List of German companies
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Company
Company
A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...

Industry
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...

Revenue
Revenue
In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....

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A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Söhne is a trademark of German watchmaking company Lange Uhren GmbH , a subsidiary of Richemont SA. Lange pocket and wrist watches are among the finest in the world, competing with watches produced by Swiss firms such as Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin.- History :Lange was...

Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...

Apparel & Accessories US$ 16,1 billion US$ 13,5 billion
Allianz
Allianz
SE is a global financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core business and focus is insurance. As of 2010, it was the world's 12th-largest financial services group and 23rd-largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine.Its Allianz Global Investors...

Financial services US$ 142,8 billion US$ 62,7 billion
Altana
Altana
The Altana AG is a German chemical company based in Wesel. Altana develops and produces products in the specialty chemicals business. The ALTANA Group, with headquarters in Wesel/Germany, sells 85% of its products overseas...

Chemicals US$ 2,1 billion
Aldi
ALDI
ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...

Retail US$ 58,0 billion
Arburg
Arburg
The German machine construction company ARBURG GmbH + Co KG, which has always been a family-run business, makes injection moulding machines of small and medium clamping forces...

Arcor
Arcor (Telecommunications)
Arcor is the second-largest fixed phone line provider in Germany. The company has been renamed to Vodafone AG & Co. KG on 8/1/2009. It is owned solely by Vodafone since May 2008, when Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Bank sold their shares to Vodafone.# Its headquarters are in Eschborn near Frankfurt...

Armedangels
Armedangels
armedangels is a fashion label based in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 2007, the company designs a variety of apparel products made from textiles such as organic cotton and sells them via their online shop as well as in boutiques and major retails stores in six countries...

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Audi
Audi
Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer, from supermini to crossover SUVs in various body styles and price ranges that are marketed under the Audi brand , positioned as the premium brand within the Volkswagen Group....

Automotive industry US$ 48,1 billion
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Company
Company
A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...

Industry
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...

Revenue
Revenue
In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....

Market Cap
BASF
BASF
BASF SE is the largest chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Germany. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik . Today, the four letters are a registered trademark and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and Zurich Stock...

Chemicals US$ 85,5 billion US$ 74,2 billion
Bauhaus
Bauhaus (company)
Bauhaus is a German retail chain offering products for home improvement, gardening and workshop, using the name of the famous modernist Bauhaus school and style of the period between the First and Second World Wars. Its first store opened in Mannheim, Germany in 1960...

Bayer
Bayer
Bayer AG is a chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen , Germany in 1863. It is headquartered in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and well known for its original brand of aspirin.-History:...

Pharmaceuticals US$ 46,9 billion US$ 62,5 billion
  • C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik
    C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik
    C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG is a German manufacturer of pianos, established in 1853 by Carl Bechstein.-Before Bechstein:...

  • Beck's Brewery
  • Behringer
    Behringer
    Behringer is an audio equipment company founded by Uli Behringer in 1989, in Willich, Germany. Behringer was listed as the 14th largest manufacturer of music products in 2007. Behringer is a multi-national group of companies, with direct marketing presence in 10 countries or territories and a...

  • Bavaria Film Studios
    Bavaria Film Studios
    The Bavaria Film in Geiselgasteig, a district of Munich's suburb Grünwald, Bavaria belongs to one of Europe's biggest and most famous film production companies.- History :...

  • Bechtle
    Bechtle
    Bechtle AG is a German information technology services company. It offers IT consulting, IT services and is also acting as a reseller of information technology products. The company is headquartered in Neckarsulm and is listed on the TecDAX stock index....

  • BEO GmbH
  • Bertelsmann
    Bertelsmann
    Bertelsmann AG is a multinational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. The company operates in 63 countries and employs 102,983 workers , which makes it the most international media corporation in the world. In 2008 the company reported a €16.118 billion consolidated...

    • BMG
      BMG
      Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

    • Random House
      Random House
      Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...

    • RTL Group
      RTL Group
      RTL Group is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. It has 45 television and 32 radio stations in 11 countries...

