Formed, as Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH, aviation department
of Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau "Weser" AG.
in 1934. Took over Rohrbach Metallflugzeugbau GmbH. Undertook contract manufacture during First World
War for other manufacturers. Reconstituted in 1956 as
the Finanz-und-Wervaltungs GmbH, reverting to Weser Flugzeugbau 1959. The company then built the Nord
Noratlas under license from 1960, with Hamburger
Flugzeugbau and Siebelwerke-ATG, under the name
of Flugzeugbau Nord GmbH at Hamburg. In 1958, with
Hamburger, Nord Aviation, and Dipl. Ing. Prof Walter
Blume Leichtbau-und-Flugtechnik, it formed Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Transall. Finally the company combined with
Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau in 1963, losing its individual
identity entirely.
