Established in 1938, the company was established as a forging company manufacturing piston compressors and had a quick road to success with the advent of World War 2.

The ASV MTL undercarriage is unique in the world of earthmoving undercarriage as it utilises a non-metal core style rubber track and fully suspended rubber coated track rollers.

Bobcat was founded in North Dakota in 1962 and has now grown into America’s biggest producer. The company also has factories in France, China and the Czech Republic.

Case was founded in 1842. This company produced its first steam ewngine in 1876 and became one of the largest producers of steam engines. In the 20th century, Case became one of the ten largest tractor producers.

Caterpillar produces excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, mini loaders and medium-sized loaders. With 400 different types of products, you will find Caterpillar all over the world.

Doosan is a South Korean manufacturer, which was founded in 1896. However, at that time they did not yet produce excavators, but cosmetics and later on, beer! In 1960, Doosan also turned its attention to the building and construction sector.

Hitachi was founded in 1910 when Namihei Odeira from Japan opened a shop for electronic components for a company in the copper mining industry.

The Hyundai Construction Equipment brand was set up in 1985 as part of the Hyundai Motor Group. At the time, a start was made with the production of construction equipment.

The IHI Corporation, formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., has a long and proud history that began in its founding country, Japan.

JCB was founded in 1945 by Joseph Cyril Bamford in England with their first front end loader produced in 1949 and the world’s first back-hoe produced in 1953.

The John Deere story commences in 1837 with an innovative Illinois blacksmith – Mr John Deere, who fashioned a new design mold board plow from a broken sawblade to solve the prblem of soil sticking to farmer’s plows.

Kobelco made its first wheel loader in Japan in 1930. In the ensuing years, the company developed hydraulic crawler excavators, mini excavators and crawler cranes.

The Komatsu company was founded by the Takeuchi Mining Industry in the Japanese town of Komatsu. The companies demerged in 1921, and Komatsu became an independent company.

Sumitomo was founded in Japan. In 1915, the founder opened a bookshop, which became particularly well-known for melting down copper.

The Japanese brand Takeuchi was founded in 1963 as a real pioneer. In 1971, Takeuchi introduced the first compact excavator. Today, Takeuchi is known as a worldwide innovative player.

Terex was originally founded in 1933 under the name Euclid Company. The company was only given the name Terex in 1970, which means ‘earth’ and ‘king’. Terex is part of General Motors.

Volvo was founded in Sweden around 1832 initially producing agricultural machinery. In 1950, Volvo bought the machine manufacturer Bolinder-Munktell (BM) and shortly thereafter produces its first wheel loader H10.

Yanmar was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1912. Yanmar launched the world’s first small diesel engine and indeed small engines are still a primary product for Yanmar till this day.