1847
| Founding of the Telegraphen-Bauanstalt by Siemens & Halske in Berlin
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1905
| The Siemens Schuckert-Werke start series production of the “Victoria”, one of the world’s first electric automobiles
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1902
| Otto Schulze patents the eddy-current speedometer; the speedometer is marketed in Germany from 1908 by the O.S. Autometerwerke E. Seignol in Frankfurt/Main
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1920
| Adolf Schindling founds the OSA-Apparate GmbH (OSA = Otto Schulze Autometer) together with Georg Häußler and Heinrich Lang
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1923
| The first OSA speedometer is built
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1925
| The company is renamed OTA Apparate
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1928
| Merger with the Deuta-Werke to form VDO Tachometer AG – Vereinigte Deuta OTA, abbreviated to VDO; the brand name VDO is created in 1929
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1951
| The company is renamed VDO Tachometer Werke Adolf Schindling GmbH
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1957
| 1st plant abroad in Australia (VDO Instruments Australia Ltd., Melbourne)
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1960
| 2nd plant abroad in Brazil (VDO do Brasil, Sao Paulo)
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1966
| Siemens & Halske, Siemens-Schuckert-Werke and Siemens-Reiniger Werke merge to form Siemens AG
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1972
| The VDO Tachometer GmbH is renamed VDO Adolf Schindling GmbH
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1973
| The company becomes a public limited company: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
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1986
| The shares of VDO Adolf Schindling AG are traded on the stock exchange
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1989
| Siemens establishes the independent Automotive Engineering business unit
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1991
| Mannesmann takes a majority shareholding in VDO Adolf Schindling AG
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1994
| VDO is taken over completely by Mannesmann AG
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1997
| The company is renamed Mannesmann VDO AG
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2000
| Siemens AG spins off the Automotive Engineering business unit: Siemens Automotive AG
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2001
| Merger between Siemens Automotive and Mannesmann VDO to form Siemens VDO Automotive AG
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