Our promise to you
Demag has a rich history of striving to make your lifting jobs easy, safe and efficient. But it’s not only in our past, it’s also in our DNA and it’s in the way we look to the future.
1827
Christian Dingler founds a mechanical workshop in Zweibrücken.
The letterpress toggle press, which has come to be known as the Dingler Press.
1834
The “Schönhof” farm is purchased and the Dingler machine factory is established.
1842
An iron and metal foundry is constructed. Production of railway freight cars begins.
Construction of the 1st steam engine plant.
1848
A forge with welding furnace is constructed. Manufacturing of water wheels and turbines begins.
1870
The first blast furnace goes into operation.
1890
Production of lifting devices for local coal mines and steelworks begins.
1897
Dingler’schen Maschinenfabrik A.G. is incorporated.
1906
A railway crane with a load capacity of 10 t is introduced.
1916
A large steelwork is constructed.
1924
The Bierbach branch is created.
1927
By 1927, over 3,300 steam engines had been built with a total combined capacity of approx. 260,000 HP.
100th Anniversary of Dingler. The company now has over 1200 employees.
1950
The V 2500 telescopic mobile crane with a load capacity of 2.5 t is introduced.
1959
The company reaches the milestone of over 2800 employees.
1965
Development of the first lattice boom truck crane with tube design for the boom and a lifting capacity of 45 t.
1976
Largest telescopic crane on the market with a lifting capacity of 160 t.
1979
Development of the world’s strongest lattice boom truck crane with a lifting capacity of 800 t.
1987
Development of the largest lattice boom crawler crane with a 1,000 t capacity.
1990
Introduction of the strongest telescopic truck crane worldwide with a lifting capacity of 500 t.
1990
The Wallerscheid facility opens.
1993
Introduction of a 50 t all terrain crane family.
1996
First City class crane on the market – AC 25.
1998
Largest lattice boom crawler crane on the market with a 1,600 t capacity.
Design of the strongest telescopic truck crane with a 650 t capacity.
2002
Introduction of the CC 8800 crawler crane with a capacity of 1,250 t.
2003
Introduction of the AC 200 all terrain crane with 68 m of main boom.
2007
Introduction of the most powerful crawler crane, the CC 8800 TWIN with a lifting capacity of 3,200 t.
2014
Introduction of the Boom Booster Kit for the CC 8800 crawler crane which increases the crane’s capacity by up to 90%.
2016
The Demag brand is relaunched.
2017
The return of the popular City class crane.
2019
Tadano acquires Demag Mobile Cranes