"Moving with passion" is the motto adopted by Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen for the series of events taking place in 2009 to mark its centenary. They include an official ceremony on March 23, to be attended by the Prime Minister of the German federal state Baden-Württemberg, Günther Oettinger, and an international centenary gala on May 6, for which German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has accepted an invitation.
The company, whose high-speed diesel engines are now used worldwide for powering ships, heavy land, rail and defense vehicles, and power generation plants, was founded on March 23, 1909 in the town of Bissingen an der Enz as the aircraft engine company Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau. The men behind it were Wilhelm and Karl Maybach and Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
On March 23, 2009, around 200 invited guests will assemble in the Karl-Maybach-Haus in the grounds of MTU Friedrichshafen, among them Karl Maybach's daughter, Irmgard Schmid-Maybach.
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