Timetable for the company
• 1916: establishment of the company Bavarian Aircraft Industry (BFW)
• 1917: change the name of rap maker engines to the company for the Bavarian motor industry (BMW)
• 1918: transforming the company from a private to a contribution; Franz Josef Popp first chairman of the company
• 1922: change the company Bavarian aircraft maker's name to BMW
• 1923: the industry's first motorcycle R32
• 1928: Aasnach buy a factory for the manufacture of vehicles
• 1929: the industry's first car with BMW (BMW name 3/15 PS)
• 1939: buy Brandenburgischen maker engines in Berlin
• 1944: the main factory in Munich for the bombing and destruction suffered during World War II
• 1945: the manufacture of vehicles and motorcycles for the US Army and the dismantling of its plants in Munich
• 1948: The first motorcycle industry after the war
• 1960: run 7,000 workers and achieve sales increased by 239 million mark annually
• 1961: The company set legend Paul G. Hahnemann Director of Sales
• 1962: Karl-Heinz Sonne executive director of the company
• 1967: possession of Hans Glass Company
• 1967: the opening of a factory for fireworks degrees in Berlin
• 1969: run 21,000 workers and higher revenues to 1.5 billion DM
• 1970: the appointment of Eberhard von Kuenheim executive director of the company
• 1972: completion of the creation of the main building of the company Vierzylinder) "four-cylinder") in Munich
• 1972: construction of a new factory in Pretoria, South Africa
• 1973: the opening of a plant in Landshut
• 1978: run 30,000 workers and sales to reach 6.0 billion mark
• 1979: the opening of a factory in Austria
• 1984: the opening of a new plant for motorcycles in Berlin
• 1985: start building for Research and Innovation Center
• 1987: the opening of a new factory in Ragnsporj in the territory of Bavaria
• 1990: The official opening of the Centre for Research and Innovation
• 1990: 70.900 run factor and the arrival of revenue to 27.1 billion DM
• 1992: the opening of a factory in the United States
• 1993: Bernd Pischetsrieder as executive director of the company
• 1994: the purchase of the British company Rover, including the Mini brand
• 1995: the purchase of the company DesignworksUSA
• 1999: Avtotor contract with the Russian company to start the automobile industry
• 1999: Joachim Milberg as director of the company
• 2000: the opening of a factory CKD (Completely Knocked Down) in Thailand
• 2000: sale of MG-Rover and LandRover
• 2001: the opening of BMW Hams Hall plant in England
• 2002: Helmut Panke as director of the company. Start building a factory in Leipzig in the state of Saxony
• 2003: buy a brand Rolls-Royce
• 2003: creation of a joint venture for the production and distribution with Brilliance China Auto Company in China
• 2004: Ask a seventh series BMW's, which operates a hydrogen engines
• 2004: start building the BMW World in Munich
• 2005: The official opening of the factory in Leipzig 13.mayo 0.2005
• 2006: Norbert Reithofer director of the company
• 2007: the opening of the CKD plant in Chennai, India
• 2007: buy Husqvarna Motorcycles maker of motorcycles
• 2007: the opening of the BMW World
• 2008: the opening of the BMW Museum in Munich
• 2013: sale of Husqvarna Motorcycles company Pierer Industrie Austrian