Menck & Hambrock (also known as Menck) was a German manufacturer of earth moving and ramming equipment and once one of the world's leading companies. They were based in central Altona Ottensen, a part of Hamburg. Today the company operates as MENCK GmbH.[2]
Beginnings
The company was founded in 1868 by Johannes Menck and Diedrich Hambrock to build boilers.
The 1930s and the Diesel Era
In 1933, following the Caterpillar 60, Menck designed the first German bulldozer. With co-operation from Hanomag Universal Diesel, they designed the express excavator series of Mo, mA, MT, Mc and MD. Menck drove the design and development of earth-scraping devices which served a new market. Invented in 1939, the unique Schürfkübelraupe, which was produced by Menck into the 70's, is now built by a Japanese manufacturer under licence.
After World War II
After the Second World War, pressure from the Occupation Powers and the West German