Linde Hydraulics


Linde Hydraulics is a manufacturer of heavy duty drive systems consisting of hydraulics, power transmissions, and electronics. The company’s product offerings include hydraulic pumps and motors, directional control valves, power transmissions as well as peripheral electronics and software.
Its products are used in agricultural, construction, forestry, landscaping, marine, material handling, mining, municipal, and stationary segments, as well as mobile lifting platforms.

History

Linde Hydraulics from 1904 to 2016.
1904Dr. Hugo Güldner, Dr. Carl von Linde and Dr. Georg von Krauss founded the Güldner-Motoren-Gesellschaft mbH.
1933First Production of small diesel motors.
1938Production expanded via gas driven motors and generators, aero engines, plough machines and diesel motors to the manufacture of tractors. The first Güldner tow tractor model A20 went into series production.
1956The first hydrostatically driven vehicle, the so-called Hydrocar, was produced in Aschaffenburg.
1958Linde Hydraulics was established as a division of Linde Material Handling, a Linde AG business unit. Production of the first forklift truck with hydrostatic transmission began.
1984Linde and Linde Hydraulics introduced the load sensing valve technology.
1994Introduction of the 02 Series axial piston pumps and motors with a swash angle of 21°.
2006Linde Hydraulics became part of KION Group as a business unit of Linde Material Handling.
2008Celebration of the 50th anniversary.
2010Linde Hydraulics entered into a strategic sales and service alliance with Eaton Corporation.
2012 / 2013The Chinese corporation Weichai Power, one of the leading companies in the commercial vehicle and automotive space, acquired 70 percent of Linde Hydraulics and became majority shareholder. Linde Hydraulics was registered as an independent legal entity. KION Group remained a strategic investor in Linde Hydraulics with a share of 30 percent in the company.
2014Linde Hydraulics and PMP Industries from Italy established a strategic alliance in the power transmission and fluid power segments for mobile equipment markets.
2015Linde Hydraulics opens China production facility in Weifang, Shandong Province. The new plant will be operated by Linde Hydraulics Co., Ltd, which was formed in a joint venture between Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG and Weichai Power Co., Ltd.
2016Linde Hydraulics opens its newly built main plant in Aschaffenburg.
2018Linde Hydraulics Opens New Location in Rock Hill, SC.

Segments

Pumps

Linde Hydraulics has 4 production plants in Germany and a 5th factory in Weifang, China. The company has subsidiaries in Europe, United States, South America and China as well as a global network of sales and service partners.