Lindner (agricultural machinery manufacturer)
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Limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) |
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| Founded | 1948 |
| Headquarters | Kundl, Tirol, Austria |
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Number of employees
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| Website | lindner-traktoren.at |
Lindner (fully Lindner Traktorenwerk GesmbH) is an Austrian family company based in Kundl that has produced tractors and transporters for mountain and grassland management and for forestry and municipal applications since 1948. Lindner specializes in all-terrain special vehicles for agriculture. The company was the first manufacturer of a four-wheel drive tractor in Austria.
Hermann Lindner was born on 5 November 1905 in Neustift im Stubaital. He founded the company in 1946 initially to produce gang saws, but in 1948 exhibited his first tractor, the S 14, at the Vienna Autumn Fair. Lindner constructed more tractor models with different engines and special equipment and in 1953, the company introduced the first Austrian tractor with four-wheel drive.
In 1956 a new production hall was built, employing over 150 people. Every month, around 70 tractors left the factory in Kundl, mainly for Austrian customers, but also for export to Spain, France and Italy. On 19 October 1957 Hermann Lindner died in hospital in Wörgl from the effects of a serious car accident, but the company continued to thrive under the direction of his sons Hermann and Rudolf, wife, Stephanie, and daughter Loisi Sappl.
Since 1948, Linder has produced more than 65,000 tractors and transporters.
The first Lindner tractor, the S 14, was produced between 1948 and 1950. Powered by a 14 hp (10 kW) 1330 cc engine, it was joined by a range of more powerful tractors, the 15 hp (11 kW) JW 15 (1949), the 20 hp (15 kW) JW 20 (1950) and 40 hp (30 kW) JW 35 (1953). The Bauernfreund (BF) brand was introduced in 1953, which would last until 1985.
The BF 250, 320 and 450 were introduced in 1967 with 3-cylinder Perkins water-cooled engines and the A-210 ZF power train. The first transporter (Muli) T 3500 followed a year later. In 1969 a special mountain tractor with small dual tire was developed.
In January 1985, the BF series was replaced by a completely new tractor generation. In June, all of production was turned towards the new series, and all previously built models were superseded by new models, the Lindner 1450, 1500, 1600, 1650 and 1700 with Steyr gearbox, Perkins diesel engines, all available with four-wheel drive.
1996 saw the launch of the Geotrac 50, 60, 70 and 80. In 1999 the larger Geotracs 100 was introduced with 98 hp (73 kW). By 2005, around 10,000 units had been produced. In 2001 the Geotrac 60, 70 and 80 were replaced by the new models Geotrac 65, 75 and 85, and in 2002 the Geotrac 83 and 93 with a new ZF-powershift appeared. The Geotrac 73 A designed with a high torque motor and low center of gravity for extreme ( "Alpine") ratios followed in 2003.
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