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Sampo-Rosenlew Oy
History
| It all started with a hub motor invented by
Sisu Auto in 1959 to meet the need for such a motor in timber
trucks operating in difficult conditions on Finnish forest tracks.
The Black Bruin hydraulic motor is a newer version of the hub motor, which first saw the light of day in the early 1980's. After several stages, production transferred to Valmet in 1987. In 1997 was new premises built in Jyväskylä municipality. |
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1960 First production series (SISU motors for forest trucks)
1970 Company Partek Oy buys the hydraulic motor production
1970 Launch of First Black Bruin motor (BB motor)
1987 Valmet Oy buys the Hydraulic Motor Unit from Partek Oy
1996 Valmet Hydraulics Oy is founded
1997 New premises are built in Jyväskylä municipality
2001 Company's name is changed to Metso Hydraulics Oy
2003 Sampo-Rosenlew Ltd. acquires Metso Hydraulics Oy and
company’s name is changed to Sampo Hydraulics Ltd.
