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1894 |
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Production of almost 5.000 bicycles |
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1896 |
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Transit of the production facilities
from Neumarkt to the Fürther Straße in
Nuremberg |
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1898 |
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Hercules develops an electro-vehicle,
capable of 40 kph top speed; radius: 40
kilometer |
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1904 |
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Production of the first motorcycles and
a heavy goods vehicle with 1,2 t
capacity |
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1928 |
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Motorcycle production restart using JAP,
Villiers, Moser, Bark, Sturmey-Archer
and Sachs engines |
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1932 |
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Production of three-wheeled automobiles
with 200 cc-engines |
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1945 |
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After World War 2 restart with 30
employees; production of milk urnes,
later bicycles
Production of the first motorcycles with
a 97 cc-Sachs-engine and a motorcycle
with a 125 cc-Ilo-engine |
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1951 |
|
World record by Georg Dotterweich on a
50 cc-motor-assisted bicycle; average
speed: 80 kph |
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1956 |
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Hercules achieves the third place in the
German registration statistics.
Production of the Hercules K100 with 98
cc-Sachs-engine |
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1957 |
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Sale of Nürnberger Hercules-Werke GmbH
to the swiss firm Fa. Kurotag AG (SACHS
AG) |
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1962 |
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Supply of the 50S Sachs engine;
Production of the successful model K50
Development of the predecessor of modern
Quads named KRAKA (Kraftkarren). This
agile all-terrain vehicle with a total
weight of only 528kg, a 400 cc engine
and 18 HP had various functions in
public services, forestry and military.
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1963 |
|
Fichtel & Sachs AG, Schweinfurt takes
over the Nürnberger Hercules-Werke GmbH |
|
1964 |
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Great sporting success through 222
factory and private riders: 1.049 gold-,
151 silver- and 58 bronze-medals |
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1965 |
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Take-over of Zweirad-Union with the
brand-names Victoria, Express and DKW by
Fichtel & Sachs AG, Schweinfurt |
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1966 |
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Transit of Fa. Nürnberger Hercules-Werke
from on the Fürther Straße to the
current premises in Nopitschstrasse |
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1970 |
|
Sachs introduces the world´s first
motorcycle with a Wankel-engine: the
W-2000
Production of the K125 for the German
military |
|
1979 |
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Hercules has 1.400 employees |
|
1982 |
|
Distribution of the Yamaha-scooters CV
50 and CV 80 under the brand-name
Hercules |
|
1983 |
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Inauguration of the new high-level
storage |
|
1987 |
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Introduction of the Saxonette (a bicycle
with a 30 cc-wheel-hub engine) |
|
1989 |
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Production of 200.000 bicycles; Hercules
has 800 employees; turnover approx. 156
Mio. DM |
|
1990 |
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Presentation of the first electro-moped
to reach production stage at the IFMA in
Cologne |
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1992 |
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Hercules builds the motorcycle K 180 BW
for the German Federal Armed Forces |
|
1993 |
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Hercules distributes Peugeot scooters
under licence |
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1995 |
|
New shareholder structures: the bicycle
department is sold to the Dutch ATAG-group,
the motoring department is renamed to
SACHS Fahrzeug- und Motorentechnik GmbH |
|
1997 |
|
Development and production of a new 125
cc-range
Deal with Daimler-Benz about the
production of the Mercedes Hybrid-Bike |
|
1998 |
|
Partnership with Malaguti in the scooter
sector
The SACHS Fahrzeug- und Motorentechnik
GmbH is sold to the Dutch Winning Wheels
Group |
|
1999 |
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Development of the Roadster-range
(Roadster 650 and Roadster 800) |
|
2000 |
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Presentation of the Roadster-range with
650 cc- and 800 cc-engines and start of
production
Presentation of the SACHS BEAST 1000 at
the world´s largest international
motorcycle exhibition, the Intermot in
Munich |
|
2001 |
|
February 2001: Management-Buy-Out by HSS
Verwaltungs GmbH (Huhn/Schnorr/Summerer)
In October, SACHS takes over the general
import of the leading Taiwan
scooter-brand SYM for Germany. |
|
2002 |
|
Since April SACHS has started the
production of a limited edition of the
legendary MUENCH MAMMUT 2000. |
|
2003 |
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Introduction of the first electronic
bicycles with new recuperation in energy
(range till 80km) |
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2004 |
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Introduction of the MadAss 50
Both traditional two-wheeler companies
of Nuremberg, the SACHS Fahrzeug- u.
Motorentechnik GmbH and the Zweirad
Union Grundbesitz AG were merged
together. SACHS moved into new and
modern production- and office
facilities.
An exclusive distribution contract was
signed with the french noble motorcycle
producer VOXAN for the German and
Austrian market. |
|
2005 |
|
100 years serial production of motorized
vehicles
Take-over of the SYM (Sanyang) spare
part supply for the European market.
Reentry to the US market with MadAss
models
Founding of a Sachs Bikes Owners Club |
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2006 |
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120th anniversary of the company
Serial production of the MadAss 125 |
