The ATLAS history

Founding

Hinrich Weyhausen founds the company and initially produces agricultural equipment. This starts at the existing Delmenhorst location. This starts at the existing Delmenhorst location.

The first patent

The first patent for an ATLAS attachment crane is granted.

First fully hydraulic excavator

The success story for ATLAS and the industry begins with the first fully hydraulically operated ATLAS excavator.

ATLAS Delmenhorst

Expansion of ATLAS Delmenhorst almost to its current level.

ATLAS Vechta

ATLAS Vechta goes into operation on September 18, 1956.

ATLAS Ganderkesee

Commissioning of ATLAS Ganderkesee on June 20, 1960

Rail-road excavator

The world’s first ATLAS road-rail excavator lays the foundation for a leading position in this market.

ATLAS UK

ATLAS Cranes production site goes into operation in Bradford, England.

ATLAS mobile excavator 1304

The ATLAS mobile excavator 1304 comes onto the market. It is the best-selling ATLAS excavator model to date.

Change of leadership

ATLAS is taken over by the American Terex group.

ATLAS Maschinen GmbH

The entrepreneur Fil Filipov acquires ATLAS and re-establishes the company as an independent company under the brand name “ATLAS Maschinen GmbH”.

Spare Parts GmbH

ATLAS Spare Parts GmbH is founded to increase efficiency in parts supply.

ATLAS high performance wheel loader

The construction of large ATLAS high-performance wheel loaders starts in Ganderkesee.

New managing director

ATLAS expands its delivery program to include tunnel excavators and delivers the first of them.

Brahim Stitou is appointed managing director of ATLAS Maschinen GmbH with sole power of representation.

Innovation

The first of many electric excavators to follow later is delivered.

At the newly founded ATLAS Group Services GmbH, all training courses are now concentrated; they take place in our own training center.

ATLAS Maschinen GmbH is renamed ATLAS GmbH.

Mini and midi excavators

ATLAS is expanding its product portfolio to include the sale of ATLAS mini and midi excavators.

100 year anniversary

The 100th anniversary is celebrated with a gala evening and an open day.

ATLAS GmbH has a worldwide network of dealers and service stations that is continuously being expanded. In Germany alone there are 35 ATLAS dealers with 120 service stations, and in Europe there are currently another 120 service stations.

Ready for the future

ATLAS introduces the first battery-powered excavator. The 200 MH accu works for the Hamburg city cleaning service in recycling.

ATLAS machines are now equipped with Stage V exhaust gas aftertreatment.

ATLAS manufactures driver’s cabs itself.

We are also looking ahead this year.

ATLAS plans to upgrade the two-way excavator 1604 to a new technical level.

A LOOK AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE

ATLAS modernizes its branding, revises the type designations ZW, MW, wheeled, cranes, and enhances its profile to be well prepared for the future.