ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH
ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH is a German Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) registered under number HRB 100721 with the Amtsgericht Jena (Jena Local Court) commercial register, with its registered office at Lauchaer Höhe 29, 99880 Waltershausen, Thuringia. The registry record on file shows an incorporation date of 27 July 1990, shortly after German reunification; publicly available historical accounts of the ROCKINGER brand describe a predecessor East German trailer-coupling manufacturer at nearby Wechmar that was acquired in 1991, though this specific historical link to the current HRB 100721 entry has not been confirmed against a primary Handelsregister filing from that period. The company traded as ROCKINGER Anhängerkupplungen GmbH before adopting its current name, ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH, around 2008, and its production moved from Wechmar to a newly built facility in Waltershausen in 2013. Its current registry status is active, and its German VAT identification number on file is DE150089306.
According to the company’s own website, ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH develops, manufactures and sells trailer and fifth-wheel couplings, automotive accessory parts and metal products, a business purpose consistent with its Handelsregister entry. Its product range for agriculture and forestry includes towing hitches, ball-hitch systems, three-point linkages, drawbars and ladder frames used to attach implements to tractors, marketed under the long-established ROCKINGER brand name, which dates to a blacksmith’s workshop founded in 1875 and began producing agricultural and forestry couplings in 1973.
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Shareholders
Shareholders of ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH
ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH is a private German GmbH. Commercial-register data (Amtsgericht Jena, HRB 100721, via a company-register data extract) records one known shareholder of record, JOST-Werke Deutschland GmbH. No shareholding percentage is disclosed in the publicly available register extract reviewed, and the date on which this shareholder entry was last filed is not stated in the sources reviewed. The company’s share capital amount is likewise not confirmed from a primary source for this profile.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
No Ultimate Beneficial Owner has been independently verified for ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH from the sources reviewed. The company’s own website and JOST Werke SE’s public group communications describe ROCKINGER as a brand that has been part of “JOST World” since 2001, and JOST-Werke Deutschland GmbH appears as the entity’s registered shareholder, but a complete, dated ownership chain from JOST-Werke Deutschland GmbH up to a natural person was not found. JOST Werke SE, the group’s publicly listed parent (Frankfurt Stock Exchange, ISIN DE000JST4000), has a dispersed public shareholder base, so no single natural-person UBO can be established for the wider group from public sources alone.
Data availability
Shareholder disclosure for this company is Partial: the commercial register identifies the current shareholder by name, but the extract reviewed does not disclose the shareholding percentage or its filing date, and historical shareholder changes are not fully visible without a paid register extract.
Sources
- Handelsregister Amtsgericht Jena, HRB 100721, via company-register data extract, retrieved 18 September 2026
- ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH official website, imprint page, retrieved 18 September 2026
- JOST World official website, ROCKINGER brand and corporate pages, retrieved 18 September 2026
Officers
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Directors and officers of ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH
ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH’s commercial register entry (Amtsgericht Jena, HRB 100721) lists two active Geschäftsführer (managing directors): Frank Uhlmann and Dirk Hanenberg, a lineup independently confirmed on the company’s own website imprint page. Register-derived data also shows one active Prokurist (authorised signatory), Markus John, with an appointment recorded as of 17 March 2025. Two further managing directors appear only as historical entries no longer current: Siegfried Arndt (appointed 17 August 2015) and Dirk Tadewaldt (added 24 July 2018); the sources reviewed do not give exact resignation or removal dates for either. Appointment dates of 17 March 2025 for Frank Uhlmann and 30 November 2022 for Dirk Hanenberg also appear in register data, though these may reflect the dates of the most recent filings mentioning them rather than their original appointment dates.
Recent officer changes
The most recent change identified is the appointment of Markus John as Prokurist, recorded as effective 17 March 2025, per commercial-register filing data.
Data availability
Officer information for this company is Partial: the Handelsregister publishes current Geschäftsführer and Prokuristen with some appointment dates, and the official company website independently confirms the two current managing directors, but exact resignation dates for former officers, occupations, and nationality are not disclosed in the sources reviewed. Nationality is not disclosed for any officer and is not inferred from name or address.
