More Than Just A Business Partner: 25 Years Of Success With PistenBully In Central And Eastern Europe

25 years ago, the idea gained momentum: With their professional experience in the industry and a lot of courage, a group of young men founded the small “PistenBully snow grooming machines” division within the agricultural machinery dealer “Živa zemedelska obchodní as” in the Czech Republic. In September 2009, they founded their own company, “TopKarMoto sro”, which today, with over 30 employees, is particularly focused on marketing the Kässbohrer product range in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the region of western Poland. A storybook success story!

TopKarMoto

• At the headquarters in Dlouhonovice, near Žamberk, 23 employees are currently employed
• The branch in Trnava, Slovakia, employs 8 employees
• Over the last 25 years, Ziva / TopKarMoto employees have sold more than 850 new and used PistenBully vehicles.
• Around 600 ski resorts in the three sales areas of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Western Poland rely on the expertise of the TopKarMoto team.

Unstoppable in the team

Employees Pavel Lipensky and Jirka Pachel quickly sold the first PistenBully machines - and later spare parts - in the nearby Czech ski resorts. Supported by the Jindrisek brothers from Jilemnice, who had extensive technical knowledge of PistenBully machines, the mechanics of the Ziva team developed exceptionally quickly and offered competent service to customers. The central location to important ski resorts in the Giant Mountains, including the most important ski resort in the Czech Republic at the time, "Špindlerův Mlýn", contributed significantly to the success.

Independent and successful with TopKarMoto

Susanne Polak and Werner Seethaler, who were responsible for PistenBully in Eastern Europe at the time, quickly recognized the potential of this committed team and supported the employees actively and in a friendly manner on their promising path. The "Rolba" (the name still commonly used for the "PistenBully" in this region) conquered the Czech market inexorably!

Success also brings responsibility - and the team took this very seriously. In order to ensure successful market development in the long term, the decision was made in 2009 to set up an independent company. This path was supported by strong support from Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG. Pavel Lipensky took over the management of "TopKarMoto sro" and has been running it to this day. The focus on marketing the PistenBully product range and the lawn care equipment of the "Reform" brand has proven successful to this day.

And it continued successfully: in 2015, Western Poland was added as a sales area. Since 2019, the company has also been responsible for the market in Slovakia and has established a firm position there despite the many challenges of recent years.

One thing is clear to Alexander Dehm, Head of Sales, and Steve Junghans, Regional Sales Manager at Kässbohrer: "A big thank you goes to the dedicated employees at TopKarMoto, who, even after 25 years, are working tirelessly to advance the PistenBully brand. Their commitment and continuous training are crucial to the continued success of your company - and therefore also to ours! Without such great dealers, Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG could not be so successful either!"

Pavel Lipensky adds: “What makes us successful is trust, honesty, our quick reaction to changes, our good work - combined with top quality - and of course our very clear strategy of 'Never give up!' Only with a partner like the Kässbohrer team is all of this possible over such a long period of time and under such challenging circumstances.”