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The trademark Yale goes back to Linus Yale jr.

  • 1868 – he invents the cylinder lock and founds a factory in Stamford/Connecticut with Henry R. Towne for series production.
  • 1875 – The production of hand hoists starts, the patent rights of the Weston differential pulley are secured.
  • 1877 – Yale produces the first spur gear pulley with load pressure brake. The design principle of this brake is now used worldwide for almost all manual hoists.
  • 1883 – Yale & Towne Manufacturing is founded.
  • 1904 – Yale establishes its first sales offices in Germany, England and France.
  • 1920 – Yale acquires C.L. Hunt & Co., a well-known manufacturer of electric platform trucks, and presents the market with the first electric forklift trucks with production facilities in Germany and England.
  • 1927 – Concentration of production and sales in Velbert.
    Takeover of the company Boge & Kasten, Solingen.
  • 1936 – Hoist production in Velbert begins with the production of the world-famous ZUG LIFT. The robust and reliable device was marketed under the BKS brand until 1974. More than 1 million devices of this type are manufactured at the Velbert plant alone.
  • 1952 – Start of forklift truck production in Velbert.
  • 1963 – Eaton Corporation merges with Yale & Towne Manufacturing.
  • 1971 – Foundation of Eaton GmbH, Velbert.
  • 1983 – Yale Industrial Products, Inc. is founded in the USA through the spin-off of the hoist division.
  • 1985 – Yale Industrial Products Ltd. is founded in Telford, Great Britain, and Yale Industrial Products GmbH, Velbert, is founded in Germany.
  • 1987 – Start in France by Manutention Connection S.A.R.L., Vierzon.
  • 1989 – Yale Industrial Products merges with Duff-Norton Company, Inc.
  • 1992 – Establishment of the first production facility in China, Hangzhou LILA Lifting and Lashing Co. Ltd., Hangzhou.
  • 1993 – Legal integration of the Manutention Connection.
    Foundation of Yale Industrial Products GmbH, Pfaffstätten, Austria.
  • 1995 – Establishment of the second production facility in China, Yale Industrial Products Ltd., Hangzhou.
  • 1996 – Foundation of Yale Industrial Products (Pty) Ltd., Durban, South Africa.
    Yale is acquired by Columbus McKinnon Corp., Amherst.
  • 1997 – Expansion of presence in South Africa, Yale Lifting and Mining Product (Pty) Ltd., M Magaliesburg, S.A.
    Establishment of Yale Industrial Products Asia Ltd., Hat Yai, Thailand. Yale Industrial Products Ltd., U.K. acquires Steerman Engineering Ltd., U.K.
  • 1999 – Yale acquires Camlok Lifting Clamps Ltd., U.K.
    Expansion of presence in South Africa, Engineering Products Division, Johannisburg, South Africa.
  • 2000 – Foundation of Yale Industrial Products B.V., Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands.
    Yale Industrial Products Ltd., U.K. establishes a subsidiary in Belfast, Ireland.
  • 2001 – Foundation of Yale Elévacion Ibérica S.L. with bases in Seville and A Coruña, Spain.
  • 2002 – Manutention Connection S.A.R.L. is renamed Yale Levage S.A.R.L., Vierzon.
  • 2003 – Foundation of Yale Industrial Products Kft., Szekésfehérvár, Hungary.
  • 2006 – Merger of Yale Industrial Products Ltd., U.K. and Camlok Lifting Clamps Ltd., U.K., renamed Columbus McKinnon Corporation Ltd., U.K.
  • 2007 – Foundation of Columbus McKinnon Italia S.r.l. in Legnano, Italy.
  • 2008 – Yale Levage S.A.R.L., Vierzon is renamed Columbus McKinnon France S.A.R.L., Vierzon. Acquisition of Pfaff-silberblau Hebezeugfabrik GmbH, Kissing.
    Presentation of the new electric chain hoist model CPV – the connection between modern design and technical innovation.
    Pfaff-silberblau Winden und Hebezeuge AG, a subsidiary of Pfaff-silberblau Hebezeugfabrik GmbH in Bavaria, is renamed Columbus McKinnon Switzerland AG.
  • 2009 – Yale Industrial Products Kft., Szekésfehérvár is renamed Columbus McKinnon Hungary Kft.
  • 2010 – Foundation of Columbus McKinnon Russia LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • 2011 – Yale Industrial Products GmbH is renamed Columbus McKinnon Industrial Products GmbH.
  • 2012 – Foundation of Columbus McKinnon Kaldırma Ekipmanları Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi, Istanbul, Turkey and Columbus McKinnon Industrial Products ME FZE, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • 2013 – New headquarters for Columbus McKinnon Industrial Products GmbH in Wuppertal.
  • 2014 – Presentation of the new Mtrac continuous winch with load capacities of 100 and 300 kg, presentation of the CPV 2-8 electric chain hoist at the CeMat trade fair in Hanover.
  • 2016 – Introduction of SAP as a new ERP system in France
  • 2017 – Acquisition of STAHL CraneSystems GmbH
  • 2019 – Launch of the new Yale.de website
  • 2020 – Acquisition of Dorner Manufacturing Corporation
  • 2021 – Launch of the global website columbusmckinnon.com

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Columbus McKinnon Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
100D Pasir Panjang Road, Meissa #05-01
Singapore 118520

+65 6268 9228
F +65 6268 9618
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