History

2012

Foundation stone laid for new Jungheinrich plant for storage and system trucks in Moosburg

2011

Official turning of the first sod for the new factory of Jungheinrich
Lift Truck Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Qingpu (District Shanghai)
Foundation stone laid for new spare parts center in Kaltenkirchen

2010

New powder coating installation at Norderstedt plant
Expansion product portfolio: Introduction of
„Warehouse-Management-System“ (WMS)

2009

Inauguration of Landsberg plant
(production of battery-powered low-platform trucks)

2007

New company structure: Roll 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
50.000 Jungheinrich 48-Volt electric counterbalance trucks delivered

2006

Establishment of assembly plant in Qingpu/China
Establishment of plant for the purpose of refurbishing
used forklifts in Dresden/Germany
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Thailand
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Ukraine

2005

100,000 Jungheinrich forklift trucks delivered with AC technology
Presentation of the world’s first rotating cabin lift truck

2004

Establishment of sales subsidiary in China
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Finland
Joint venture with Ningbo Ruyi (P.R. China)
for the supply of Jungheinrich hand pallet trucks

2003

Establishment of sales subsidiary in Latvia
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Lithuania
August 7th: 50 Years Jungheinrich
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Russia

2002

Establishment of sales subsidiary in Brazil
Inauguration of Spare Parts Logistics Centre Lahr, near Offenburg

2001

Establishment of sales subsidiary in Ireland
Jungheinrich and Linde set up the e-commerce company Supralift

2000

Establishment of sales subsidiary in Singapore
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Turkey
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Greece
Establishment of Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp., USA

1999

Introduction of newly developed hand pallet trucks - between 1957 and 1999 nearly 2,500,000 hand pallet trucks had been produced
October 20th - "100th anniversary" of the founder Dr. F. Jungheinrich

1998

Establishment of sales subsidiary in Portugal
Received certificate for Jungheinrich's environmental
management standard (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 AC counterbalance truck EFG-VD 25/30
As first lift truck manufacturer, Jungheinrich offers all diesel and LPG trucks with alternative hydrostatic or hydrokinetic drive system.
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Slovenia

1996

Certification of the entire Jungheinrich
sales according to ISO DIN 9001
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Slovakia

1995

World première: first reach truck with central control lever
"Multi-Pilot"

1994

ComFOUR concept introduction, i. e. choosing between financing, leasing and rental as financial service for our customers
Establishment of sales subsidiary 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

Establishment of sales subsidiaries in the Czech Republic and Hungary

1991

Market launch of the deep stacking system "Drive-In-System" (DIS)

1990

Unification of German companies and transformation into a limited company. "Going public" on 30 August 1990

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 opportunities for reach trucks in relation to space-saving storage.
First time turnover exceeds DM 1 billion with 5,330 employees

1986

Conversion of the Norderstedt manufacturing plant to flow production system

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 with 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 truck that are also part of the product range.
New building of the Norderstedt assembly factory

1979

Turnover DM 533 Mio., 58% of which in foreign countries
4,100 employees

1977

Market introduction of the "Delta" racking system

1976

First use of "driverless transport systems" in the assembly process
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Belgium

1974

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 order-picking equipment

1970

Establishment of sales subsidiary in Spain

1969

Establishment of sales subsidiary in Norway

1968

The new high-stacking and narrow-aisle truck ETX significantly improves the utilisation of store house height.
January 28: Dr.-Ing. Friedrich Jungheinrich passed away

1967

Establishment of sales subsidiary in Denmark

1966

Setting the course for the future growth of the corporation through the purchase of building areas and start of the first buildings of the Norderstedt factory

1963

Establishment of sales subsidiary in the Netherlands
Establishment of sales subsidiary in the United Kingdom

1962

Introduction of AGVs with towing facility "Teletrak"
Establishment of sales subsidiary in France

1960

The first wheel-supported lift truck "Ameise Junior"
with tiller steering and starter batteries enables small
companies to maximise the advantages of pallet storage.
Establishment of sales subsidiary in Switzerland

1958

With the opening of the factory in Hamburg-Wandsbek
the manufacturing capacity was extended.
Establishment of sales subsidiaries in Italy and Sweden
First IC engine diesel powered counterbalance truck:
Model Ameise 65 DFG 15 G

1957

Laying of the set up stone for the 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
Establishment of the first sales subsidiary outside Germany in Austria

1953

Establishment of H. Jungheinrich & Co. Maschinenfabrik,
Hamburg, on August 7th, 1953
Introduction of first electric four-wheel lift truck "Ameise 55". Establishment of own subsidiary and service network:
first German depot in Mülheim/Ruhr

1899

20th October - birth of founder Friedrich Jungheinrich