Cybercriminals have attacked Gerd Bär GmbH  - 
customer service and spare parts sales continue (as of December 1st, 2025)

Since Friday, 28 November 2025, Gerd Bär GmbH has also been affected by the ongoing wave of attacks on industrial and medium-sized companies. A group of perpetrators has succeeded in undermining the technical and organisational measures designed to protect the IT environment and encrypting parts of it. The group of perpetrators, which has claimed responsibility for the attack, is associated with professional, organised cybercrime.

Gerd Bär GmbH took immediate measures to contain the incident as soon as the attack became known. Service providers specialising in IT forensics and IT security are currently investigating the IT environment to secure traces of the cyberattack and reconstruct the attackers' path into the systems.

As IT system failures must always be expected at any time and regardless of the cause, Gerd Bär GmbH has prepared appropriate emergency plans to minimise the impact on customers, suppliers and partners:

  •     Communication via telephone and email is not affected, and central email accounts remain accessible. 
  •     Spare parts can be ordered and delivered  by email and telephone.
  •     The Webshop is back online. Here you can order spare parts with limited functionality.
  •     Production is expected to resume in the course of the week.

Investigations are currently underway to determine what and how much data the cybercriminals stole from the IT systems. Gerd Bär GmbH is consulting with an external specialist in data protection and IT forensics in order to coordinate appropriate measures to inform affected individuals or customers.

Contact numbers and email addresses 

Spare parts sales   ​​​0049 7131 2877 -752  spareparts@baer-cargolift.de 

Service  ​​​0049 7131 2877 -751  service@baer-cargolift.de 

Cargolift sales  ​​0049 7131 2877 -992  vk@baer-cargolift.de 

Accounting ​​​0049 7131 2877 -168  buchhaltung@baer-cargolift.de 

Purchasing  ​​ einkauf-serie@baer-cargolift.de

Bär Cargolift - Lifting Performance.

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Bär brings light into the dark

When NightGuide becomes an direction indicator!

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Bär Cargolift product groups - Here you will find your tail lift for safe loading and unloading

Das Ladebordwand-Lexikon

Die wichtigsten Grundlagen kompakt und verständlich erklärt. Für Einsteiger in der Nutzfahrzeugwelt, technische Entscheider oder einfach Hubladebühnen-Interessierte. 

BÄRiges Wiki entdecken

The tail lift encyclopaedia

The most important basics explained in a compact and understandable way. For newcomers to the world of commercial vehicles, technical decision-makers or simply anyone interested in tail lifts.  

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Bär Cargolift Online Solutions - Fast support for lift selection, installation inspection and driver training

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Product finder MyCargolift - Find the suitable tail lift here!

You know your vehicle and your transport task - find the suitable tail lift for it! Because the product recommendation MyCargolift determines the suitable Bär Cargolift on the basis of five pieces of information. Try it out directly!

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Fitment test 24/7

The vehicle is in the yard and you want to check if the mounting is possible? That's where the Bär fitment calculation programme assits. BÄR has been offering this online solution since 2008 - seven days a week, all day! It's best to fill out the dimension sheet in advance so that you have all the data ready. 

Check attachment possibilites

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The serial number-specific instruction manual HowToCargoLift

Driver qualification is a key factor in professional distribution transport. At the same time, technology is constantly evolving. That's why BÄR offers you the online driver training HowToCargoLift. After entering the serial number (or scanning the QR code on the Bär Cargolift), you will receive a short instruction manual of exactly that Cargolift - available in eleven languages.

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What makes a tail lift a Bär Cargolift?  

And after the purchase? Bär Cargolift Service

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So that you can drive quickly to the service partner.

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Because every Bär Cargolift has a memory!

And after the purchase? Bär Cargolift Online Solutions

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Bär Original Spare Parts in the digital flip catalogue

Browse the digital spare parts catalogue. By clicking on the part image or the material number, you will be taken directly to this spare part in the WebShop - provided that you are registered. In addition to the selection of our most common BÄR Original Spare Parts, the new spare parts catalogue provides you with further information on Bär-specific technologies and innovations as well as retrofitting options, our service and our online services. Convince yourself:

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Bär Original Spare Parts in the WebShop

The easiest way to order Bär original spare parts is the web shop. Here you can find the exact fitting original spare part by means of serial number and exploded view. Alternatively, you can use various search options. In addition, more than 3,000 Bär spare parts are available as 3D images so that you can view these parts from all sides. 

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Diagnostic software Bär CargoCheck

Connected via standard USB cable (port A/B), Bär CargoCheck facilitates fast and targeted fault diagnosis as well as parameterisation of Cargolift equipment according to requirements and retrofitting. 

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Current sales and service information from Bär Cargolift

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Unternehmensfilm

Die Gerd Bär GmbH - Das inhaber-geführte Familienunternehmen hinter Bär Cargolift - portraitiert durch die Bezirksgruppe Heilbronn/Region Franken - Südwestmetall

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Lernen Sie BÄR als Arbeitgeber kennen und finden Sie heraus, welche Stellen aktuell verfügbar sind!

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Scenes from commercial and business training at Gerd Bar GmbH

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Erfahre mehr zur kaufmännischen Ausbildung, der gewerblichen Ausbildung, Dualem Studium oder auch Praktika!

Document download

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Operating manuals »

Operating manuals for every Bär Cargolift in various languages

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Circuit diagrams »

Circuit diagrams, hydraulic circuit diagrams, information on pin assignment can be found in the WebShop

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Certificates »

No matter if you need certificates for the underrun bar, the load safety device or the ball coupling