   deutz ag is an engine manufacturer, based in cologne, germany. ==history==  the company was founded in 1864 as n. a. otto & cie by nikolaus otto, inventor of the four-stroke internal combustion engine. other famous names who worked for deutz include eugen langen, gottlieb daimler, wilhelm maybach, prosper l'orange, rudolf diesel, robert bosch and ettore bugatti. in the early years, otto and his partner eugen langen, were only interested in production of stationary engines, not in automobiles.georgano, g.n. cars: early and vintage, 1886-1930. (london: grange-universal, 1985) in the middle of the 1870s, technical director gottlieb daimler, who was eager to produce automobiles, was transferred to the company's st. petersburg factory to reduce his influence. he resigned, taking wilhelm maybach with him. deutz also used to produce agricultural machines such as combine harvesters and tractors, as well as commercial vehicles such as lorries and buses. however, in 1995 deutz sold its agricultural machinery division â deutz-fahr â to the italian company same, forming same deutz-fahr. deutz's head office is in the porz district of cologne and as of 2004 was manufacturing liquid and air-cooled diesel engines. the larger engines in the deutz range were manufactured in mannheim, at a production facility that once belonged to sÃ¼ddeutsche bremsen-ag as mwm-diesel. deutz also have production facilities in other countries including spain and a joint venture production faci
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