You are here: Lödige Industries > Company > About us > Our History

Where we come from - Our History

Moving heavy goods made easy - since 1948

Formation and expansion - 1948-1965

The company is formed by the founder Dipl.-Ing Alois Lödige, in Paderborn, Germany in 1948. Just a year later, the first product, the "Hubfix", is introduced at the first industrial trade show in Frankfurt. The company experiences early sucess with its initial set of products aimed at facilitating post-war reconstruction activities. By 1965 a new expanded production location is needed and found in Warburg/Scherfede.

1948

1949

1953

1965

1948	Alois Lödige establishes his mechanical engineering company "Dipl.-Ing. A. Lödige Maschinenfabrik" in Paderborn, Germany
1949	The company's first product - the Hubfix - is unveiled in Frankfurt at the first industrial exhibition after the war
1953	Construction of hydraulic lifting platforms with a capacity of up to 100 t
1961	Company's legal status changes to GmbH (private limited company)
1965	New production halls in Warburg/Scherfede

New business areas and new management - 1966-1980

The 1960s sees expansions into new markets and areas of business. By 1966 Lödige Benelux is formed, with a focus on lifting equipment and goods lifts. The first air cargo terminal built by Lödige Industries is inaugurated Schiphol airport in 1975. In 1979 Dr. Rudolf Lödige, nephew of the founder joins the company and takes the reins in 1980.

1966

1975

1979

1980

1966	Alois Lödige forms Lödige Benelux to serve customers in the Netherlands
1975	First air cargo project: the KLM air cargo terminal at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands
1980	Dr. Rudolf Lödige becomes managing director

Becoming a global player - 1981-2000

Throughout the 80s and 90s, Lödige builds on its successes in the air cargo industry with projects in Germany, the US, the UK and Asia. In 1992 and 1995 the first automated parking systems are installed in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Duderstadt, Germany. In 1999 the British Airways World Cargo Terminal in Heathrow is completed. Around the turn of the millennium the company's work extends to Asia.

1992

1993

1999

2004

1992	First automated parking system is built utilising 5BY2 technology in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1993	Takeover of Hollfelder Elektronik (LogIT GmbH, Rödermark) adds automation process capabilities to our portfolio
1995	First automated parking system built in Duderstadt, Germany
1999	British Airways World Cargo Terminal is completed
2004	New Loedige Asia Ltd. subsidiary is established in Hong Kong
2004	Special lifting platform design for painting the vertical stabilizer of the Airbus A380 at Airbus's Finkenwerder plant in Hamburg

Growth and Innovation -2005 to today

Since 2005 we have delivered innumerable air cargo terminals, have expanded our portfolio of lifting equipment to include car lifts and have built lighthouse projects such as Europe's largest automated parking system in Aarhus, Denmark. We continue to innovate in order to help our customers move heavy goods, whether air cargo, cars, goods, trucks or even entire airplanes.

2006

2010

2011

Official opening of Cool Nordic Cargo Hub, Finnair, Helsinki

2017

2006	Handover of T2 cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport to customer AAT Asia Airfreight Terminal
2010	Two lorry lifts are supplied in central London
2011	Won contract by MASkargo to redevelop the air cargo hub at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia
2011	Handover of air cargo terminal for New Doha International Airport in Qatar
2015	The Europe`s largest public fully automated car park system delivered to DOKK1 in Aarhus (Denmark)
2017	Official opening of Cool Nordic Cargo Hub, Finnair, Helsinki
2018	Second fully automated parking system for Denmark, launched in BLOX, Copenhagen
2018	Construction starts for new cargo hub for Turkish Cargo at Istanbul New Airport