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
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1827
Dinglerwerke founded by Christian Dingler in Zweibrücken, Germany.
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1890
Lifting equipment produced for the local coal mines and steel industry.
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1954
Demag AG takes over the former Dinglerwerke, activities are incorporated into the Construction Machinery Group
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2002
Demag Mobile Cranes is acquired by Terex Corporation and becomes part of Terex Cranes
Product | Past | Current |
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All Terrain Crane | x | |
Lattice Crawler Crane | x | |
Truck Crane | x |
Distinguished Historical Accomplishments
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1950
First telescopic boom crane with lifting capacity of 2.5 t.
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1956
First All-terrain crane worldwide with lifting capacity of 12t.
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1965
Development of the first lattice-boom truck crane with tube design for boom and lifting capacity of 45t.
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1976
Largest telescopic crane on the market with lifting capacity of 160t.
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1979
Development of the strongest lattice-boom truck crane world-wide 800t lifting capacity.
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1987
Development of largest lattice-boom crawler crane with 1,000t capacity
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1990
Introduction of the strongest telescopic truck crane worldwide with lifting capacity of 500t.
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1993
Introduction of a 50t All Terrain crane series.
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1998
Largest lattice-boom crawler crane on the market with 1,600t capacity
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1998
Design of strongest telescopic truck crane with 650t capacity.
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2002
Introduction of CC8800 with capacity of 1,250t.
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2003
Introduction of200t All Terrain crane with 68m of main boom.
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2007
Most powerful crawler crane, TWIN CC 8800 with lifting capacity of 3,200t.