In 1952 the company was handed over by the Soviet owners to the German Democratic Republic and subsequently became a state-owned company termed Eisenacher Motorenwerk (EMW), its logo being a variation of the BMW logo.
In 1952 the company was handed over by the Soviet owners to the German Democratic Republic and subsequently became a state-owned company. BMW was now able and successful to secure its tradename, thus the company was called Eisenacher Motorenwerk (EMW), its logo being a variation of the BMW logo.