History
| Year | Demag Cranes AG | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | A domination & profit and loss transfer agreement came into effect in April 2012. Demag Cranes has been integrated into the Terex Corporation as its Material Handling & Port Solutions segment since October. The Demag brand continues to be used, now with the tagline “A Terex Brand”, the Gottwald brand becomes Terex® Gottwald. | |
| 2011 | Since August 2011, the Terex Group in the United States has held a majority share in the company | |
| 2010 | Integration of Demag Cranes Group through worldwide bundling of operative functions and centralising shared services | |
| 2006 | Consolidation of Demag Cranes & Components GmbH and Gottwald Port Technology GmbH under the umbrella of Demag Cranes AG and IPO and 23 June 2006. Withdrawal of Demag Holding S.à.r.l.. |
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| 2002 | Demag Cranes & Components GmbH and Gottwald Port Technology GmbH taken over by Demag Holding S.à r.l (Luxembourg), in which private equity investment funds advised by KKR hold an 81% interest and Siemens AG holds 19% interest | |
| 2000 | Mannesmann Dematic becomes an integral part of the Atecs Mannesmann AG Group; spin-off of Demag Cranes & Components GmbH (Wetter); Mannesmann taken over by Vodafone; Siemens AG and Robert Bosch GmbH acquire Atecs Mannesmann; the mechanical engineering division of Atecs Mannesmann AG, to which the current segments of Demag Cranes belonged, remains in the Siemens Group | |
| 1997 | Mannesmann Demag Fördertechnik AG is renamed Mannesmann Dematic AG | |
| 1996 | Mannesmann Demag Fördertechnik AG takes over the Mobile Cranes segment from Mannesmann Demag AG in Duisburg. | |
| 1992 | Restructuring of the Mannesmann Demag Group and spin-off of Mannesmann Demag Fördertechnik AG in Wetter | |
| 1988 | Mannesmann takes over Leo Gottwald KG and integrates it in Mannesmann Demag AG | |
| 1956 | Leo Gottwald KG builds the first mobile harbor crane | |
| 1910 | Successor companies to Mechanische Werkstätten Harkort & Co. become part of Deutsche Maschinenfabrik AG (Demag) | |
| 1906 | The present-day Gottwald Port Technology GmbH founded under the name of Maschinenfabrik Ernst Halbach AG in Dusseldorf | |
| 1819 | The present-day Demag Cranes & Components GmbH founded under the name Mechanische Werkstätten Harkort & Co. in Wetter an der Ruhr | |