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1938    
Pullmax was a part of the company ESAB in Gothenburg but breaks out and establish its own company.
1959
The name of the company was changed into Pullmax AB. The logotype of Pullmax is the symbol of the original steel cutting patent used in the earliest plate shears. A total of 50 000 of these machines have been manufactured, most of which are still in use at work today.
60's
Pullmax started to make NC (Numerical Controlled) controlled machines as one of the first companies in the world.
1971
The co-ordination with other plate working machines - shears, press brakes, ship building presses, plate rolles and contour rounding machines - started after Pullmax was sold to S Lindmark and H Karinen.

80's

Pullmax established sales offices in Austria and France, which now works as after market companies.
1983
Pullmax Ltd in Leeds was established as its own autonomous company having previously been a division of SMT Pullmax based in London.
Pullmax start the cooperation with Bystronic and reaches an agreement to sell their machines in Scandinavia and UK/Ireland.

1985

Pullmax established a sales company in Sundsvall, Sweden.
1991
Karolin Group acquires Pullmax, they in their turn where sold to the company "Atle" a company in the Stockholm stock exchange.

1993

Pullmax started a sales company in Chicago, USA.
1994
Atle formed the group "Karolin Machine Tool" and Pullmax became a part of that.

1997

Pullmax started a wholly owned sales company in Svendborg, Denmark.

1998

Pullmax, one of the cornerstones together with Ursviken, Herber and UVA when KMT was introduced on the Stockholm stock exchange.

1999

Nordstjernan AB acquires Atles part of the stocks in KMT.
2001
Pullmax and Bystronic re-write the long-term agreement. Pullmax also acts as a distributor of Bystronic press breaks in Scandinavia and UK/Ireland.
2004
Pullmax is launching a new punching machine concept with great capability for forming, bending and tapping in one set-up.
2005
Pullmax is focusing on its core business, punching and automation. Bystronic aquires Pullmax sales companies in UK and Scandinavia.
2006  
Avalon Plus AB acquires Pullmax from KMT. Pullmax launches a punch/laser combined machine.
Torwald Olsson becomes part owner in Pullmax AB.

2008

Pullmax Ltd opens up with an office in Coventry.
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