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
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