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Group History



  2007   New company structure: Spin out of German sales, export sales, Norderstedt plant and Norderstedt spare parts logistics into autonomous limited partnerships
Inauguration of Spare Parts Logistics Centre Bratislava, Slovakia
500,000 Jungheinrich 48-volt- electric counterbalance trucks delivered
 
  2006   Foundation of assembly plant in Qingpu/China
Foundation of plant for the purpose of refurbishing used forklifts in Dresden/Germany
Foundation of market company in Thailand
Foundation of market company in Ukraine
 
  2005   100,000 Jungheinrich forklift trucks delivered with three-phase ac
Presentation of the world’s first rotating cabin lift truck
 
  2004   Foundation of market company in China
Foundation of market company in Finland
Joint venture with Ningbo Ruyi (P.R. China) for the supply of Jungheinrich hand pallet trucks
Closure of production plants in Argentan (F), Leighton Buzzard (UK) and Madrid (E)
 
  2003   Foundation of market company in Latvia
Foundation of market company in Lithuania
August 7th: 50 Years Jungheinrich
Foundation of market company in Russia
 
  2002   Foundation of market company in Brazil
Inauguration of Spare Parts Logistics Centre Lahr, near Offenburg
 
  2001   Foundation of market company in Ireland
Jungheinrich and Linde set up the e-commerce company Supralift
 
  2000   Foundation of market company in Singapore
Foundation of market company in Turkey
Foundation of market company in Greece
Foundation of Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp., USA
Switchover to US GAAP
 
  1999   Market introduction of newly developed hand pallet trucks - between 1957 and 1999 nearly 2,500,000 hand pallet trucks had been produced at MIC in the Argentan plant in France
October 20th - "100th birthday" of founder Dr. F. Jungheinrich
 
  1998   Foundation of market company Portugal
Certification of the Jungheinrich environmental management according to DIN ISO 14001
Developed first reach truck Retrak® ETV 14 for wheel chair drivers
 
  1997   Received Best Practice Company award in After Sales Service by University of St. Gallen
Start of series production of three-phase truck EFG-VD 25/30
As first lift truck manufacturer, Jungheinrich offers all diesel and LPG trucks with alternative hydrostatic or hydrokinetic drive system
Foundation of market company Slovenia
 
  1996   Certification of the entire Jungheinrich sales according to ISO DIN 9001
Foundation of market company Slovakia
 
  1995   World première: first reach truck Retrak® with central control lever "Multi-Pilot"  
  1994   ComFOUR concept introduction, i. d. choosing between financing, leasing and rental as financial service for our customers
Foundation of market company in Poland
Jungheinrich locations Norderstedt, Wandsbek, and Lueneburg obtain certification according to the quality assurance system DIN ISO 9001.
 
  1993   New sales centre building in Dresden and opening of the new subsidiary building in Bremen  
  1992   1992 foundation of market companies in Czech Republic and Hungary  
  1991   Establishment of major system centres in Great Britain, France and Italy
Opening of new sales buildings in Cologne and Nuremberg
 
  1990   Unification of German companies and transformation into a limited company. "Going public" and first notation on 30 August 1990
Introduction of new generation of environmentally compatible diesel and LPG trucks
 
  1989   New building of the Lueneburg factory for special and small-lot production  
  1988   Consolidation of new product sales, rental and used truck business, repair shop and service division under common management centrally in Germany as well as decentralised in the sales divisions  
  1987   With the new Retrak generation Jungheinrich opens new dimensions for reach trucks with respect to space-saving storage.
First time turnover DM 1 billion with 5,330 employees
 
  1986   Conversion of the Norderstedt manufacturing plant from performance production arrangement to flow production  
  1985   Increased activities in the field of material flow technical plants with the foundation of the now independent Jungheinrich Anlagentechnik (JAT). Today, JAT is a company of the Jungheinrich Group.  
  1984   Paletting/picking systems are delivered for the automation of the order-picking process.
Opening of the Norderstedt assembly factory:
- Central warehouse for production and spare parts
- Computer-controlled powder coating
- Computer-controlled assembly lines for industrial trucks
 
  1983   Completion of delivery programme through IC engine-powered lift trucks for Germany and Austria  
  1982   First involvement in the automated lift truck process with the introduction of the automatic swing fork lift truck, the ARS system
Introduction of the first all-wheel-driven, cantilevered electric three-wheel lift truck worldwide. Thus, Jungheinrich provides an alternative to the rear-wheel driven trucks that are also part of the product range.
New building of the Norderstedt assembly factory
 
  1979   Turnover DM 533 Mio., 58% foreign countries
4,100 employees
 
  1978   Acquistion of MIC-Spain, a production with its own sales organisation for hand pallet trucks and hand pallet trucks in Madrid, Spain  
  1977   Market introduction of the "Delta" racking system  
  1976   First employment of "driverless transport systems" in the assembly process
Foundation of market company in Belgium
Hiring of the 1,000th service engineer
 
  1974   With the acquisition of MIC S.A. reinforcement of the activities for hand pallet trucks
Start of the rental and used-equipment business with its own organisation
 
  1972   Order picking is increasingly gaining importance in the logistic process in warehouses.
Development of special order-picking equipment
 
  1970   Foundation of market company in Spain  
  1969   Foundation of market company in Norway  
  1968   The new high-stacking and narrow-aisle truck ETX improves the utilisation of store house height.
Dr.-Ing. Friedrich Jungheinrich passed away
 
  1967   Foundation of market company in Denmark  
  1966   Setting the course for the future growth of the corporation through the purchase of building areas and start of the first building stage of the Norderstedt factory  
  1963   Foundation of market company in the Netherlands  
  1962   First automatically controlled, induction-guided towing tractor "Teletrak")
Foundation of market company in France
 
  1961   Foundation of market company in United Kingdom  
  1960   The first wheel-supported lift truck "Ameise Junior" with tiller steering and starter batteries enables small companies to utilise the advantages of pallet storage.
Foundation of market company in Switzerland
 
  1959   Market introduction of the "Hubertus" racking system  
  1958   With the opening of the factory in Hamburg-Wandsbek the manufacturing capacity extended.
Foundation of market companies in Italy and Sweden
First combustion engine lift truck: diesel truck Ameise 65 DFG 15 G
 
  1957   Laying of the foundation stone for the erection of the mechanical manufacturing facilities in Hamburg-Wandsbek  
  1956   The development of the first reach truck "Retrak®" was a milestone for space-saving storage.
Own development and manufacturing of electric motors
Foundation of the first market company outside Germany in Austria
 
  1953   Foundation of H. Jungheinrich & Co. Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, on August 7th, 1953
First electric four-wheel lift truck "Ameise 55". Establishment of own subsidiary and service network: first domestic subsidiary in Mühlheim/Ruhr
 
  1899   20th October - birth of founder Friedrich Jungheinrich