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.^[4]

Linde Hydraulics

Company type	GmbH & Co. KG
Founded	Munich, Bavaria, Germany (February 15, 1904; 121 years ago (1904-02-15))
Founders	Dr. Hugo Güldner Dr. Carl von Linde Dr. Georg von Krauss
Headquarters	Linde Hydraulics, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria , Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Dr. Matthias Schreiber (CEO)[1] Michael Kessler (COO) [2] Helmut Wagener (Chairman of Supervisory Board)[3]
Products	Pumps, Motors, CVT, Power Transmissions, Valves, Electronics
Services	Repair, Remanufacturing, Sale of spare parts
Owners	KION Group Weichai Group
Number of employees	1,400 (2020)
Website	www.linde-hydraulics.com

History

Linde Hydraulics from 1904 to 2020.^[5]

1904	Dr. Hugo Güldner, Dr. Carl von Linde and Dr. Georg von Krauss founded the Güldner-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 Güldner 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.[6]
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.[7]
2014	Linde Hydraulics and PMP Industries from Italy established a strategic alliance in the power transmission and fluid power segments for mobile equipment markets.[8]
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%).[9]
2016	Linde Hydraulics opens its newly built main plant in Aschaffenburg.[10]
2018	Linde Hydraulics Opens New Location in Rock Hill, SC.[11]
2020	Construction of the new plant in Weifang, China was completed and the doors were opened. On an area of about 36,000 m2 an administration building as well as production halls of about 25,000 m2 were built.[12]

Segments

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• Agricultural
• Construction
• Forestry
• Industrial
• Material Handling
• Mining
• Municipal
• Offshore
• Oil & Gas

Products

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Pumps

• Closed Circuit
• Open Circuit

Motors

• Variable Displacement
  • Swash Plate
  • Bent Axis
• Self-Regulating
• Fixed Displacement

CVT

• Classic Hydrostat
• Hydrostatic Variator for Internal Transmission Mount
• Hydrostatic Variator for External Transmission Mount

Power Transmissions

• Swing Drives
• Track Drives
• Wheel Drives

Valves

• Directional Control Valves
• Valve blocks
• Valve modules

Electronics

• Electronic control units (ECU)
• Pilot control devices
• Sensors & Actuators
• Software

Services

• Repair of hydraulic pumps and motors^[16]
• Remanufacturing of hydraulic units
• Sale of spare parts

Locations

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. ^{[17] [18]}