| Milestones of company history |
| 1900 | Maiden flight of LZ 1 dirigible;
119 airships manufactured through 1937 | | 1908 | Founding of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH | | 1950 | Reestablishment as Metallwerk Friedrichshafen GmbH | | 1954 | Zeppelin becomes exclusive Caterpillar dealer in Germany | | 1961 | Company renamed Zeppelin Metallwerke GmbH | | 1966 | Zeppelin Headquarters move to Garching, close to Munich | | 1982 | Distribution of Zeppelin-built construction machinery
under the brand name Zeppelin | | 1991 | Takeover of Caterpillar sales in the Czech and Slovak Republics |
|  | | 1992 | Takeover of Caterpillar sales in Austria | | 1994 | Restructuring, name change to ZEPPELIN GmbH | | 1996 | Takeover of Caterpillar sales in the Ukraine | | 1998 | Takeover of Caterpillar sales in Northwest Russia | | 2001 | Takeover of Caterpillar sales in Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan, Tajikistan | | 2002 | Zeppelin becomes exclusive distributor of Hyster
forklift trucks and warehousing equipment in Germany,
Austria and many East European countries | | 2003 | Takeover of rental business of MVS AG, Berlin
and formation of MVS Zeppelin GmbH & Co. KG | | 2004 | 50 years Zeppelin and Caterpillar |
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