MWM Moments and Milestones

100 YEARS MWM BRAND

MWM Moments and Milestones

Join us on our journey through 100 years of MWM brand history – from 1922 to 2022. In our virtual timeline which along with the MWM anniversary quiz will be completed with years and achievements, you can revisit the most important milestones of MWM. Apart from the official steps taken to develop the brand and its logo, the timeline will also include various exciting anecdotes about historic moments and technological innovations of MWM. Accompanied by historical photographs and images, the texts of the individual MWM milestones feature fascinating background information on the brand’s history.

Do you have any special MWM moment, e.g. a newsworthy anecdote or a nice experience in connection with MWM, which you would like to share with us? Please go ahead! Send us your personal moment in the form of a text, video, or audio file to press@mwm.net. Following an editorial review, your post might be published on our MWM anniversary website.

We will successively add these and other milestones and moments to the timeline. There is no claim to completeness.

Professional input for the trade media

“Germans have no sense of humour”, they say. Nonsense! Aidan Turnbull on his experiences with colleagues from MWM in Germany.

Strong Engines Make the World Go Round

Even though Daniel Bach now works on the procurement side, he is always happy to inspire suppliers for our MWM products with his many years of experience in sales.

Honored with the renowned Intermedia-Globe SILVER Award

MWM anniversary video from Caterpillar Energy Solutions convinces the international expert jury.

Staying Close to “Our Company”

For more than 30 years, active and former secretaries have been coming together for the legendary secretaries’ meeting. Ingrid Rosner has been there from the beginning.

Warm welcome for the intern

All I can say is: “Jackpot- everything positive!” Belma Sujkovic on the experience she gained during her internship in the MWM marketing department.

Eventful Company History on 100 Pages

Frank Fuhrmann’s invitation to cooperate in the preparation of a book about the long corporate history of MWM was a challenge. The 100-page book was prepared over a period of about 15 months.

From Visitor Pass to Time Card

Petra Kupka, former interpreter and coach for business English, talks about emotional moments and her long awaited “coming home” to the MWM Training Center in Mannheim, Germany.

Fund-raising Campaign of MWM Austria

To support the family of an MWM employee affected by the earthquake in Nepal, MWM Austria started a fund-raising campaign.

Tracks of Enthusiasm

In his MWM moment, Georg Hitpass, Team Lead Communications and Training Center Sales Manager at Caterpillar Energy Solutions talks about his special memories of his work for the traditional brand.

From Mannheim to Bangladesh (Part 2)

The film “60 MW Around the World” not only delighted the cinema audience when it was first shown in 2009, it has also recorded an impressive result of around 2.7 million clicks on the MWM YouTube channel to date.

From Mannheim to Bangladesh (Part 1)

In his special MWM moment, Frank Fuhrmann, Manager Communications at Caterpillar Energy Solutions, reports on the production of the video “60 MW Around the World” – around 16,000 kilometers were covered for the realization of the film project.

Komplizierte Rechtesicherung führte über den Libanon und Saudi-Arabien

86 years after brand foundation: Domain finally in the right hands

In his special moment with the MWM brand, Martin Küchenthal tells of the adventurous retrieval of the domain mwm.net, which is used today as a matter of course.

Berlin Was Worth a Ship Tour

New shores and activity fields: Torsten Werda about the delivery and installation of an MWM diesel engine in an inland ship in Berlin.

Tall White Man with Laptop Working on Engine

I experienced my first 616 diesel engines in Indonesia, where I worked as a Service Manager for all Deutz and MWM engines for Southeast Asia.

Industry and Research Join Forces

By order of MWM, Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Fehrenbach, originally department head at the Fraunhofer Institute in Karlsruhe, Germany, and his team developed innovative engine monitoring hardware and software.

Neckermann Shows the Way

Following the takeover of MWM by Klöckner Humboldt Deutz, the foundation for the successful MWM building program was laid in the 1990s—with the help of a Neckermann catalog.

On the Road to Success with Color Slides

In 1987, young engineer Heinrich Baas proudly presented eco-compatible, efficient energy applications with Deutz MWM gas engines and industry gas turbines in Bonn, the then-capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Lucky Strike: A 1925 MWM Motorhorse

Vintage tractor enthusiast Edgar Pohl talks about the discovery and restoration of an MWM motorhorse manufactured in 1925.

Controlling on Edge: Engineering Costs Not Considered?

