!!!KTM Sportmotorcycle AG

KTM Sportmotorcycle AG, international holding company in the 
motorcycle industry with headquarters at Mattighofen, Upper Austria. 
Originated in 1934 as a mechanics shop at Mattighofen owned and 
operated by Hans Trunkenpolz; the firm became agent for the sale of 
DKW motorcycles in 1937 and assumed the trade name Kraftfahrzeuge 
Trunkenpolz Mattighofen (KTM) in 1950; in the period 1960-88 KTM 
mostly produced motor scooters and motor-assisted bicycles, but 
started engine production in 1970. Reorganised after an insolvency in 
1991/92, the company specialised in the production of offroad 
motorcycles for sports events (world market share approx. 8%) and was 
soon in a position to acquire subsidiaries abroad (including WP 
Suspension B. V. and Husaberg Motor AB); listed on the Vienna 
Stock Exchange 1996-99, staff of 647, achieved world-wide sales in the 
order of ATS 1.5 billion in 1997/98.


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