please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article s lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents . please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . october 2013 this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message argo hytos management consulting gmbh type gmbh founded 1947 headquarters zug switzerland key people christian h. kienzle owner number of employees ca. 1200 1 website http www.argo hytos.com the argo hytos group produces and develops components and systems for the hydraulic industry . its headquarters are in switzerland and production sites are in germany czech republic india china and brazil . contents 1 history 2 development 3 locations 4 portfolio and customers 5 literature 6 references 7 external links history edit the present argo hytos group has its seeds in the former company argo gmbh for precision mechanics . it was established in stuttgart on july 7 1947 at the request of herbert kienzle the managing director of the kienzle apparate and has developed from the former sales company for kienzle taximeters . 2 argo originally was a brand name of the predecessor company kienzle apparate for manufacturing of taximeters referring to the greek legend of jason and his incredibly fast ship . an autonomous production program for magnetic filters and strainers was developed ; in 1952 argo received a patent for magnetic filters . the product portfolio was expanded to hydraulic filters for the mobile and industrial hydraulics which were produced in a former cigar factory in kraichtal germany . in 1965 the head office was also transferred to kraichtal . the company expanded internationally at the beginning of the 1980s the first own sales company was established abroad in france followed by more companies in the netherlands great britain in the usa sweden hong kong italy poland and china . 3 development edit in 1990 christian h. kienzle took over the position of the managing director and has managed the argo hytos group up until now . in 1993 the argo gmbh for precision mechanics was renamed as argo gmbh for fluid technology . in the same year argo purchased shares in the czech hydraulic manufacturer hytos a company already having a 50 year experience in the production of components for fluid & motion control . since 2003 both companies have traded under the name argo hytos . locations edit the argo hytos group operates globally with numerous sales companies all over the world and more than 100 international distributors . the group is headquartered in switzerland and employs more than 1 200 staff members . argo hytos maintains locations with production plants in kraichtal germany approx . 450 employees ostrava czech republic vrchlab czech republic coimbatore india yangzhou china 4 portfolio and customers edit the portfolio of argo hytos includes hydraulic filters and filter elements components for fluid & motion control fluid management systems sensors and measurement technology as well as systems for wind energy plants . the company s customers include manufacturers of agricultural machinery production machines and machine tools construction machines municipal engineering and energy production . literature edit armin m ller kienzle . ein deutsches industrieunternehmen im 20 . jahrhundert . franz steiner verlag stuttgart 2011 s. 221 225 . isbn 978 3 515 09845 8 . bernhard foitzik filtration technology for hydraulic systems optimum concepts for filtration systems in fluid power technology . 2nd edition verlag moderne industrie landsberg lech 2000 isbn 3 478 93136 3 . references edit article about 65 . years of argo hytos with information about number of employees armin m ller kienzle . ein deutsches industrieunternehmen im 20 . jahrhundert . franz steiner verlag stuttgart 2011 s. 222 . isbn 978 3 515 09845 8 . company website with adresses of all the sales companies archived june 17 2013 at the wayback machine . groundbreaking ceremony for the new company in china external links edit history brochure with detailed company history pdf retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title argo hytos & oldid 742038473 categories hydraulic engineeringswiss companies established in 1947hidden categories articles with wayback machine linkswikipedia introduction cleanup from october 2013all pages needing cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from october 2013all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyorphaned articles from october 2013all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 08 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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