In 1985, I had already been with the Hamburg office of MWM for three years. At the time, the company was working on the “Fleet Service Ships” project of the German marine. MWM was eager to get a contract for two engines and board generator sets.

Beer Production at Lofty Heights

Altiplano brewery Huari in Bolivia had placed an order for a new power generator set. The main issue was the altitude of 3,742 m, which would make the adjustment of the turbocharger tricky.

Watermelons in the Desert

In August 1975, Norbert Eisinger inspected to inspect the construction site for a large power station for the oasis town Ghadames in Libya, about 600 km southwest of Tripoli.

Exciting mission in Bordeaux

After more than four decades of working together, MWM is more than “just” a factory for Rolf Gruber. Here he talks about his special moment on the stern trawler “Commandant Gue”.

MWM lieferte für die Olympischen Spiele 1972 in Münchenzahlreiche Notstromaggregate.

MWM celebrates its 50th anniversary.

In 1972, 50 years after the Stationary Engine Building department had become the independent company Motoren-Werke Mannheim A.-G. in 1922, MWM celebrated the 50th anniversary of engine building in Mannheim.

Performance Boost in Tractor Engines

A good idea and its successful implementation enables a performance increase of MWM engines for use in farm tractors.

Generator Set Production Department Wins MWM Soccer Tournament

The world cup won by the German soccer team in Bern, Switzerland, in 1954 was doubtlessly one of the reasons why the colleagues in some departments decided to play soccer together.

Ship Engine Restored After 65 Years

In 2018, an accident ended the service life of the motor cargo ship “Glück-Auf”, built in 1932. In 1956, the shipping company Götz KG in Neckarsteinach had purchased the MWM RH 335-SU ship engine (310 hp/500 rpm) to replace the previous engine.

Das erste MWM Motoren-Bauprogramm der Nachkriegsgeschichte entsteht

Launch of the first post-war MWM engine building program

Following the destruction of the factory during the war, the salvaged engine components were stored. Starting from 1946, the factory was gradually rebuilt. Soon thereafter, RH engines were reconstructed, and an MWM engine building program was set up.

First MWM Diesel Engine Equipped with Turbocharger

In 1938, the first MWM diesel engine was equipped with a turbocharger. The technology was developed by the inventor Alfred Büchi for the purpose of optimizing the efficiency of combustion engines.

MWM Launches Production of Generator Sets with Diesel Engines

In the late 1930s, MWM launched the production of its first range of generator sets with diesel engines. The first advertising brochure for these products was published in four languages in 1937.

New Design for MWM RH Diesel Engines

In the 1930s, the proven MWM RH diesel engines were redesigned.

Presentation of New Small MWM Diesel Engines at Leipzig Trade Fair

In the mid-1930s, MWM introduced its new small diesel engines at a trade fair. As a result of the goods sales results achieved in Germany and other countries, the total headcount in the factories continued to rise.

MWM Develops Small Diesel Engines in Record Time

In the 1930s, MWM developed small diesel engines in order to meet growing customer demands.

MWM Designs Its First Vehicle Engine

The development of MWM vehicle diesel engines opened the way for the use of MWM diesel engines in the trucks of many transport companies.

First MWM Advertising Brochure for Gas Engines of the RH Type

The MWM gas engines of the RH type were manufactured and modified on the basis of the design of the MWM diesel engines. The first MWM advertising brochure for RH gas engines was published in 1930.

Launch of MWM RS Diesel Engine Series

After the RH diesel engine series, MWM introduced the fast-running RS variant in 1928.

Knorr-Bremse Buys MWM Share Package

In 1926, MWM became a subsidiary of Munich-based „Süddeutsche Bremsen AG“ (SB). From that year until 1985, diesel engines were jointly designed and built.

Renaming to “Carl-Benz-Strasse”

In honor of Carl Benz, two streets in Mannheim were renamed to “Carl-Benz-Strasse” (Carl-Benz-Street) in 1925.

Ein „MWM Motorpferd“ zieht eine 250 Zentner schwereLokomotive durch die Innenstadt in Mannheim

MWM motorhorse revolutionizes transportation

With its two-cylinder four-stroke prechamber diesel engine, the MWM motorhorse was the first product to demonstrate the performance and possibilities of the diesel engine in Germany. A total of 558 MWM motorhorses were produced and delivered from 1924 to 1931.