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| Company type | GmbH |
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| Industry | Forestry equipment,Landscape maintenance |
| Founded | 1927; 98 years ago (1927) |
| Headquarters | Hamburg,Germany |
| Products | IndustrialChainsaws,String trimmers, andLeaf blowers |
| Parent | Makita |
| Website | dolmar.de |
Makita Engineering Germany GmbH (Dolmar) is one of the oldest manufacturers of portablegasolinechainsaws and is headquartered inHamburg, Germany. The company founder,Emil Lerp, developed in 1927 the "type A" saw, which weighed 125 lb (57 kg) and required two men to operate.[1] It was tested onMount Dolmar in theThüringer forest and the company took its name from the test site.[2]
In 1991 the company was acquired by Japanese tool manufacturerMakita.[1]
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