Erhard Melcher

Erhard Melcher ( born 1940 ) founded together with Hans Werner Aufrecht, the company AMG, Mercedes- AMG today.

Life

Melcher was until the mid- 1960s, employees in the development department of Mercedes -Benz. Together with Hans Werner Aufrecht he founded in July 1967 in an old mill in Postal the company AMG as an engineering, design and testing for the development of racing engines. Later, Melcher left the company, but worked and continued to develop for maintenance. The name AMG is derived as follows: " A" for maintenance, "M" as Melcher - and as a third letter the "G" according to Aufrecht's birthplace Großaspach. Melcher applicable in the company as a proven expert for camshafts.