KTM Two years later in 1962, Hans Trunkenpolz also died of a heart attack. His son "Erich Trunkenpolz" took charge of the company's management. As the company continued to expand, the workforce totaled 400 in 1971, and forty years after it was founded, KTM was offering 42 different models. Besides, KTM was able to produce motorcycles for the racing industry. During the 1970s and 80s, KTM also started to develop and produce motors and radiators. Radiators sold to European car manufacturers constituted a sizable part of the company's business in the 1980s. In 1978, US subsidiary "KTM North America Inc." was
Philip Corbin (manufacturer) Philip Corbin (manufacturer) Philip Corbin was an American industrialist who founded P&F Corbin Company, a major manufacturer of decorative hardware. Corbin was born on October 26, 1824 in Willington, Connecticut. He was the third of ten children. When Corbin was seven, the family moved to Farmington, Connecticut, then to West Hartford, Connecticut and finally settled in Ellington, Connecticut. When he was age 15, the family returned to their homestead known as Corbin's Corners, in West Hartford. There, Corbin and his brothers worked on the family farm, were contracted to other farmers, and attended district schools. Corbin attended the West Hartford