KTM Since 2012, KTM has been the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Europe for four consecutive years. Globally, the company is among the leading off-road motorcycle manufacturers. In 2016, KTM sold 203,423 motor vehicles worldwide. In 1934, an Austrian engineer Johann (Hans) Trunkenpolz set up a fitter's and car repair shop in Mattighofen. In 1937, he started selling DKW motorcycles, and Opel cars the following year. His shop was known as "Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen", but the name was unregistered. During the Second World War, his wife took care of the business which was thriving mainly on account of diesel engine repairs. After
Myford Myford Myford Limited is a British machine tool manufacturer originally based in Beeston, Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom and notable for its production of metalworking lathes. The original name of the company was the Myford Engineering Company, having been founded by Cecil Moore in 1934. Very few changes took place to the core product since 1953 when the "Super 7" lathe was introduced, itself an improvement of the "ML 7". This model of lathe is still very widely used within the field of model engineering. Other products made by the company include ML8 wood turning lathe, 4" planer, MG12H cylindrical