Makita Engineering Germany GmbH (Dolmar) is one of the oldest manufacturers of portable gasoline

chainsaw A chainsaw (or chain saw) is a portable gasoline-, electric-, or battery-powered saw that cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain driven along a guide bar. It is used in activities such as tree felling, limbing, bucking, pruning, ...

s and is headquartered in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, Germany. The company founder,

Emil Lerp Emil Lerp (1 January 1886 – 1 January 1966) was a German businessman and inventor of the first mass produced transportable gasoline chainsaw. Career Lerp was born in Goldbach, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1886. In 1927, he invented the transport ...

, developed in 1927 the "type A" saw, which weighed and required two men to operate. It was tested on Mount Dolmar in the Thüringer forest and the company took its name from the test site. In 1991 the company was acquired by Japanese tool manufacturer

Makita () is a Japanese manufacturer of power tools. Founded on March 21, 1915, it is based in Anjō, Japan and operates factories in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Canada and th ...

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