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
Lindner (agricultural machinery manufacturer) Lindner (agricultural machinery manufacturer) Lindner (fully Lindner Traktorenwerk GesmbH) is an Austrian family company based in Kundl that has produced tractors and transporters for mountain and grassland management and for forestry and municipal applications since 1948. Lindner specializes in all-terrain special vehicles for agriculture. The company was the first manufacturer of a four-wheel drive tractor in Austria. Hermann Lindner was born on 5 November 1905 in Neustift im Stubaital. He founded the company in 1946 initially to produce gang saws, but in 1948 exhibited his first tractor, the S 14, at the Vienna Autumn Fair. Lindner constructed more tractor models