Makita Engineering Germany
| Makita Engineering Germany GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1927 |
| Seat | Hamburg , Germany |
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| Branch | Small engine production |
| Website | www.dolmar.de |
The Makita Engineering Germany GmbH (formerly Dolmar ) is one of the oldest manufacturers of petrol chainsaws . The company's headquarters are in Hamburg-Wandsbek . What began in the beginning with the manufacture of chainsaws has developed in recent years into a broad-based sales company for forest and garden equipment. In sales are next to petrol and electric chain saws and brush cutters , circular saws , lawn mowers , lawn tractors, wood splitters , cut-off saws, safety clothing and forestry tools, each with the appropriate accessories and spare parts service.
history
In 1927, the company's founder Emil Lerp presented his first type A petrol chain saw on the Dolmar mountain in southern Thuringia. Before that, he was Sales Manager North for the Emil Ring Company (Rinco-Sägen), as did Andreas Stihl in the same company for the South area. The company was then named after the mountain Dolmar. The first logo from 1927 showed the name and stylized saw chains. The logo from 1950 shows two workers felling a tree with the newer 2-man CL type saw , which was built until 1964. In 1975 Fichtel & Sachs acquired a majority stake. In 1987 Mannesmann took over Fichtel & Sachs and with it Sachs-Dolmar, until it became a 100% subsidiary of the Japanese power tool manufacturer Makita Corp in 1991 . In April 2015, marketing and domestic sales were taken over by Makita Werkzeug GmbH from Ratingen. In October 2015, Dolmar GmbH was renamed Makita Engineering Germany GmbH.
Technical milestones
In 1927 the 2-man chainsaw type A was built. The saw weighed 58 kilograms. In 1953 Dolmar first built a 1-man chainsaw, the CP type (still with float carburetor and reversing gear ). The type CF chainsaw followed four years later with a diaphragm carburettor and no reversing gear. 1975, Sachs Dolmar the first Wankel chainsaw it: The KMS4 ( K reiskolben- M otor S äge 4 -stroke) with Wankel engine . In 2004, the Dolmette , a motorcycle with 24 chainsaw motors as a drive , was presented as a publicity stunt . At the same time the prototype of the four-stroke chainsaw was presented.
1927: Dolmar type A chainsaw
Two wooden saws from Dolmar, on the right the CK model (1951–59)
Dolmar chainsaws (in red) with two models from the competitor Stihl behind them
1975: Sachs-Dolmar rotary engine chainsaw KMS4
