Dornier Consulting Abu Dhabi / UAE

The roots of Dornier Consulting International go way back and are anchored in the Lake Constance region. One of the most famous personalities of the Lake Constance area is without a doubt Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin. Born in Konstanz in 1838, he was a visionary and builder of airships of the same name. After the end of his military career at the age of 52 years, he started as a technician and inventor. In 1908 he began the foundation of the “Zeppelin GmbH” and the Zeppelin Foundation. Shortly thereafter, the airship LZ6, which was the first airship used for the commercial transportation of passengers was built. In 1915 the “Gear Factory” was founded. Their gears and transmissions, precision engineered according to a new patent of that time, promised an optimal power transmission between engines and propellers of the Zeppelin airships.

In addition to his technical skills, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin also possessed the ability, to win over people and to convince them of his bold-looking projects – even after suffering setbacks. Renowned personalities of his time, among them Claude Dornier, Karl Maybach, Alfred Colsman, Hugo Eckener and Alfred Graf von Soden-Frauenhof, came to Friedrichshafen to work with Zeppelin.