broad product portfolio results in an equally wide range of requirements. We have therefore compiled an overview of our requirements for you.

    To become an approved supplier to AL-KO VT, you must complete a standardised application process.

    First, please complete our supplier self-disclosure form for the relevant area in full. This asks for basic information about your company.

    Once we have reviewed your application and there is a requirement for your product or service, we will contact you.

    Metals

    For our products we source metals and metal components according to defined quality and material specifications. This includes steel coils, sheet metal, steel tubes and steel profiles as well as castings and forgings.

    • Slit strips:
      • CRC, HRC, HDG, aluminium
      • Material thicknesses: 1.5 - 8.0 mm
      • Slit strip widths: 36 - 650 mm
    • Sheets:
      • CRC, HRC, HDG
      • Material thicknesses: 1.0 - 12.0 mm in KF, MF, GF
    • Tubes:
      • Tubes according to EN10305-1/-2/-3, hollow profiles according to EN10210/EN10219
      • Profiled tubes as per drawings
      • Outer diameters from 16.0 - 150.0 mm, wall thicknesses from 1.0-10.0 mm
    • Bar material:
      • Flat steel, VKT, round steel according to EN10058, EN10278, EN10277
      • Material thicknesses: 8.0 - 150.0 mm
    • Cast parts:
      • Raw and machined iron castings, magnesium, aluminium and zinc die-castings
      • Part weights: 10 g - 28 kg
    • Forgings:
      • Raw and machined forgings from standard alloys
      • Part weights: 30 g - 22 kg
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    Complementary and accessory products

    This category includes products that complement our portfolio in the axle and chassis segments of the light-duty sector, allowing us to offer customers a full range. This includes electrical, electronic, mechanical and safety products.

    Electrical and electronic products​

    • Electric motors: 12 V electric motors according to our specifications for our motor-driven finished products
    • Printed circuit boards: Assembled PCBs on a contract manufacturing basis, including development for our driving safety products and manoeuvring systems
    • Motor-driven finished products according to our specifications

    Mechanical products

    • Folding supports / steady legs / jockey wheels / cable winches
    • According to our specifications
    • Manufactured using metalworking processes (machining and non-machining)
    • Mechanical joining processes and welding processes
    • Surface coatings by electroplating and hot-dip galvanising
    • Assembly of individual components into a finished product

    Safety products

    • Rims, tyres and complete wheels
    • Fittings, stanchions and hinges according to our specifications
    • Loading ramps made from aluminium sheets or extruded profiles
    • Anti-theft devices for coupling heads according to our specifications
    • Cylinder locks according to our specifications for our anti-theft devices
    • Metal assemblies according to our specifications
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    Semi-finished products, components, plastics and surface coatings

    To complement our in-house manufacturing capabilities, we source additional production materials in this category. We distinguish between semi-finished products, components, plastics and surface coatings. These include cold-formed, punched and plastic parts. We also require rubber mouldings, pre-assembled components, bearings, cable controls, DIN and standard parts, as well as surface coatings such as hot-dip galvanising.

    Semi-finished products & components

    • Bowden cables and cable controls: For braked trailers and cable winches, including cable, metal and plastic components according to individual specification
    • Brake hoses: Dimensions between 290 and 370 mm according to SAE J 1401 as well as according to drawings
    • Bearings: Tapered roller bearings, needle roller bearings, bushes, plain bearings according to DIN from high-strength materials as well as according to individual specification
    • Sub-assemblies: Welded assemblies and pre-assembled groups according to individual specification (hydraulic, pneumatic...)
    • Shock absorbers: Air, gas spring and bellows shock absorbers
    • Drum brake linings: According to individual specification

    Punched/bent/turned parts & welded assemblies

    • Turned parts: Axle bolts, guide rollers made of steel and non-steel, automatic lathe parts and long turned parts with diameter: 4 – 65 mm and length: 5 – 350 mm as per drawing
    • Springs: Compression, tension and torsion springs made of steel and non-steel as per drawing, wire diameter: 2 – 10 mm
    • Cold-formed parts: Stub axles and bolts, ready for installation, part weight 0.1 – 5 kg, pressed from wire and bar material, diameter 4 – 50 mm
    • Punched/bent/embossed/laser-cut parts: Sheet metal couplings and various parts as per drawing made of steel 2 – 8 mm thick
    • Deep-drawn parts: Such as closure caps, steel 1 – 2 mm thick
    • Fastening and safety elements: Standard parts according to DIN EN (bolts, nuts, spring sleeves), also as per drawing in steel

    Plastics

    • Rubber moulded parts: Round cords, O-rings, drawing parts made of SBR and other thermoplastic elastomers
    • Plastic parts: As per drawing up to 5 kg part weight, mainly as injection-moulded parts (single component)
    • Engineering and standard thermoplastics in granule form: POM, PP, PA, PE
    • Engineering and standard thermoplastics as semi-finished products: As sheets and rolls in various dimensions and thicknesses: ABS, PS, ABS PMMA, PE, APET

    Surface coatings

    • Hot-dip galvanising, electroplating, KTL coating, powder coating
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    Investments, services and indirect/general requirements

    In addition to production materials, our procurement requirements include investments in manufacturing and assembly systems, as well as associated forming, punching and progressive combination tools. High-performance service providers in the fields of IT, logistics and development complement this category.

    • Investments: Manufacturing systems, assembly lines, tools
    • Services: Logistics, development, marketing
    • Industrial/General requirements: Office supplies, IT hardware, occupational safety (PPE, operating equipment), packaging such as corrugated cardboard and cartons, printed materials such as operating manuals and catalogues
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    Downloads

    Various documents and materials are available for download in this section. If you have any further questions, please contact us.

    Terms and Conditions of Purchase

    The current terms and conditions of purchase are available below in German and English.

    Quality Assurance Agreement (QAA)

    Packing Specification

    Supplier Code of Conduct Policy