Legacy Demag

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

Product Past Current
All Terrain Crane x
Lattice Crawler Crane x
Truck Crane x
Demag

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.