1864
Nicolaus August Otto founds Eugen Langen la N.A. Otto & Cie., the first engine manufacturing company in the world, today Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AG.
1890
Construction of the first threshing machine.
1894
First DEUTZ tractor, with 26 hp petrol engine. Built by the subsidiary DEUTZ in Philadelphia, USA.
1927
First DEUTZ MTH 222 tractor with diesel engine, power: 14 PS and start of mass production of standard tractors. The DEUTZ MTH 222 marked the beginning of mass production of standard tractors.
1936
DEUTZ farm tractor. The first small tractor in the world to be produced in series. Backed, by the conclusive input from the smaller farms to mechanize. 11 HP.
1937
Acquisition of Klöckner, and company renamed to KHD: Klöckner – Humboldt – DEUTZ AG. This is now one of the largest groups in the Reich, covering every possible engine application: from cars and trucks to trains, ships, aircraft and tractors.
1949
First DEUTZ tractor equipped with a DEUTZ diesel engine, air-cooled. The models F1L514 and F2L514 are born.
1955
100,000 tractors produced.
1961
Start of the collaboration with Fahr AG., through a minority shareholding of the company KHD.
1965
The first German combine harvesters with hydrostatic drives are made at the Lauingen plant in 1965 where they are also successful in tests.
1968
Birth of the DEUTZ 06 Series, the most successful tractor series ever built.
1968
KHD acquires the majority of share capital of FAHR. The DEUTZ-FAHR brand is born.
1970
Acquisition of the farm equipment company Kodel & Bohm GmbH, Lauingen, maker of combine harvesters.
1972
INTRAC series of multi-role tractors with multiple automatic hitches for implements, a forward cab layout and a front lift and PTO, making them extremely effective in agricultural, civil and industrial applications.
1978
Launches of the DEUTZ-DX tractors on the market: from 80 to 200 HP.
1984
The DX3 tractors are introduced on the market: power from 46 to 75 HP.
1989
The AGROSTAR tractors are produced, equipped with the most silent cab in the world. Power from 88 to 143 HP.
1990
Launch of the AGROSTAR tractors, from 88-143 HP.
1992
On November 20th, the millionth KHD (AGROX-TRA 4.57) comes off the production line
1993
The AGROSTAR 6.71, 6.81 and 8.31 tractors, from 165 to 230 HP, are now equipped with the S.L.H. ELECTRONIC POWER SHIFT transmissions.
1995
DEUTZ-FAHR now belongs to the SAME DEUTZ-FAHR Group.
2001
Agrotron TTV Series - a new generation of tractors featuring a continuously variable transmission without sacrificing engine loss.
2009
100 Years of Industrial Thresher Production in Lauingen.
2012
7250 TTV Agrotron - Tractor of the Year
2013
The DEUTZ-FAHR 6 Series and the MaxiVision cab win the German Design Award 2014.
2014
The DEUTZ-FAHR 9340 TTV has won the 2015 "Golden Tractor for the Design" award, an important recognition for DEUTZ-FAHR tractor range in the high power segment.
2017
Europe's most modern tractor plant is opened in Lauingen: DEUTZ-FAHR LAND. The new plant produces high performance tractors from 130 HP. The overall investment is 90 million euros.