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  • Bitburger Brewery
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Birkenstock
    Birkenstock
    Birkenstock Orthopädie GmbH & Co. KG is a shoe manufacturer headquartered in Vettelschoß, Germany. The company sells Birkenstock, a German brand of sandals and other shoes notable for their contoured cork and rubber footbeds, which conform somewhat to the shape of their wearers' feet...

  • Beiersdorf
    Beiersdorf
    Beiersdorf AG is a multinational corporation based in Hamburg, Germany, manufacturing personal care products. Its brands include Elastoplast, Eucerin , Labello, and Nivea....

    • Labello
      Labello
      Labello is a century-old brand of lip balm stick. It is produced by Beiersdorf AG in Germany and Austria. The labello lip care sticks are also sold under the name Labello Nivea, Liposan and Nivea Lip Care...

    • NIVEA
      Nivea
      Nivea is a global skin- and body-care brand that is owned by the German company Beiersdorf. The company was founded on March 28 1882 by pharmacist Carl Paul Beiersdorf. In 1900, the new owner Oskar Troplowitz developed a water-in-oil emulsion as a skin cream with Eucerit, the first stable emulsion...

  • Bericap
    Bericap
    Bericap GMBH und Co KG is a privately-owned German company producing closures for beverage containers and other purposes. It operates from 18 plants globally and has approximately 2000 employees and is one of the 5 largest beverage closure manufacturing companies in the world ....

  • Beyerdynamic
    Beyerdynamic
    Beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG is a German audio equipment manufacturer, which produces microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems and conference systems. Beyerdynamic remains a family owned company since it was founded in 1924.-History:...

  • Biesterfeld
    Biesterfeld
    Biesterfeld is currently a subdivision of the city of Lügde, GermanyBiesterfeld may also refer to:*Of Lippe-Biesterfeld family*Beatrice Yvonne Biesterfeld, the birth name of Yvonne Cormeau, a World War II heroine...

  • Bilfinger Berger
    Bilfinger Berger
    Bilfinger Berger is a large, internationally active construction and services company based in Mannheim, Germany.-History:Bilfinger Berger dates back to 1880 when August Bernatz founded an engineering business which became known, from 1886 as Bernatz & Grün and, from 1892, as Grün & Bilfinger.In...

  • Bosch
    Robert Bosch GmbH
    Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...

    • Blaupunkt
      Blaupunkt
      GmbH is a German manufacturer of electronics equipment, noted for its home and car audio equipment. It was a 100% subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH until March 1st, 2009 when its Aftermarket and Accessories branch including the brand name were sold to Aurelius AG of Germany for an undisclosed...

  • BMW
    BMW
    Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

  • Hubert Burda Media
    Hubert Burda Media
    Hubert Burda Media is a German privately held, family-owned global media company with its origins in printing and magazine publishing. The company is headquartered in Offenburg and Munich, has additional main offices in Berlin and Hamburg and has more than 7400 employees...


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  • Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    The Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung , located in Heidenheim an der Brenz and Jena, Germany, is the sole shareholder of the two companies Carl Zeiss AG and Schott AG. It was founded by Ernst Abbe and named after his long-term partner Carl Zeiss...

    • Carl Zeiss AG
    • Schott AG
  • Celesio
    Celesio
    Celesio AG is a German healthcare and pharmaceutical company, represented in 14 countries, with a revenue of 21.5 billion euro and more than 46,000 employees...

  • Circus Krone
    Circus Krone
    Circus Krone, based in Munich, is the largest circus in Europe and the only one in Western Europe to also occupy a building.-History:It was originally founded in 1905 by Carl Krone as an animal exhibition. Later the circus was run by his daughter Frieda Sembach-Krone and her husband Carl...

  • Coelan
    Coelan
    COELAN is a German company specialised in the development and production of industry coatings and was founded in 1954. COELAN is a specialist for Polyurethane based liquid plastics. It is headquartered in Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The company is known for its brands in the building...

  • Commerzbank
    Commerzbank
    Commerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.-Activities:Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial bank, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking in early 2000s and scaled back its Securities unit...

