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Kion Group company history timeline

2006

In 2006, companies which were among the best and most innovative in the industry were brought together under one roof when the KION Group was established.

2009

In January 2009 KION Group formed a China-based forklift manufacturing joint venture, Kion Baoli (Jiangsu) Forklift, with Jiangsu Shangqi Group and Jingjiang Baoli Forklift.

2010

In May 2010 KION Group acquired full management control of Kion Baoli.

2011

In March 2011, KION Group and the Indian engineering company Voltas agreed to form a new joint venture, Voltas Materials Handling, comprising the two companies' material handling equipment operations in India.

2012

KION Group acquired Voltas' 34% shareholding in the venture in November 2012.

2013

In February 2013 KION Group agreed to sell the product rights to the Linde brand's reach stacker, empty container handler and laden container handler product lines to the Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes for an undisclosed sum.

The Krakow office was launched in October 2013.

2016

In June 2016 KION Group acquired Dematic to make them the global leader in advanced material handling solutions.

2018

More than 33,000 employees in more than 100 countries, more than 1.4 million trucks, more than 6,000 automated warehouses delivered to customers on all six continents, and a turnover of 8 billion euros in 2018.

2019

In July 2019, an announcement by KION Group and BMZ Holdings mentioned they will host a 50/50 joint venture that will manufacture lithium-ion batteries (64V, 48V) for the KION Group's trucks at the BMZ HQ manufacturing facility.

Among the recent changes on the documental front in Italy there has been the obligation of electronic invoicing between private parties, starting from 2019.

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