1910 - Founded by Claude Dornier as Zeppelin station Lindau GmbH; 1923 - Claude Dornier Hauptgesellschafter der ZWL, based in Manzell on Lake Constance (now Friedrichshafen); 1938 - Dornier-Werke GmbH; 1966 - Dornier GmbH; factories in Bavaria located at Neuaubing and Oberpfaffenhofen, and in Wismar with the North German Dornier-Werke GmbH; 1985 - became part of Daimler-Benz and later transferred to the air and German aerospace group DASA, part of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).