ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH & Co KG
ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH & Co KG
was founded in September 1993 and is based in Friedrichshafen on Lake
Constance. The object of the company comprises the development, manufacturing
and sale of Zeppelin airships of New Technology.
Founded over 100 years ago by Count Ferdinand
von Zeppelin (1838-1917), the business combination for airship development and
manufacturing still exists today. From the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH founded
in 1908 the international industrial companies Zeppelin GmbH and ZF
Friedrichshafen AG and others derived. Today, the main shareholders of the ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH
& Co KG are the ZF group with 49 % and the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH
with 51 %.
The application range of present airships was
considerably extended by introducing the semi-rigid structure as a new
construction principle, an innovative propulsion system and fly-by-wire control
systems. Furthermore, the staff-intensive ground handling during take-off and
landing typical for normal airships could be dropped.
In 2001, the receipt of the type certification
for the Zeppelin NT and the certification for ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik
GmbH & Co KG as an airship manufacturing company laid the foundations for
the future of airship manufacturing in Friedrichshafen.
Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH
Zeppelin GmbH
ZF Friedrichshafen AG