kg founded munich bavaria germany february 15 1904 ; 112 years ago 1904 02 15 founders dr. hugo g ldner dr. carl von linde dr. georg von krauss headquarters linde hydraulics aschaffenburg bavaria germany area served worldwide key people dr. j rg ulrich ceo & cfo 1 janfried a. tirre cso 2 dr. steffen appel coo 3 helmut wagener chairman of supervisory board 4 products pumps motors cvt power transmissions valves electronics services repair remanufacturing sale of spare parts number of employees 1 400 2014 website www.linde hydraulics.com linde hydraulics plant inside 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 . 5 contents 1 history 2 segments 3 products 3.1 pumps 3.2 motors 3.3 cvt 3.4 power transmissions 3.5 valves 3.6 electronics 4 services 5 locations 6 references 7 external links history edit linde hydraulics from 1904 to 2016 . 6 1904 dr. hugo g ldner dr. carl von linde and dr. georg von krauss founded the g ldner motoren gesellschaft mbh . 1933 first production of small diesel motors . 1938 production expanded via gas driven motors and generators aero engines plough machines and diesel motors to the manufacture of tractors . the first g ldner tow tractor model a20 went into series production . 1956 the first hydrostatically driven vehicle the so called hydrocar was produced in aschaffenburg . 1958 linde 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 . 1984 linde and linde hydraulics introduced the load sensing valve technology . 1994 introduction of the 02 series axial piston pumps and motors with a swash angle of 21 . 2006 linde hydraulics became part of kion group as a business unit of linde material handling . 2008 celebration of the 50th anniversary . 2010 linde hydraulics entered into a strategic sales and service alliance with eaton corporation . 7 2012 2013 the 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 linde hydraulics gmbh & co. kg . kion group remained a strategic investor in linde hydraulics with a share of 30 percent in the company . 8 2014 linde hydraulics and pmp industries from italy established a strategic alliance in the power transmission and fluid power segments for mobile equipment markets . 9 2015 linde hydraulics opens china production facility in weifang shandong province . the new plant will be operated by linde hydraulics china co. ltd which was formed in a joint venture between linde hydraulics gmbh & co. kg 51 % and weichai power co. ltd 49 % . 10 2016 linde hydraulics opens its newly built main plant in aschaffenburg . 11 segments edit 12 13 agricultural construction forestry industrial material handling mining municipal offshore oil & gas products edit 14 pumps edit closed circuit open circuit motors edit variable displacement self regulating fixed displacement cvt edit classic hydrostat hydrostatic variator for internal transmission mount hydrostatic variator for external transmission mount power transmissions edit swing drives track drives wheel drives valves edit directional control valves valve blocks valve modules electronics edit electronic control units ecu pilot control devices sensors & actuators software services edit repair of hydraulic pumps and motors 15 remanufacturing of hydraulic units sale of spare parts locations edit linde hydraulics has 4 production plants in germany 2x aschaffenburg kahl and ballenstedt 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 . 16 17 references edit linde s new line up . hydraulics & pneumatics . retrieved september 14 2015 . linde s new line up . hydraulics & pneumatics . retrieved september 14 2015 . linde s new line up . hydraulics & pneumatics . retrieved september 14 2015 . ex bosch rexroth chairman new linde chairman . diesel progress . retrieved september 14 2015 . company overview of linde hydraulics gmbh & co. kg . bloomberg business . retrieved september 14 2015 . history . linde hydraulics gmbh & co.kg . retrieved september 14 2015 . eaton and linde hydraulics global strategic alliance . eaton . retrieved september 14 2015 . weichai power and kion group . reuters . retrieved september 14 2015 . linde hydraulics and pmp in strategic alliance . diesel progress . retrieved september 14 2015 . linde hydraulics opens new factory in china . mobile hydraulic tips . retrieved september 14 2015 . linde hydraulics opens new main plant in aschaffenburg . linde hydraulics . retrieved august 1 2016 . linde hydraulics and pmp industries . ivt international . retrieved september 14 2015 . market sectors . linde hydraulics gmbh & co. kg . retrieved september 14 2015 . company overview of linde hydraulics gmbh & co. kg . bloomberg business . retrieved september 14 2015 . company overview of linde hydraulics gmbh & co. kg . bloomberg business . retrieved september 14 2015 . locations . linde hydraulics gmbh & co. kg . retrieved september 14 2015 . linde hydraulics in china . diesel progress . retrieved september 14 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title linde hydraulics & oldid 741697936 categories engineering companies of germanymanufacturing companies of germanycompanies based in 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