| 1835: |
Established engine works and iron foundry Georg Egestorff in Hanover |
| 1836: |
Started production of steam engines and machine tools |
| 1846: |
Commenced production of locomotives |
| 1871: |
Established "Hannoversche Maschinenbau - Aktien-Gesellschaft" |
| 1924: |
Began assembly-line production of small passenger vehicles |
| 1924 - 1959: |
Produced passenger cars, tractors, crawler tractors and trucks |
| 1952: |
“Rheinstahl-Union” took over Hanomag and was market leader with tractors and trucks |
| 1959: |
Introduced the first Hanomag wheel loader (model B 70) |
| 1970-71: |
Daimler Benz took over the truck business, Hanomag began developing compactors |
| 1974: |
Massey Ferguson took over Hanomag and produced construction machines and compactors |
| 1980: |
IBH acquired Hanomag |
| 1984: |
"Hanomag Baumaschinen Produktion + Vertrieb GmbH" was established |
| 1988: |
The enterprise became " Hanomag Aktiengesellschaft" |
| 1989: |
Komatsu Ltd. acquired the stock majority of Hanomag AG |
| 1991-92: |
Commenced production of Komatsu wheel loaders in Hanover |
| 1995: |
The company name was changed to "Komatsu Hanomag Aktiengesellschaft", and became responsible for producing medium-size wheel loaders and compactors for the Komatsu group in Europe |
| 1996: |
Completed the WA-3-range with the new WA270-3 wheel loader |
| 1997: |
The entire wheel loader series WA-3 became even more attractive through further improvements, and received the suffix "Active” |
| 1998: |
Introduced a completely new series of small wheel loaders, with the designation "Handy ", developed jointly by Komatsu and Komatsu Hanomag |
| 1999: |
Launched a “PT"- version (“Parallel Tool carrier”) of selected models with a parallel linkage that facilitates a parallel lift of the boom |
| 1999: |
Added improvements to the WA-3 wheel loader series, such the AMS operating mode selection system, and received the suffix “Active Plus " |
| 2000: |
Launched new niche models for forestry, tunnel construction and other specialised applications |
| 2000: |
Expanded the offering of standard equipment such as attachments |
| 2000: |
Introduced a new series of compactors |
| 2001: |
Expanded The 80 to 100 HP class with the parallel lift WA115PT-3 |
| 2001: |
Commenced production of the 5m2 class WA500-3 wheel loader |
| 2001: |
Introduced a new Dash-5 generation of wheel loaders, beginning with the models WA470-5 and WA480-5 |
| 2002: |
More Dash-5 wheel loader models replaced the existing range |
| 2002: |
Komatsu took over the shares of the minority shareholders, effectively acquiring 100% of the company’s shares. The legal form of the company was adapted to these new circumstances and converted into Komatsu Hanomag GmbH. |
