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Industry | Aerospace |
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Founded | 1920 |
Founder | Hellmuth Hirth |
Products | Aircraft engines |
Owner | Hans Göbler |
Website | hirthengines |
Hirth Engines GmbH is an engine manufacturer based in Benningen, Germany. It is currently a part of the UMS Aero Group. Hirth began manufacturing aero engines in the 1920s, was taken over by Heinkel in WWII to develop the Heinkel-Hirth jet engines, and today specialises in small two-stroke engines for light aircraft and other applications.[1]