MTU Friedrichshafen

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MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH

Tognum AG)
Website	www.mtu-solutions.com

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is a German manufacturer of commercial

The company first built an experimental car in 1919, with the first production model introduced two years later at the Berlin Motor Show. Between 1921 and 1940, the company produced various classic opulent vehicles. The company also continued to build heavy duty diesel engines for marine and rail purposes. During World War II, Maybach produced the engines for Germany's medium and heavy tanks. The company was renamed MTU Friedrichshafen in the 1960s and continued to supply the engines for the Leopard 2 main battle tank. In 1966 MTU merged with Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau.

MTU derives from Motoren- und Turbinen-Union meaning 'Motor (Engine) and Turbine Union'.

MTU Friedrichshafen remained a subsidiary of

The company manufactures diesel engines for trains, ships, oil and gas installations, military vehicles, agriculture, mining and construction equipment, as well as diesel generators and molten carbonate fuel cells.

History

• 1909: Foundation of Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH in Bissingen an der Enz as part of the Zeppelin corporation. The company manufactures engines for airships.
• 1912: 1911/12 relocation to Friedrichshafen; the name is changed to Motorenbau GmbH.
• 1918: Motorenbau GmbH is renamed Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH. After the end of the First World War the company began to manufacture car engines.
• 1966: Merger of the two companies Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau Friedrichshafen GmbH and Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH to form Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau GmbH.
• 1969: Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau GmbH is renamed Motoren und Turbinen-Union Friedrichshafen GmbH. The company is a subsidiary of
  MAN AG
  until 1985.
• 1989: Incorporation of MTU Friedrichshafen in
  Daimler-Benz Group
  .
• 1994: Cooperation of MTU Friedrichshafen with Detroit Diesel Corporation
• 1995: MTU Friedrichshafen and MTU München go their separate ways; MTU Friedrichshafen becomes a direct subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG.
• 2001: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Friedrichshafen GmbH is renamed MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH.
• 2005: In late 2005, the DaimlerChrysler Off-Highway business unit, including MTU Friedrichshafen and the Off-Highway division of Detroit Diesel Corporation, is sold to the Swedish financial investor EQT AB.
• 2006: The business is transferred into the new holding company
  Tognum
  , with MTU Friedrichshafen as its core company.
• 2009: MTU Friedrichshafen celebrates its centenary. In the same year introduction of the new Series 1600, rounding off the performance range at the lower end of the product portfolio.
• 2011:
  Daimler AG
  announced they were buying Tognum
• 2014: Tognum was renamed Rolls-Royce Power Systems
• 2014: From 26 August Rolls-Royce Power Systems became a 100 per cent subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Holdings

Diesel engines

Gallery

• 
  MTU / Detroit Diesel exhibition at a trade fair
• 
  MTU 20V4000M93 engine
• 
  MTU marine engine
• 
  San Francisco Water Emergency Transportation Authority - Powered by custom emissions solution and MTU Series 4000 engines
• 
  FDNY Fireboat Three Forty Three

See also

• Bergen Marine
• Daimler AG
• Detroit Diesel
• List of WWII Maybach engines
• Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH
• Rolls-Royce Holdings
• Rolls-Royce Power Systems
• Wilhelm Maybach

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to MTU Friedrichshafen.

• Official website
• History of the company Archived 12 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• MTU spare parts
• Maybach tank engines
• MTU Western U.S. Distributor: Pacific Power Group