Terex Cranes Legacy Brands

• Stands for: “Deutsche Maschinenbau AG”
• Manufacturer of Telescopic Boom All Terrain, Truck and Crawler Cranes with a lifting capacity from 30t to 3,200t.
• Based in Zweibrücken, Germany
• Terex-Demag products are sold world-wide today.

Historical Overview

• 1827

  Dinglerwerke founded by Christian Dingler in Zweibrücken, Germany.

• 1890

  Lifting equipment produced for the local coal mines and steel industry.

• 1954

  Demag AG takes over the former Dinglerwerke, activities are incorporated into the Construction Machinery Group

• 2002

  Demag Mobile Cranes is acquired by Terex Corporation and becomes part of Terex Cranes

Distinguished Historical Accomplishments

• 1950

  First telescopic boom crane with lifting capacity of 2.5 t.

• 1956

  First All-terrain crane worldwide with lifting capacity of 12t.

• 1965

  Development of the first lattice-boom truck crane with tube design for boom and lifting capacity of 45t.

• 1976

  Largest telescopic crane on the market with lifting capacity of 160t.

• 1979

  Development of the strongest lattice-boom truck crane world-wide 800t lifting capacity.

• 1987

  Development of largest lattice-boom crawler crane with 1,000t capacity

• 1990

  Introduction of the strongest telescopic truck crane worldwide with lifting capacity of 500t.

• 1993

  Introduction of a 50t All Terrain crane series.

• 1998

  Largest lattice-boom crawler crane on the market with 1,600t capacity

• 1998

  Design of strongest telescopic truck crane with 650t capacity.

• 2002

  Introduction of CC8800 with capacity of 1,250t.

• 2003

  Introduction of200t All Terrain crane with 68m of main boom.

• 2007

  Most powerful crawler crane, TWIN CC 8800 with lifting capacity of 3,200t.

The Company Today

Today, Demag Cranes AG supplies industrial cranes, harbor cranes, crane components, and port automation technology. As a part of its services division, Demag offers maintenance and refurbishment of the machines and parts it manufactures.

Demag manufactures a variety of cranes, including single and double-gird cranes with capacities up to 150 tons and reaching heights of 140 feet (43 m). It also produces suspension cranes capable of loading up to 7,000 pounds (3,175 kg) of materials, as well as cranes that are supplied to the U.S Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard, and organizations such as American Airlines and USX. Another type of crane is the overhead crane, for which there is a large enough demand to account for 1/3 of Demag's crane production sales.

The components selection consists of hoists with capacities of up to 100 tons, output gear reducers, brake motors with signature conical rotor and stator designs, winch units, wheel blocks, DC chain hoists, DR wire ropes, and more.

Today, the Demag Group makes up several segments, including:

• Demag Cranes AG – crane and port technology
• Demag Cranes – crane manufacturing
• SMS Demag – steel mill and rolling technology
• Demag – Terex Demag mobile cranes
• DPG – injection molding machines
• Dematic – automated material handling equipment

Credits : http://www.terex.com