  • Concert Software and Business Services
    Concert Software and Business Services
    Concert Software and Business Services GmbH is a service provider selling an online product-configurator and product-information management solution....

  • Continental
    Continental AG
    Continental AG, internally often called Conti for short, is a worldwide leading German manufacturer of tires, brake systems, vehicle stability control systems, engine injection systems, tachographs and other parts for the automotive and transport industries. The company is based in Hanover, Germany...


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  • Daimler AG
    • Mercedes-Benz
      Mercedes-Benz
      Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...

  • Dba
  • Degussa
  • Delton
    Delton AG
    DELTON AG is a strategic management holding company that manages value creating business activities in the sectors of pharmaceuticals, household products and logistics....

  • Deutsche Bahn
    Deutsche Bahn
    Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

  • Deutsche Bank
    Deutsche Bank
    Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...

  • Deutsche Börse
    Deutsche Börse
    Deutsche Börse AG is a marketplace organizer for the trading of shares and other securities. It also is a transaction services provider. It gives companies and investors access to global capital markets. It is a joint stock company and was founded in 1993. The headquarters are in Frankfurt,...

  • Deutsche Post
    Deutsche Post
    Deutsche Post AG, operating under the trade name Deutsche Post DHL, is the world's largest logistics group. With its headquarters in Bonn, the corporation has 467,088 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide and generated revenue of € 51.48 billion in 2010...

    • DHL
      DHL
      DHL Express is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post providing international express mail services. DHL is a world market leader in sea and air mail....

  • Deutsche Telekom
    Deutsche Telekom
    Deutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....

    • T-Mobile
      T-Mobile
      T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

    • T-Home
    • T-Systems
      T-Systems
      T-Systems is a worldwide operating ICT provider founded in October 2000. It belongs to Deutsche Telekom AG and its central office is located in Bonn, Germany. Within Deutsche Telekom AG it is responsible for multinational corporations and public-sector institutions. It operates in more than 20...

  • Deutsche Vermögensberatung
    Deutsche Vermögensberatung
    Deutsche Vermögensberatung , which in English loosely translates as "German financial advisors", is a German Multi-level marketing investment company based in Frankfurt, Germany. The DVAG is operative in Germany, Austria and Switzerland....

  • Deutz AG
    Deutz AG
    Deutz AG is an engine manufacturer, based in Cologne, Germany.-History:The company was founded by Nikolaus Otto, inventor of the four-stroke internal combustion engine, in 1864 as N. A...

  • Diezel
    Diezel
    Diezel Amplification GmbH is a small firm based in Bad Steben, Germany, founded by Peter Diezel, that builds high-end guitar amplifiers. The company was established in 1994.-Bands and artists:...

  • Dräger
    Dräger
    The Drägerwerk AG is a German company based in Lübeck which makes breathing and protection equipment, gas detection and analysis systems, and noninvasive patient monitoring technologies. Customers include hospitals, fire departments and diving companies....

  • Dresdner Bank
    Dresdner Bank
    Dresdner Bank AG was one of Germany's largest banking corporations and was based in Frankfurt. It was acquired by competitor Commerzbank in December 2009.- 19th century :...

    • Dresdner Kleinwort
      Dresdner Kleinwort
      Dresdner Kleinwort was a British-based investment bank: it disappeared as a brand from the world of investment banking in September 2009, when its remaining businesses adopted the Commerzbank branding.-History:...

  • Dresdner Porzellan
  • Douglas Holding
    Douglas Holding
    Douglas Holding AG is a German perfume, book, jewelry and confection retailer based in Hagen, which owns more than 1,900 stores, more than 1,500 of which are in Germany, in Europe and the United States....

  • DOVO Solingen
    DOVO Solingen
    DOVO Solingen, or DOVO Steelware, or DOVO, is an independent German company, based in Solingen. They are a manufacturer of scissors, shaving equipment such as straight razors and safety razors, as well as manicure tools. Shaving equipment and razors are produced by Merkur Solingen, a subsidiary of...

