1906, Frederik W. Lorentsen smithy in Sdr. Omme, Denmark.

The history of OMMELIFT

In 1906, founded by Frederik W. Lorentsen, a local smithy in Sdr. Omme Denmark, in the town where his father was wheelwright craftsman.

In 1927 Kristian and Frode W. Lorentsen, son of Frederik, inherited the smithy.
The brothers developed the company from a smithy to being a production company. Simultaneous with the smithy jobs, they started producing a various amount of farming machinery. Machines including potato planters/harvester, harrows´ and many others.

In 1964 the current fabrics buildings of 1200 m2 were getting too small. Therefore, OMMELIFT build a new factory of 3.000 m2 outside of town. In 1965, they finished the factory, and the production was moved. It is the exact same location as today.

In 1974, the company was the leading manufacturer of self-propelled irrigation machines in Europe. Until the year 2000, OMMELIFT produced thousands of self-propelled irrigation machines; after 2000, self-propelled machines were sold to a local company.

In 1980 the first OMMELIFT was produced for the town’s local electrician. A person-lift with a working height of 9 meters.

In 1983 the company had its third-generation shift. Torben, Frederik and Harry W. Lorentsen took over from the fathers Frode and Kristian.

In 2000, OMMELIFT stopped producing farming machinery and changed to a 100% lift production setup.

In 2002, OMMELIFT launched the first crawler lift. At that time, it was a niche product with many advantages.

In 2004, the company reached a milestone. OMMELIFT produced lift nr. 5.000. It was a 2900 EBDZ.

In 2008 the factory was expanded to 18.000 m2. The company has the same size today.