Sources
- ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH official website, imprint page (managing directors, VAT ID), retrieved 18 September 2026
- Handelsregister Amtsgericht Jena, HRB 100721, via company-register data extract, retrieved 18 September 2026
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Group Structure
Group structure of ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH
ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH is not an independent, unaffiliated company. Its commercial-register shareholder of record is JOST-Werke Deutschland GmbH, and the company’s own website and JOST Werke SE’s official group and product pages both state that the ROCKINGER brand, including its agriculture and forestry business, has been part of the JOST World group since JOST acquired it in 2001. JOST Werke SE, the group’s ultimate holding company, is a publicly listed German stock corporation (Societas Europaea) traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under ISIN DE000JST4000. No source reviewed discloses the exact ownership or voting percentage that JOST-Werke Deutschland GmbH or JOST Werke SE holds in ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH, so an effective ownership percentage cannot be calculated. No subsidiaries of ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH itself were identified.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOST-Werke Deutschland GmbH | Germany | Not disclosed in sources reviewed | Immediate parent / registered shareholder | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 18 September 2026 |
| JOST Werke SE | Germany | Not disclosed in sources reviewed | Ultimate parent, per the group’s own public brand disclosure since 2001 | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active; listed, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, ISIN DE000JST4000 | 18 September 2026 |
Recent structural changes
In August 2023, JOST Werke SE acquired Finland-based LH Lift Oy, which the JOST group states expanded the three-point-linkage product range marketed under the ROCKINGER Agriculture brand. This is a group-level acquisition; no source reviewed shows LH Lift Oy as a direct subsidiary or sister company of ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH itself, so no corporate relationship between the two entities is stated here.
Data availability
Group-structure information for ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH is Partial: the immediate shareholder of record and the ultimate group brand affiliation are confirmed by the company’s own register entry and by JOST’s own public statements, but ownership percentages and a complete filed ownership chain were not found in the sources reviewed.
Sources
- JOST World official website, ROCKINGER product/brand and history pages, retrieved 18 September 2026
- ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH official website, imprint page, retrieved 18 September 2026
- Handelsregister Amtsgericht Jena, HRB 100721, via company-register data extract, retrieved 18 September 2026
JOST Werke SE
Germany
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH's company registration number?
ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH's registration number is HRB 100721, filed with the Amtsgericht Jena (Jena Local Court) commercial register in Germany.
Is ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH still an active company?
Yes. ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH's status on the Amtsgericht Jena commercial register is listed as active.
When was ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH incorporated?
The registry record on file shows an incorporation date of 27 July 1990, shortly after German reunification. Publicly available historical accounts of the ROCKINGER brand describe a predecessor East German trailer-coupling manufacturer at Wechmar that was acquired in 1991, though this specific historical link to the current HRB 100721 entry has not been confirmed against a primary Handelsregister filing from that period.
What is ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH's registered address?
The registered address on file is Lauchaer Höhe 29, 99880 Waltershausen, Thuringia, Germany.
What is ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH's VAT identification number?
The company's German VAT identification number, as published on its own website, is DE150089306.
What does ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH do?
According to its own website and its registered business purpose, ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH develops, manufactures and sells trailer and fifth-wheel couplings, automotive accessory parts and metal products, with a focus on towing hitches, three-point linkages, drawbars and ladder frames for agricultural and forestry tractors.
Did ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH have a different name in the past?
Yes. Company-register data indicates the company previously traded as ROCKINGER Anhängerkupplungen GmbH before being renamed ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH around 2008.
Who owns ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH?
The commercial register lists JOST-Werke Deutschland GmbH as the company's shareholder of record. No shareholding percentage is disclosed in the sources reviewed.
Who is ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH's ultimate parent company?
ROCKINGER has operated as a brand of the JOST World group, led by the publicly listed JOST Werke SE, since JOST acquired it in 2001, according to JOST's own official website. No source reviewed discloses the exact ownership percentage JOST Werke SE holds, whether directly or through JOST-Werke Deutschland GmbH.
Is there an identified Ultimate Beneficial Owner who is a natural person for ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH?
No. No complete, dated ownership chain to a natural person was found in the sources reviewed, and the group's ultimate parent, JOST Werke SE, is itself a publicly listed company with a dispersed shareholder base.
Who are the current managing directors (Geschäftsführer) of ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH?
The company's own website and commercial-register data identify two active managing directors: Frank Uhlmann and Dirk Hanenberg.
Does ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH have an authorised signatory (Prokurist)?
Register-derived data lists Markus John as an authorised signatory (Prokurist), with an appointment recorded as of 17 March 2025.
Is ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH part of a larger corporate group?
Yes. It is not independently owned; it operates within the JOST World group under ultimate parent JOST Werke SE, a company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE000JST4000), though the precise ownership percentage in ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH is not publicly disclosed.
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