The story of our history The closing 19th century is a period of sweeping technical and economic progress. In 1876, Nikolaus Otto builds the first four-stroke engine, Alexander Bell brings the telephone on its way, Edison pioneers entertainment electronics and, in 1878, invents the electric light bulb, Werner Siemens presents the first electric train in 1879, and Maybach, Daimler and Benz achieve automotive engineering advances in the 80s.

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Chronicle The engineer Heinrich Ehrhardt establishes on April 13, 1889, the Rheinische Metallwaaren- und Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft. News from the past Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1958, Rheinmetall first began developing tank main armament for the German Bundeswehr.