The company was founded in 1936 by the brothers Josef and Albert Eicher in the Upper Bavaria town of Forstern.

The gearbox was attached to the engine and passed the power via a propeller shaft to the rear axle.

[2] The block-construction of the Eicher tractors with engines of Deutz and transmission of Prometheus prevailed in the following years.

Their personal taste for agriculture favored the development of ideas which led to the manufacturing of machines and modern devices.

The name component ED stood for Eicher Diesel, also the production increased constantly.

Eicher acquired on July 1, 1951, the vehicle and mechanical engineering GmbH (Famag) in Dingolfing.

[3][4] In the 1960s, Eicher started the production of a light truck, which was also produced for Magirus at a later date.