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Dr. Hugo Güldner, Dr. Carl von Linde and Dr. Georg von Krauss found Güldner-Motoren-Gesellschaft in Munich, Germany
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Linde purchases all the shares in Güldner-Motoren-Gesellschaft – a step that, looking back, proved to be extremely important as it enabled the subsequent start of tractor construction
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Acquisition of the hydraulics manufacturer Gusswerk Paul Saalmann & Söhne
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Linde introduces the shift from diesel engines and tractors to industrial trucks and hydraulics
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Linde ceases production of tractors and diesel engines
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Take-over of Baker Material Handling Corporation, an American manufacturer of industrial trucks
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Take-over of the largest French lift truck manufacturer Fenwick and establishment of Fenwick-Linde S.A.R.L. (warehouse trucks)
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The 351 series revolutionises the world of forklift trucks in terms of design and handling performance.
This series becomes one of the world’s most successful forklift truck
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The take-over of the British forklift truck manufacturer and inventor of reach forklift trucks, Lansing Bagnall, expands Linde warehouse technology and strengthens the company’s sustainability and competitiveness.
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Linde forms a joint venture partnership with the second largest Chinese forklift truck manufacturer in Xiamen
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The parent plant in Aschaffenburg, Germany, produces more than 18,000 forklift trucks in one year for the first time
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Linde Material Handling becomes legally independent as part of the newly formed KION GROUP GmbH (formerly Linde Flurförderzeuge)
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The 500,000th forklift truck leaves the production line
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Linde Material Handling becomes the first lift truck manufacturer in Europe to offer fuel cell trucks in series production
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Linde Material Handling introduces the "Epion" warehouse concept truck
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