  • Djshop
    Djshop
    Djshop Records is a German-based online dance music retail store, selling vinyl records, CDs, music downloads and music accessories, founded by Armin Wirth.. The website was created in 1993. In 1998 the site changed into the European commercial franchise store Djshop, with locations in Poland,...


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  • E-Plus
    E-Plus
    E-Plus is a mobile telecommunications operator in Germany. With 19.0 million subscribers, E-Plus is the third largest mobile operator in Germany, after T-Mobile and Vodafone ....

    , owned by KPN
    KPN
    KPN is a Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company, including both 2G and 3G mobile operations...

  • EADS
    EADS
    The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. is a global pan-European aerospace and defence corporation and a leading defence and military contractor worldwide...

     (part German)
  • E.ON
    E.ON
    E.ON AG, marketed with an interpunct as E•ON, is the holding company of the world's largest investor-owned energy service provider based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The name comes from the Greek word aeon which means eternity....

  • EnBW
    EnBW
    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly traded electric utilities company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.-History:...

  • Epcos
    Epcos
    -Company history:The company was created in 1999 from Siemens Matsushita Components, which was a joint venture of Siemens AG and Matsushita in 1989. The stock opened on 15 October 1999 at the same time in Frankfurt and New York, with Siemens and Matsushita holding interests of 12.5% each. In 2006...

  • EnOcean
    EnOcean
    EnOcean is a German wireless, energy harvesting technology used primarily in building automation systems, based in Oberhaching. It is not set out for international, European or national standardization; however, EnOcean GmbH is offering its technology and licenses for the patented features under...

  • edding AG
  • ebmpapst

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  • Facton
  • Filmstudio Babelsberg
    Babelsberg Studios
    The Studio Babelsberg, located in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world. Founded in 1912, it covers an area of about . Hundreds of films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel were filmed there...

  • Fischerwerke
    Fischertechnik
    FischerTechnik is a brand of construction toy. It was invented by Artur Fischer and is produced by FischerTechnik GmbH in Waldachtal, Germany. Fans often refer to FischerTechnik as FT or ft. It is used in education for teaching about simple machines, as well as motorization and mechanisms...

  • Fissler
    Fissler
    Fissler is company based in Germany that produces cookware items. Fissler’s main products include knives, pots, pans, pressure cookers, accessories and an induction cooking surface for induction cooking....

  • Fraport
    Fraport
    Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide is a German transport company which operates the Frankfurt International Airport serving Frankfurt am Main and holds interests in the operation of several other airports around the world. In the past the firm also managed the smaller Frankfurt-Hahn...

  • Freenet.de
    Freenet.de
    Freenet AG is a German telecommunications and web content provider. The company was formerly a subsidiary of Mobilcom. In 2004, its EBITDA was 471.5 million euro. In 2007, Freenet.de merged with Mobilcom, a deal which took around two years to complete, and the resulting company changed its name to...

  • Fresenius
    Fresenius AG
    Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA is a globally diversified health care company based in Bad Homburg, Germany.The Fresenius Group provides products and services for dialysis, hospitals as well as inpatient and outpatient medical care...

    • Fresenius Medical Care
      Fresenius Medical Care
      Fresenius Medical Care is a German company specializing in the production of medical supplies, primarily to facilitate or aid renal dialysis. It is 36%-owned by the health care company Fresenius. The company was formed in 1996 from the merger of Fresenius Worldwide Dialysis, then a division of...

  • Festo
    Festo
    Festo is a German industrial control and automation company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Festo is an engineering-driven company that sells pneumatic and electric transducers primarily to the automation industry.-History:...


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  • Gardena AG
  • GEA Group
    GEA Group
    GEA Group AG , headquartered in Bochum, Germany, is one of the largest system providers for food and energy processes with about €4.4 billion in 2009 revenue. The company focuses on process technology and components for demanding production processes in various end markets...

  • Gebrüder Thonet
    Gebrüder Thonet
    Gebrüder Thonet is a European furniture manufacturer based in the German town of Frankenberg, Hesse. It was founded by Michael Thonet. It merged with Mundus in 1922....

