1916

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DMG receives order for six-cylinder diesel submarine engines

DMG receives order for six-cylinder diesel submarine engines

19 January 1916
The DMG plant at Marienfelde receives an order for twelve 300 hp / 221 kW six-cylinder diesel submarine engines. The fir...

Benz Bz IV aeroengine passes type test

Benz Bz IV aeroengine passes type test

February 1916
The Benz Bz IV aeroengine with 200 hp / 147 kW passes the type test in Berlin-Adlershof. Derived from the Bz III, the si...

Construction of first assembly hall for aircraft production

Construction of first assembly hall for aircraft production

March 1916
Construction gets underway at the Sindelfingen plant of the first factory building, a large assembly bay for aircraft p...

Apprentices' department in Benz plant

Spring 1916
Benz & Cie. sets up an apprentices' department at its Mannheim plant, with full-time instructors and capacity for 30 – a...

Benz & Cie. enlarges sales territory

29 June 1916
Rheinische Automobil-Gesellschaft AG, a sales company for Benz automobiles, merges with Benz & Cie.

Mercedes D IVa aeroengine goes into large-scale production

Mercedes D IVa aeroengine goes into large-scale production

June 1916
After successfully completing the type test, the Mercedes D IVa aeroengine goes into large-scale production. The 260 hp...

DMG training offer very successful

DMG training offer very successful

1 July 1916
An apprentice department is also set up at DMG in Untertürkheim and caters initially for 36 trainees. Capacity is incre...

DMG: concentration on aircraft construction under license

DMG: concentration on aircraft construction under license

28 September 1916
An agreement concluded with Flugzeugbau-Friedrichshafen GmbH allows DMG to build the company's aircraft under licence an...

Aeroengine manufacture reaches its peak

31 December 1916
In terms of its share of overall sales, aeroengine manufacture reaches its peak at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Ben...

Mercedes D IIIa aeroengine passes the modification test

Mercedes D IIIa aeroengine passes the modification test

December 1916
The Mercedes D IIIa aeroengine, a derivative of the D III, passes the modification test in Berlin-Adlershof. The D IIIa...