History

• 10. April 1940 Erwin Backhaus founded in Remscheid a company for the Production of specialized tools, machines, apparatus and devices of all kinds, the company was named Erwin Backhaus K.G..

• 1. August 1959 Dipl.-Ing. Karl Diehl joins the company as a personally liable partner. At that time the company was repairing and producing tracks for the Allies forces, as well as tracks for tractors.

.

• 15. February 1961 the company is renamed to Diehl K.G., Remscheid,
  Corporate purpose: "Producing of tracks of all kinds".

• 29. June 1988 renaming to Diehl Remscheid GmbH & Co. KG,
  Corporate purpose: "Development, design, producing, sales and maintenance of tracked vehicles and their components made from rubber and rubber-bonded metals .....".

Right from the start the main task was the development and production of system tracks which fully met a wide variety of different requirements much better than all existing tracks. Following its establishment in 1955, the German Federal Army was equipped with US American tracked vehicles only. Therefore, new system tracks were first developed for Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV), tank hunters, howitzers, and missile carriers.

The great breakthrough was achieved with the development of the Diehl System Track for the main battle tank (MBT) Leopard 1. This track is the first one which has been equipped with replaceable rubber pads acc. to the patented Quick-Fit® principle. The Quick-Fit® principle eases the handling remarkably because bolts and screws are no more required. The new Diehl System Track allowed the main battle tank to be used in all terrains as well as on road.

Diehl tracks created new benchmarks with respect to safety and durability. In the meantime all tracked vehicles of the German Army, including the Leopard 2, are equipped with Diehl tracks. Furthermore, more than 100 different tracks for a wide variety of vehicles worldwide have been developed so far and taken into service.

In many armies all over the world, Diehl tracks are regarded as an excellent choice in terms of product reliability and an unequalled price vs. performance ratio.

New challenges require new solutions, thus we present our new product lines: Diehl Lightweight Tracks, Diehl Global Tracks and Diehl Band Tracks.