  • Gerling
    Gerling
    Gerling were an alternative guitar and electronic act from Australia. They formed in 1993, and are based in Sydney.-History:The band formed in 1993 with the line-up of Darren Cross , Presser and Brad Herdson...

  • Gerolsteiner Brunnen
    Gerolsteiner Brunnen
    Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG is a leading German mineral water firm with its seat in Gerolstein in the Eifel mountains. It is well-known for its Gerolsteiner Sprudel brand, a bottled, naturally carbonated mineral water...

  • Getrag
    Getrag
    Getrag is a leading manufacturer of automobile manual transmissions. The company was founded on 1 May 1935, in Ludwigsburg, Germany, by Hermann Hagenmeyer; as the Getriebe und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG...

  • GfK AG
  • GPC Biotech
    GPC Biotech
    GPC Biotech is a German biopharmaceutical company. The company's mission statement reads "... to discover, develop and commercialize new anticancer drugs."...

  • Grundig
    Grundig
    Grundig AG is a German manufacturer of consumer electronics for home entertainment which transferred to Turkish control in 2004-2007. Established in 1945 in Nuremberg by Max Grundig, the company changed hands several times before becoming part of the Turkish Koç Holding group...

  • Grunenthal Gmbh

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  • Hama GmbH & Co KG
  • Hannover Re
    Hannover Re
    Hannover Re , with a gross premium of around €11 billion, is one of the leading reinsurance groups in the world...

  • Hapag-Lloyd
    Hapag-Lloyd
    Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container shipping line, Hapag-Lloyd AG, which in turn owns other subsidiaries such as Hapag-Lloyd Ships and a cruise line, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises which is now integrated into TUI AG, Hanover...

  • Haribo
    HARIBO
    Haribo is a German confectionery producer, founded in 1920 by Hans Riegel Sr. The company headquarters are in Bonn, and the name is an acronym for Hans Riegel, Bonn....

  • Hauni Maschinenbau AG
    Hauni Maschinenbau AG
    Hauni is the global market leader in the field of engineering for the international tobacco industry.The product portfolio encompasses machinery and plants for all process stages – from tobacco processing to the production of filters, cigarettes and special products through to final quality...

  • Heckler & Koch
    Heckler & Koch
    Heckler & Koch GmbH is a German defense manufacturing company that produces various small arms. Some of their products include the SA80, MP5 submachine gun, G3 automatic rifle, the G36 assault rifle, the HK 416, the MP7 personal defense weapon, the USP series of handguns, and the high-precision...

  • Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
    Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
    Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG is a German precision mechanical engineering company with head offices in Heidelberg . It is a manufacturer of offset printing presses sold globally. The company has a worldwide market share of more than 47% in this area and is the largest global manufacturer of...

  • Heidelberg Cement
  • Hella (company)
    Hella (company)
    Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. is an internationally operating German automotive part supplier with headquarters in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia. Core businesses are vehicle lighting and electronics systems and components. Hella is also involved in the areas of vehicle diagnostics and thermal...

  • Henckels
  • Henkel
    Henkel
    Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is an multinational company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.The company operates in three business areas: Home Care , Personal Care ,...

  • Heraeus
    Heraeus
    Heraeus Holding GmbH is an engineering group based in Hanau, Germany. Its core areas of business are precious metals, special metals, dental materials, medical technology, quartz glass, sensors and specialised light sources...

  • Hochtief
    Hochtief
    Hochtief Aktiengesellschaft is Germany's largest construction company. It is based in Essen but operates globally, ranking as the top general builder in the United States through its Turner Corporation subsidiary, and in Australia through the Leighton Group. In 2010 it employed more than 70,000...

  • Howaldtswerke
    Howaldtswerke
    Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. In 2009 it was the largest shipyard in Germany and has more than 2,400 employees. It has been part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems owned by ThyssenKrupp, since 2005...

  • Hugo Boss
    Hugo Boss
    Hugo Ferdinand Boss was the founder of clothing company Hugo Boss.-Early life:Boss was born in Metzingen, Germany. After completing his apprenticeship and one year of employment, he founded his own company in Metzingen in 1923.-Support of Nazism:Boss joined the Nazi Party in 1931, two years before...

