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
Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company The Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company (German: "k. k. privilegierte österreichische Staatseisenbahn-Gesellschaft"), from 1 January 1883 the Privileged Austro-Hungarian State Railway Company ("privilegierte österreichisch-ungarische Staatseisenbahn-Gesellschaft") was a private railway company in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its title was abbreviated to State Railway Company ("Staats-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft") or StEG. The StEG was founded on 17 October 1854 primarily with French capital and on 1 January 1855 bought the Northern State Railway and the Austrian Southeastern Railway from the Austrian state, Hence the unusual name of the new company. By procuring the Vienna–Raab railway on 13