The KTM Brand History
1934 Hans Trunkenpolz opens a repair workshop in Mattighofen Austria.
1951 Hans Trunkenpolz built his first motorcycle.
1953 The company is now officially known as KTM “Kronreif, Trunkenpolz, Mattighofen” after company founders Hans Trunkenpolz and Ernst Kronreif and the Austrian location:
Mattighofen, where Hans Trunkenpolz began and the manufacturing plant was built
1964 KTM starts bicycle production
1987 KTM produces 93,700 bicycles per year.
1989 since 1964 KTM produces 1,000,000 bicycles.
1992 KTM is divided in four parts:
• KTM Sportmotorcycles LTD
• KTM Radiator LTD
• KTM Tools LTD
• KTM Bicycle LTD
2005 First WorldCup Victory for KTM by Yader Zoli
Since 1964 KTM produced and sold almost 3.000.000 bicycles. Design and produce 150 different models: KTM offer a full range of bikes;
MTB, Road, Cross, City, Trekking and E-Bikes (pedelecs).
Sales of KTM bikes per year (2008): 163.000 bicycles.
R&D.
R&D has 10 of the best engineering and technical employees in Bicycling design in Europe.
R&D include idea generation to 3D drawing PRO/Engineer, Construction, Tests, Design Calculations.
In 2008, KTM invest of more than 200,000 Euro for brand new testing equipment
A bike‘s complete lifecycle can be simulated and tested within 70 hours.