in 1914 construction started on a new factory at 76 neulerchenfeldstrasse (later lerchenauer straße). gustav moved the company to the new factory on lerchenauer strasse just east of the oberwiesenfeld troop maneuver area in the milbertshofen district of munich, later to become the site of munich's first airport. he wanted to be closer to the german government's procurement process for military sale. in 1915, the company is again renamed to "otto werke, gustav otto, münchen". shortly thereafter, otto established another company named ago flugzeugwerke at berlin's johannisthal air field.