Motor vehicle and engine factory Berlin

Motor vehicle and engine factory Berlin AG (MMB)
legal form	Corporation
founding	1899
resolution	October 2, 1902
Reason for dissolution	Bankruptcy and takeover by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft
Seat	Marienfelde near Berlin , Germany
management	Max Duttenhofer
Branch	Motor vehicle manufacturer

The Motorfahrzeug- und Motorenfabrik Berlin AG (MMB) was a German company in the mechanical engineering and automotive industry , which was based in Marienfelde near Berlin from 1899 to 1902 .

history

The company was founded by Max Duttenhofer in 1899 and took over the former Adolf Altmann small engine factory . (Adolf Altmann later founded the Altmann motor vehicle works in Brandenburg (Havel) .) Duttenhofer was already a board member of the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) in Cannstatt. On October 2, 1902, the bankrupt MMB was taken over by DMG. DMG's commercial vehicle production then took place here .

production

The vehicles were also manufactured according to Daimler's design documents, but they were of inferior quality. In addition, electric cars and trucks with battery-electric drives were also manufactured.

literature

Halwart Schrader : German Cars 1886–1920 . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 , p. 253.

Individual evidence

↑ Jan Boyd: Vintage buses . Komet-Verlag, Cologne undated, p. 29.
^ Werner Oswald, Manfred Gihl: Motor vehicles of the fire brigade and the medical service . 2nd edition, Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-440-9 , pp. 10/11 and p. 18.

[1] Jan Boyd: Vintage buses . Komet-Verlag, Cologne undated, p. 29.

[2] Werner Oswald, Manfred Gihl: Motor vehicles of the fire brigade and the medical service . 2nd edition, Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-440-9 , pp. 10/11 and p. 18.