Demag

Demag
Company typeGmbH
IndustryEngineering and service
Founded1819
FateAcquired by the Mannesmann group
SuccessorDemag Cranes & Components GmbH
HeadquartersDüsseldorf, Germany
ProductsBridge cranes, hoists, material handling equipment, gantry cranes and port technology
Websitewww.demag.com

Demag (In German Deutsche Maschinenbau-Aktiengesellschaft) was a German heavy equipment industrial group whose individual companies are now scattered. The Demag name can be today found for example as the Demag Cranes and Components and Sumitomo (SHI) Demag.

The roots of Demag date back prior to its formation, but became Märkische Maschinenbau-Anstalt, Ludwig A.-G in 1906 as the biggest crane building company in Germany employing 250-300 people. The company was a manufacturer of industrial cranes that included types like, bridge cranes, hoist (device), overhead cranes, Gantry crane to name a few. In 1910 came the hour of the Deutsche Maschinenfabrik in Duisburg – known worldwide by its telegram abbreviation Demag (now Demag Cranes & Components GmbH).[1]: 429–430 

In 1973 The Mannesmann group assumed ownership of Demag.

  1. ^ Kurrer, Karl-Eugen (2008). The history of the theory of structures: from arch analysis to computational mechanics. Berlin: Ernst & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-433-01838-5.