Quality through experience - Our milestones
Meaningful events on the timeline of Abend Maschinenbau
Founded in 1931 as a cylinder and crankshaft grinding company, the company Heinrich Abend has increased, due to the mechanical processing, so that the processing options have assumed ever larger dimensions.
1915
The Benz - aircraft engine type Bz IVmade by Lorenz Abend
This 6-cylinder aircraft engine from 1915 produced a ground power of 230 hp with a total weight of 370 kg. This corresponds to a power-to-weight ratio of 1.6 kg/hp.
This engine was one of the best proven German aircraft engines, of which a total of 6,429 were built.
The model of this engine (see picture below) was built by Lorenz Abend, the great-grandfather of the present managing director of Motoren - Abend GmbH.
Lorenz Abend was already employed by Carl Benz before 1897 (see photograph above) and was, among others, one of the privileged masters who accompanied Carl Benz's funeral procession.

1960
Construction of an additional assembly shop covering 750 m2 for mounting and dismounting of engines in vehicles, as well as a sub-level facility for a new 400 m2 spare parts depot. Putting a new MSO crankshaft grinder with a swing diameter of 750 mm and a length of 4000 mm between centers into operation.