Who we are

The Parkstory group benefits from over 25 years of experience to make parking more innovative, digital and sustainable

Parkstory GmbH in Munich is an innovative supplier of automated parking- and e-charging systems. We pool the strength of 4 leading technology enterprises:

Nussbaum GroupWorld leading manufacturer of automotive lifts and parking system with over 25 years of experience in design, manufacturing and installation von semi- and fully automated parking solutions.
ActimageLeading provider of mobile Apps, cloud services, embedded & IoT, data management and data security solutions
PresscontrolLeading provider of automation technology, electronics and control cabinets
Bluemont ConsultingManagement Consulting with focus on digitalisation, mobility concepts and electronic mobility

We have strategic partnerships with companies and universities engaging in mobility.

In order to offer tailormade solutions to our customers in the public and residential development sector, we integrate the relevant know how about automatic parking and e-charging in one company: Parkstory.

Parkstory parktower

How the Parkstory system works

Parkstory is a fully automated parking system which is highly optimized reg. reliability and fast car retrieval. Our modular structure allows us to customize and adjust the number of  parking lounges and lifts acc. to customer requirements for fast availability and highest  capacity.

The parking process is completely automated. Users park their car in the Parkstory lounge. The vehicle is automatically rotated  and moved with an integrated lifting system to the storage. The whole process can be activated in an analogue way or mobile.

smart tower by dark
Parkstory xxl parking lounge
parktower parking process with a yellow car
parktower parking levels
parktower parking level. Clockwise parked cars
parktower engine with steel chain

1. A steel structure framework

Steel structure

The inner main columns, the car boxes and the outer facade columns form the main framework.
The main loads are carried by the inner main columns (IPE-beams) and will be taken down directly into the base plate. Static calculation of foundation and building as per Eurocode.

Roof

Trapezoidal insulated steel sheet as flat-roof with foil design, with eaves gutter, light dome with roofing access, drainage, ladder, etc.

Facade

Facade system to support the glass panels.
Several glazing possibility acc.to climatic conditions.

2. Parkstory Lounge

Access

An access door to load the cars and a retrieval door to transfer the cars into the automated delivery system (ADS)

Park assistance system

In order to correctly place the vehicles in each level a park assistance system measures the car and helps the operator to position it correctly centered on the pallet

Automatic delivery system

An articulated bridge gives access to the Automatic delivery system

3. Turntable & Shuttle lifting system

Turntable

A turntable integrated in the shuttle and places the vehicle in the right position

Shuttle lift

Vertical Shuttle Lift in the center of the tower for storage and retrieval of the vehicles

4 Electrical motors

The shuttle runs on chains along the inner main columns and is actioned with 4 electrical motors and counterweights

Synchronization control

Drive motors come with an absolute-measuring-system for synchronization control

How we operate

Parkstory combines technological capabilities in hardware and software engineering and development

Thanks to its shareholder structure, Parkstory integrates relevant know how, proven experience and resources to develop projects according to our customers needs.

How Parkstory operates

The strong partnership with Nussbaum Group allows global production of automated parking system

How we operate

We operate from our headquarter in Munich (Germany) and our engineering and production hub in Kehl (Germany). The US headquarters and our production facility is in Gastonia, North Carolina.
With our technology we conduct already today more than 100.000 parking processes per month. We offer a tested and proven technology with highest reliability and safety standards.

Our most visible applications in the market are 80 SMART Presentation towers across the globe and 30 car vending machines for the Online Car Dealer Carvana in the US.

  • Parkstory Group is part of the Nussbaum family with 25 years experience in design, production and Installation of semi automated and automated parking Solutions.
  • The shareholder interrelations and partnership with Nussbaum Group gives Parkstory Access to manufacturing Locations throughout the world.
The strong partnership with Nussbaum Group allows global production of automated parking system
1
München, Germany

Headquarter

2
Kehl, Germany

Headquarter & production facility

3
Wuxi, China

Production facility

4
Gastonia, USA

Production facility

How we operate

We operate from our headquarter in Munich (Germany) and our engineering and production hub in Kehl (Germany). The US headquarters and our production facility is in Gastonia, North Carolina.
With our technology we conduct already today more than 100.000 parking processes per month. We offer a tested and proven technology with highest reliability and safety standards.

Our most visible applications in the market are 80 SMART Presentation towers across the globe and 30 car vending machines for the Online Car Dealer Carvana in the US.

  • Parkstory Group is part of the Nussbaum family with 25 years experience in design, production and Installation of semi automated and automated parking Solutions.
  • The shareholder interrelations and partnership with Nussbaum Group gives Parkstory Access to manufacturing Locations throughout the world.
The strong partnership with Nussbaum Group allows global production of automated parking system
1
München, Germany

Headquarter

2
Kehl, Germany

Headquarter & production facility

3
Wuxi, China

Production facility

4
Gastonia, USA

Production facility

References

The Parkstory technology gives reliable service in a lot of reference projects around the world.

Carvana, Pittsburgh (USA), 2019

Carvana, Pittsburgh (USA), 2019

26. März 2021

Carvana, Philadelphia (USA), 2018

Carvana, Philadelphia (USA), 2018

26. März 2021

Carvana, Nashville (USA), 2015

Carvana, Nashville (USA), 2015

26. März 2021

AUDI, Berlin, Deutschland 2011

AUDI, Berlin, Deutschland 2011

26. März 2021

ORBIS Tower (88 Fzg.), Moskau, 2009

ORBIS Tower (88 Fzg.), Moskau, 2009

26. März 2021

SMART, Hamburg, Deutschland 2000

SMART, Hamburg, Deutschland 2000

26. März 2021

BMW Cloppenburg, Bielefeld, Deutschland, 1999

BMW Cloppenburg, Bielefeld, Deutschland, 1999

26. März 2021

Management Team

black and white picture of Steffen Nussbaum
CEO Parkstory USA, COO Parkstory Europe

Steffen Nussbaum

CEO and owner of Nussbaum Group

25 years experience in the field of automotive lifting, storage, and parking.

Passionate about entrepreneurship

black and white picture of Jürgen Lukas
CEO Parkstory Germany

Jürgen Lukas

CEO Bluemont Consulting (Management Consultancy)

Conducted many international projects in various industries incl. mobility services

Successful sale of mobile technology company

black and white picture of Marc Lott
CTO Parkstory

Dr. Marc Lott

CEO and owner of Actimage GmbH

25 years experience in innovative software projects

Passion to combine technologies and user-friendly and secure customer experiences