Deutz: - The engine company.
Deutz History- Innovations over 145 years
Deutz is taking a look back at a proud time in our history. It was 145 years ago that Nicola Otto and Eugen Langen started “N.A. Otto & Co”., the world’s first engine factory- and progenitor of today’s DEUTZ AG. From a small workshop with a handful of employees in the old town of Cologne Germany, there developed an enterprise with strong partners and a globally pre-eminent position in engine technology.
Today, Deutz employs more than 3,850 people, and is represented in 130 countries on every continent of the world. 145 years ago, Otto and Langen laid the foundation for the motorisation of the world, and a freedom of movement without which our modern way of life would be inconceivable.
The year 1864 marked the start of a long and dramatic history filled with milestones of significance not only for DEUTZ.
N. A. Otto and E. Langen established the world‘s first engine factory
The atmosperic gas power machine, engine No. 1 of DEUTZ AG
1872
Gottlieb Daimler, engineering director Wilhelm Maybach, head of design office
1876
The first four stroke engine
1898
The first DEUTZ diesel engine
1907
Ettore Bugatti, Director of automobile production
1926
The first DEUTZ diesel tractor with series maturity MTH 222
1936
Takeover of C.D. Magirus AG auto-motive factory in Ulm
1985
Takeover of Motoren-Werke Mannheim AG
1993
New engine factory in Cologne-Porz, one of the most modern of its kind worldwide
1995
Klöckner Humboldt DEUTZ AG faced significant financial difficulties: Deutz Fahr, the agricultural business was sold to SDF Group
1998
Co-operation agreement with the Swedish vehicle and engineering company VOLVO for the delivery of diesel engines in the 4 to 7 litre class
2001
Humboldt Wedag, the plant engineering business was sold after having suffered substantial losses due to mispriced contracts
2003
The SAME DEUTZ-FAHR group becomes chief shareholder of DEUTZ AG. In return DEUTZ AG becomes the main engine supplier to the Italian tractor manufacturer
2007
The medium and large size engines activities for stationary power generation were sold and DEUTZ focused on compact diesel engines
2009
New management taking helm in order to restructure cost base and increase focus to position the Company for profitable future growth
2010
DEUTZ emerges strengthened from the world-wide economic crisis. All new engines TCD 2.9 and 3.6 are presented on world’s biggest trade show Bauma