  • HypoVereinsbank
    HypoVereinsbank
    UniCredit Bank Aktiengesellschaft is the sixth-largest private German financial institution, with a strong presence in Bavaria. The company is based in Munich, and together with Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank and Deutsche Postbank, it belongs to the Cash Group...

  • HBS-Henkenjohann

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  • Kali+Salz
    K+S
    K+S AG is a German-based agricultural chemical and salt company, headquartered in Kassel. The company is Europe's largest supplier of potash for use in fertilizer and, after the acquisition of Morton Salt, the world's largest salt producer...

  • Karstadt Quelle
  • Kärcher
    Kärcher
    Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of cleaning systems and equipment, known for its high-pressure cleaners.- History :The inventor Alfred Kärcher from Baden-Württemberg founded the company in 1935. Initially Kärcher specialised in the design of industrial submersible heating...

  • Kärheim
  • Keimfarben
    Keimfarben
    Keimfarben in a German paint manufacturing company. Its colours have daubed walls at buildings such as the White House and Windsor Castle.-History:...

  • Kellerandwest partners inc
  • KfW
    KFW
    KFW may refer to:*Keith Fullerton Whitman , an American musician*KfW or Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, a German public-sector financial institution...

  • Klein and Hummel
  • Klöckner
    Klöckner
    Klöckner & Co. is a German metal handler headquartered in Duisburg. Europe's largest independent distributor of steel, it is a leading supplier to the European and North American markets....

  • Koenig & Bauer
    Koenig & Bauer
    Koenig & Bauer AG is a German company that makes printing presses based in Würzburg. It was founded by Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer in Würzburg in 1817, making it the oldest printing press manufacturer in the world....

  • Körber
    Körber AG
    For the Polish lichenologist, see Gustav Wilhelm Körber .The companies of the Körber Group manufacture precision machines in the fields of tobacco, paper, machine tools as well as pharmaceutical packaging systems....

  • Krauss-Maffei
    Krauss-Maffei
    The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG or simply Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer and defence company based in Munich, Germany...

  • Krones
    Krones
    Krones AG is a German packaging and bottling machine manufacturer. It is the world’s leading manufacturer of lines for filling beverages in plastic and glass bottles or beverage cans. The company manufactures stretch blow-moulding machines for producing Polyethylene terephthalate bottles, plus...

  • KTB mechatronics
    KTB mechatronics
    KTB mechatronics GmbH is the former name of qfix robotics GmbH, located in Senden, near Ulm, in the southern part of Germany.The company develops and produces industrial products in the mechatronics and robotics field....

  • KUKA
    KUKA
    KUKA is a leading German producer of industrial robots for a variety of industries - from automotive and fabricated metals to food and plastics...


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  • Lamy
    Lamy
    Lamy is a producer of fountain pens in Europe. The company is German-owned and its presence is particularly strong there. Josef Lamy, who was a sales representative for The Parker Pen Company in Germany, founded the business in 1930 by purchasing the Orthos pen manufacturer. Lamy was a pioneer in...

  • Leica Camera
  • Leidolf
    Leidolf
    Leidolf was a manufacturer of optical equipment situated in Wetzlar, Germany. It was founded by Rudolf Leidolf in 1921, initially producing lenses for microscopes. In 1948 camera production was started and in 1962 the factory ceased operations...

  • Löwenbräu
    Löwenbräu
    Löwenbräu is a German brewery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany that produces a traditional Munich-style beer. It is currently owned by the American-Brazilian-Belgian company Anheuser-Busch InBev. Like other premium German beers, it is brewed according to the German "Reinheitsgebot" dating back to 1516...

  • Lidl
    Lidl
    Lidl is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany that operates over 7,200 stores across Europe. The company's full name is Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG...

