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Event
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1819
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The present-day Demag Cranes & Components GmbH founded in Wetter an der Ruhr, Germany. The first steam powered crane is produced
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1840
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Full production of overhead cranes starts in Germany
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1890
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Formation of Mannesmann, Germany
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1900
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Foundation of Stöhr Förderanlagen in Offenbach, Germany
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1908
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The company designs the world’s largest floating crane for Harland & Wolf in Belfast, which is later used for construction of the RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic
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1910
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“Demag” formed in Duisburg, Germany by union of a number of companies
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1922
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The company develops the world’s first mobile conveyor belt
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1925
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The company commences manufacture of excavators and moves on to locomotives and railcars
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1930s
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The company develops the world’s first hanging conveyors, providing innovative ways for customers to use their space
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1939
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Formation of Rapistan in Grand Rapids, Michigan,USA
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1954
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The company develops its first hydraulic excavators and then expands into construction machines, vehicle cranes, moving and conveying engineering, steel mill technology, compressors, and compressed air engineering.
The company also becomes a world leader in the manufacturing of injection moulding machines.
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1959
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The company develops the world’s first stacker crane and produces its first storage and retrieval machines - a revolution in intralogistics
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1962
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The company provides increased efficiency for its customers, building the first fully automated warehouse where 15,000 orders can be sent out daily
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1966
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Formation of Colby Handling Systems in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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1968
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From being purely a product provider, the company becomes a full service solution provider, working with its customers to find the best solution for their businesses
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1973
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Mannesmann acquires a majority interest in Demag
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1974
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The company builds the world’s first automated high-bay warehouse with 20 m high stacker cranes, and begins to revolutionize the way Distribution Centers are built
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1990s
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The company becomes a global market leader on five continents
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1991
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Mannesmann DEMAG AG acquires the Rapistan Corp
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1992
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Formation of Mannesmann DEMAG Fördertechnik
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1993
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The company acquires Colby Handling Systems
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1995
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The company becomes the world’s first intralogistics general contractor and one-stop supplier
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1997
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Formation of Mannesmann Dematic AG
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2000
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Siemens AG acquires Mannesmann Dematic
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2001
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Formation of Siemens Dematic AG
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2005
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Formation of Dematic GmbH & Co. KG as a standalone, independent company
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2006
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Dematic revolutionizes the market for miniload handling; launching the Dematic Multishuttle®
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2010
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Dematic acquires HK Systems, Inc., a North American automated material handling and software solutions provider
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2011
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Dematic develop more ground-breaking innovations with launch of the new stacker crane RapidStore®, the Ergonomic Pick Station RapidPick®, Multishuttle Flex, and the Warehouse Management Software DC Director®
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2012
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Dematic brings the latest industry improvement to its customers with the lighter, faster, most energy and cost efficient Multishuttle® 2
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2014
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Acquisition of SDI Group Europe by Dematic
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2015
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Acquisition of Reddwerks (USA) by Dematic
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2016
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Acquisition of NDC Automation (Australia) by Dematic
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2016
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KION Group acquires Dematic
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