OM entered China in 2004, and set up branch in Shanghai in 2005. It produces diesel and electric counter-balanced forklift in its Xiamen forklift manufacturing base and sells its products through dealers in China. 

 

1917:    OM is founded in Brescia and starts producing automobiles in 1918.

1933:    OM becomes, remaining indipendent, part of the FIAT group.

1937:    The OM plants in Brescia and Milan are combined and three sectors are created: buses and trucks; railway equipment, agricultural tractors, forklift trucks and marine engines; motor pumps and cooling systems.

1951:    OM builds the first forklift truck equipped with an internal combustion engine.

1956:    OM starts selling its products at home and abroad through Dealers and Affiliates.

1961:    The "Piccola Industria Meccanica sul Po" (PIMESPO), manufacturer of warehouse trucks, was founded in Luzzara (Reggio Emilia).

1967:    OM becomes part of the FIAT group, belonging to the Industrial Vehicles division.

1970:    The plant in Bari is built and subsequently enlarged in 1977.

1975:    OM becomes FIAT Carrelli Elevatori, a division of the IVECO group.

1981:    IVECO acquires the production plant at Luzzara.

1992:    The LINDE Group acquires part of the Carrelli Elevatori company from FIAT.

2000:    The corporate headquarters of the company moves from the old building on Via Pompeo Leoni in Milan to its new headquarters in Lainate.

2001:    The Bari plant undergoes extensive renovations, including the creation of two new truck assembly lines and a new painting facility.

2002:    On 1 November 2002, the company changes its name to "OM Carrellii Elevatori S.p.A.".  Specifically, "FIAT" is removed from the name because IVECO S.p.A. has divested its shares in the company.

2006 KION GROUP: In 2006 the three brands Linde, STILL and OM, together  with Hydraulics, cluster  in a mother company, the KION.