On 11 July 1960 Jungheinrich AG was founded as a Swiss subsidiary under the name "Ameise GmbH", headquartered in Aarau.

The manufactured low-platform and high-platform trucks are used to supply Jungheinrich's sales operations in China and the Asian market.

At the beginning of October 2015, a new spare parts warehouse went into operation at the Kuzayevo site near Moscow.

[9] At the end of 2015, the company also took over the Munich-based MIAS Group, which specializes in mechanical engineering in warehouse logistics.

On 1 July 2015 Jungheinrich also expanded the Board of Management to include the Logistics Systems Division under Klaus-Dieter Rosenbach.

[11] Its design was created by the Hamburg architects Prof. Klaus Sill & Assoziierte, with MBN Bau AG, Georgsmarienhütte, as general contractor, carrying out the construction work.

The ordinary shares, and thus the entrepreneurial control, still remain with the families of the two daughters of the company founder.

It is a registered trademark of Jungheinrich Profishop and is frequently used as a synonym for manual or electric pallet trucks.

Thirdly, the portfolio includes complete intralogistics solutions, both new planning and optimization of existing warehouses.

The Group operates a logistics center for Eastern Europe in Bratislava and an assembly plant in Qingpu in the People's Republic of China.