  • Lidl & Schwarz
  • The Liebherr Group
  • Lindauer DORNIER GmbH
  • Linde AG
  • LTU International
    LTU International
    LTU Lufttransport-Unternehmen GmbH was an airline based in Düsseldorf, Germany, now fully owned by Air Berlin. The initials stand for the German phrase LuftTransport-Unternehmen . It operated scheduled services on medium and long-haul routes, as well as charter services...

  • Lufthansa
    Lufthansa
    Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the flag carrier of Germany and the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried. The name of the company is derived from Luft , and Hansa .The airline is the world's fourth-largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried, operating...

    • Austrian Airlines
      Austrian Airlines
      Austrian Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Office Park 2 on the grounds of Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Wien-Umgebung and a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Together with regional subsidiary Tyrolean Airways and charter arm Lauda Air, it operates...

    • Swiss International Air Lines
      Swiss International Air Lines
      Swiss International Air Lines AG is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Airport...

  • Leifheit
  • Loewe
    Loewe AG
    Loewe AG is the parent company of the German Loewe group. The Loewe group develops, manufactures and sells a wide variety of electronic, electrical and mechanical products and systems, and specialises in the field of consumer and communication technology. The company was founded in Berlin in 1923...


M

  • MAN
  • MAGIX
    MAGIX
    MAGIX AG is an international provider of software, online services and digital contents for multimedia communications based in Berlin, Germany. The Company also operates from branches in the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands...

  • Meindl
  • Meinl Percussion
    Meinl Percussion
    Roland Meinl Percussion is a leading manufacturer of cymbals and other percussion instruments, based in Gutenstetten, Germany. Their main brand is Meinl.Founded in 1951 by Roland Meinl...

  • Meinl-Weston
    Meinl-Weston
    Meinl-Weston is a leading manufacturer of brass instruments, based in Geretsried in Germany and formerly based in Graslitz.Their main brands are Melton and Meinl Weston, with current instruments bearing both logos...

  • Meissen porcelain
    Meissen porcelain
    Meissen porcelain or Meissen china is the first European hard-paste porcelain that was developed from 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger, continued his work and brought porcelain to the market...

  • Mennekes Elektrotechnik
    Mennekes
    MENNEKES Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a leading manufacturer of industrial plugs and connectors with headquarters in Kirchhundem/Sauerland region and in Neudorf/Erzgebirge....

  • Merck
    Merck KGaA
    Merck KGaA is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company. Merck, also known as “German Merck” and “Merck Darmstadt”, was founded in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1668, making it the world's oldest operating chemical and pharmaceutical company. The company was privately owned until going public in 1995...

  • METRO
    Metro AG
    Metro AG is a diversified retail and wholesale/cash and carry group based in Düsseldorf, Germany. It has the largest market share in its home market, and is one of the most globalised retail and wholesale corporations. It is the fourth-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues . In English...

  • Meyer Werft
    Meyer Werft
    The Meyer Werft is one of the remaining large German shipyards, headquartered in Papenburg. Since 1997, it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group together with Neptun Werft in Rostock.-History:...

  • Miele
    Miele
    Miele is a manufacturer of high-end domestic appliances, commercial equipment and fitted kitchens, based in Gütersloh, Germany. Miele has always been a family-owned and -run company, founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann.-History:...

  • Montblanc
    Montblanc (pens)
    Montblanc International GmbH is a German manufacturer of writing instruments, watches and accessories, often identified by their "White Star" logo.-History:...

  • Munich Re
    Munich Re
    Munich Re Group is a reinsurance company based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the world’s leading reinsurers. ERGO, a Munich Re subsidiary, is the Group’s primary insurance arm....

     (Münchener Rück)
  • Mercedes-Benz
    Mercedes-Benz
    Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...


R

  • Radeberger
  • Rawie
  • Recaro
    Recaro
    RECARO GmbH & Co. KG, commonly known as Recaro, is a German company based in Kirchheim unter Teck in the vicinity of Stuttgart, known for their automobile bucket seats...

  • REHOLZ
  • REWE Group
    REWE Group
    REWE Group is a diversified retail and tourism group based in Germany. Its current turnover is around 50.91 billion euros. It operates in 14 European countries and employs over 325,000 people in its trading and travel divisions.- Trading :...

