As a family-owned company specializing in separation technology, we always have the measurable successes of the customers as our goal. We always know what users need and work with that knowledge daily to create the optimum solutions for our customers.

The continuity and stability of the Flottweg Group are of utmost importance. We invest in new technologies and products to stay a step ahead of the market at all times.

Company History

1911 Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenwerke

Gustav Otto, son of the inventor of the gasoline engine, established the Gustav Otto Flugmaschinen-Werke (or Flying Machine Works) in Munich. In March 1916, the company merged with Bavarian aircraft works Bayerische Flugzeugwerke. This is considered to be the birth of the company that would later become known as Bayerische Motorenwerke (BMW).

1920 Flottweg motorcycles

Otto opened a new plant and developed a bicycle with an auxiliary engine with the name Flottweg. Motorcycles produced in the 1920s were sold under the name Flottweg.

1932 Flottweg Motor Works

Dr. Georg Bruckmayer aquires the rights of the protected name "Flottweg" and founds the engine factory "Flottweg-Motoren-Werke".