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1957
Within a year, production of the new power cultivator
exceeds 10,000. Since 1953 the sales volume of the
company had doubled each year. |
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1958
The number of employees exceeds 100 and the search is on
for a suitable product to maintain employment during the
winter period. The result is Europe´s first
direct-drive chain saw - SOLO REX. |
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1959
The annual production of SOLO units now exceeds
32,000. The first SOLO subsidiaries abroad are being
formed in France and Austria. |
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1960
Production numbers are doubled to more than
65,000 units with the success in export markets. The
African state of Ghana places an order for 37,000
motorized backpack mistblowers for use in cocoa
plantations.
SOLO forms the first overseas subsidiary in the USA (today´s
SOLO INC. in Newport News, Virginia). |
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1961
Development of the first all plastic manual
sprayer. |
