Powerscreen history

In 1969 Powerscreen exported their first machine to Sweden which cost £2.5k.

Powerscreen International Ltd. was originally set up in 1966 and was initially called Ulster Plant Ltd. It later changed its name to that of today during the 1970’s.

By 1979, Terex had annual sales in excess of $500 million, and employed more than 5,000 people in the United States, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.

In 1980, in an effort to focus on its automotive business, General Motors agreed to sell Terex to IBH Holding AG, a maker of light- and medium-duty construction equipment in the former Federal Republic of Germany.

It was in 1981 that Lenz moved into heavy-equipment manufacturing, buying the assets of the FWD Corporation, a bankrupt manufacturer of snowplows and fire trucks in Clintonville, Wisconsin.

Lenz then revived the company's defunct Dynahoe product line: the new Bucyrus Construction Products (BCP) division of Northwest Engineering produced its first backhoe loader in November 1985.

Lenz and Terex came together in 1986 when Northwest Engineering purchased Terex USA from General Motors Corporation.

Northwest Engineering exercised that option in 1987.

1988: Northwest changes its name to Terex Corporation.

Terex completed its purchase of what was named the Fruehauf Trailer Corporation in July 1989.

At the end of 1991, Terex had long-term debt of $189.3 million.

When Terex bought the line in 1992, Clark forklifts and lift trucks were the top selling brand in North America.

These additions increased Terex's share of the North American crane market to 35 percent, compared to the 9 percent figure of 1993.

1995: Acquisition of PPM Cranes makes Terex one of the leading makers of hydraulic cranes in the world.

By 1996 Clark had been returned to profitability, and Terex was able to offload it to a management-led investment group for $139.5 million, posting a capital gain in the process.

1998: O & K Mining GmbH, a German maker of large hydraulic mining shovels, is acquired.

In July 1999 the company acquired Powerscreen International plc, a maker of crushing and screening equipment for the quarrying, construction, and demolition industries based in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.

In 2009, Terex® Pegson and Powerscreen® products and services were united under the Powerscreen name.