Langen, Carl Eugen (1833 - 1895)

Inventor, designer

Eugen Langen was a German entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal monorail. After this first factory went bankrupt, Langen founded a new company for the construction of gasengines, Gasmotoren-Fabrik Deutz,[2] which later became the group Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz(KHD). This became today's Deutz AG. Langen invented and applied new methods of productionin the KHD factory.
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* 09.10.1833	Köln	Né
1862		construction of first prototipe
1864		He founds la N. A. Otto & Cie company with Nikolaus Otto
1866		Starts engine production
† 02.10.1895	Köln	Décédé

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Langen, Carl Eugen (1833 - 1895)