Dolmar

{{Short description|German company}}

{{Hatnote|For the municipal federation in Germany, see Dolmar (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft).}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Makita Engineering Germany GmbH

| type = GmbH

| logo = Dolmar Logo.svg

| foundation = {{start date and age|1927}}

| location = Hamburg, Germany

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| parent = Makita

| industry = Forestry equipment, Landscape maintenance

| products = Industrial Chainsaws, String trimmers, and Leaf blowers

| homepage = [https://www.dolmar.de/ dolmar.de]

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Makita Engineering Germany GmbH (Dolmar) is one of the oldest manufacturers of portable gasoline chainsaws and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company founder, Emil Lerp, developed in 1927 the "type A" saw, which weighed {{convert|125|lb|abbr=on}} and required two men to operate.{{cite web

| url=https://www.dolmar.de/__ber_dolmar/

| title=Über DOLMAR

| trans-title=About DOLMAR

| publisher=Dolmar

| language=de}} It was tested on Mount Dolmar in the Thüringer forest and the company took its name from the test site.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dolmar.com/company/history/80_years_dolmar.html|title=DOLMAR - 80 years DOLMAR|website=www.dolmar.com|access-date=2020-01-28}}

In 1991 the company was acquired by Japanese tool manufacturer Makita.