Foundation of Lorcher Karosseriefabrik Binz & Co by Michael BINZ. In addition to repair and bodywork, the young company began to build special vehicles and also ambulances and individual bus bodies.

Medical vehicles for military use in the form of pullable and pushable transport vehicles and medical sleds

New start with repair work of vehicles in running condition

Relocation of parts of the production to a – on the western outskirts of Lorch – newly designated industrial area.

Construction of small series of cabs on the basis of Mercedes-Benz

BINZ ambulance with all-steel body on Mercedes-Benz 180, 180 D and 190 – a world first at that time

• First BINZ ambulance (BINZ Europ 1100 long) on Mercedes-Benz 200 D and 230 with extended chassis
• First accident and emergency ambulance on Mercedes-Benz L 319 D + B / L 405-L408

Standardization of ambulances into patient transport vehicles (KTW) and rescue vehicles (RTW)

Successful model Mercedes-Benz 200, 220, 230, 240 and 250 (“dash 8”)

Standard rescue car on Mercedes Benz L 206 / L 207

With over 21 thousand traffic fatalities in 1970 (2013: less than 3,300), RTW production became increasingly important. The BINZ product range now includes the “REANIMOBIL” with a specific range of products, the “CLINICAR” rural ambulance and the CARDIOMOBIL for internal medicine emergencies.

Presentation of the “Binz Ambulance 2000”, the body designation for the new Mercedes-Benz passenger car series W-123

Binz Ambulance 2000 G, GK, GS and XXL San – on the Daimler-Benz off-road vehicle, the G-model (primarily for export)

Standardization of another type of emergency vehicle: the emergency ambulance (NEF)

Exports to over 100 countries: individually and in large quantities – to micro-entrepreneurs as well as to supra-regional aid organizations, authorities, governments, sheikdoms and royal houses. Sporadic expansion of special vehicles for the police, e.g. crime scene forensics vehicles

Premiere at the IAA in September 1985: Mercedes-Benz 230 E / 250 D as KTW with body BINZ Ambulance 2001 long

Establishment of the non-profit “Binz Foundation” to promote appropriate measures for the further development of emergency medicine and rescue services, such as the establishment of new chairs associated with emergency medicine at universities

Presentation of the BINZ Optima interior at the IAA in September: rounding off of all corners and edges that had existed until then, seats and other protruding parts integrated into recesses and wall profiles, medical equipment such as ventilation and infusion instruments fitted into the ceiling console, floors fitted with non-slip and hard-wearing coverings.

Presentation of a GRP (glass-fiber-reinforced plastic) sandwich box body (in-house development) for base vehicles with single-tire rear axle and 3.5-ton gross vehicle weight rating, as well as an aluminum box body for base vehicles with dual-tire rear axle and 4.6-ton gross vehicle weight rating (based on Mercedes-Benz Sprinter)

Futuristically styled E-Class ambulance of the new generation with GRP body, type BINZ Ambulance 2003 – the first ambulance vehicle body from German production with complete body made of glass-fiber reinforced plastic – keyword: Integrated Frame Technology

Presentation of a GRP sandwich box – without exception for base vehicles above the 3.8 ton limit.