Argo-Hytos

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The ARGO-HYTOS Group produces and develops components and systems for the hydraulic industry. Its headquarters are in Switzerland and production sites are in Germany, Czech Republic, India, China and Brazil. The present ARGO-HYTOS group has its seeds in the former company Argo GmbH for precision mechanics. It was established in Stuttgart on July 7, 1947, at the request of Herbert Kienzle, the managing director of the Kienzle Apparate, and has developed from the former sales company for Kienzle-Taximeters. Argo originally was a brand name of the predecessor company Kienzle Apparate for manufacturing of taximeters, referring to the Greek legend of Jason and his incredibly fast ship. An autonomous production program for magnetic filters and strainers was developed; in 1952 Argo received a patent for magnetic filters. The product portfolio was expanded to hydraulic filters for mobile and industrial hydraulics, which were produced in a former cigar factory in Kraichtal/Germany. In 1965 the head office was also transferred to Kraichtal. The company expanded internationally: At the beginning of the 1980s the first own sales company was established abroad in France, followed by more companies in the Netherlands, Great Britain, in the US, Sweden, Hong Kong, Italy, Poland and China. In 1990 Christian H. Kienzle took over the position of the managing director and has managed the ARGO-HYTOS group up until now.