  • Rohde & Schwarz
    Rohde & Schwarz
    Rohde & Schwarz is an independent group of companies specializing in electronics. Well known as a manufacturer of electronic test equipment, they also manufacture equipment used for broadcasting, radiolocation, and radio communications...

  • Rosenthal AG
  • Roth Industries
  • RRI Rhein Ruhr International GmbH
  • RUF Automobile
  • RWE
    RWE
    RWE AG , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe...


S=
  • Salzgitter AG
    Salzgitter AG
    Salzgitter AG is a German company, one of the largest steel producers in Europe with an annual output of around 7 million tonnes.The company was founded in 1937 as Reichswerke Hermann Göring,...

  • SAP
    SAP AG
    SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software...

  • Schaller Guitarenparts
    Schaller Guitarenparts
    Schaller Electronic GmbH, generally known as Schaller, is a high-end German manufacturer of components for musical instruments, most famous for their fully enclosed machine heads which are standard on many top-of-the-line guitars and available as an extra cost option on many others.The company was...

  • Schering
    Schering
    Schering AG was a research-centered German pharmaceutical company. It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering and merged with Bayer's pharma sector in December 2006. The company's headquarters was in Berlin-Wedding, Germany...

  • Schwarz Pharma
  • SCHWING Stetter
  • Sebamed
    Sebamed
    Sebamed is a German brand name of Sebapharma GmbH & Co. KG, which manufactures medicinal skin care products.-History:Sebamed was established by Heinz Maurer in 1957. Since 1971 the Sebamed products are exported to 70 countries...

  • seca
    Seca
    seca GmbH & Co. KG. is looked upon as being the leader in the sector of medical weighing and measuring. seca develops, produces and sells weighing scales and measuring instruments. Its products are exported to more than 110 countries...

  • SEMIDI
  • Sennheiser
    Sennheiser
    Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG is a private German audio company specializing in the design and production of a wide range of both consumer and high fidelity products, including microphones, headphones, telephony accessories, and avionics headsets for consumer, professional, and business...

  • SGL Carbon
    SGL Carbon
    SGL Carbon is one of the world's leading manufacturers of products from carbon. The company portfolio ranges from carbon and graphite materials to carbon fibers and composites...

  • Siemens
    Siemens AG
    Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....

  • Siempelkamp
  • SkySails
    SkySails
    SkySails GmbH & Co. KG is a Hamburg-based company that sells equipment to propel cargo ships, large yachts and fishing vessels by the use of wind energy. The company was founded in 2001 by engineers Stephan Wrage and Thomas Meyer...

  • Soehnle
  • Software AG
    Software AG
    Founded in 1969, Software AG is an enterprise software company with over 10,000 enterprise customers in over 70 countries. The company is the second largest software vendor in Germany, the fourth in Europe and among the top 25 globally...

  • SolarWorld
    SolarWorld
    SolarWorld is a German company dedicated to the manufacture and marketing photovoltaic products worldwide by integrating all components of the solar value chain, from feedstock to module production, from trade with solar panels to the promotion and construction of turn-key solar power plants...

  • Solimpeks
    Solimpeks
    Solimpeks is a Turkish company dedicated to manufacture and market solar thermal and photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collectors worldwide. The company's broader product line is exported to 60 countries, with European Union countries comprising about 70% of sales.Solimpeks PV-T products are the...

  • Sortimo
    Sortimo
    Herbert Dischinger founded a subsidiary of Sortimo Grundstücks- and Beteiligungs-GmbH , Sortimo International GmbH in 1973. The name Sortimo stands for "SORTIment MObil" . The company has 500 employees in Germany. Sortimo develops and manufactures in-vehicle equipment for various trades,...

  • Spaten Bräu
  • Axel Springer AG
    Axel Springer AG
    Axel Springer AG is one of the largest multimedia companies in Europe, with more than 11,500 employees and with annual revenues of about €2.9 billion. The Company is active in a total of 36 countries, including Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland...

  • Stabilo
    Stabilo
    Stabilo may refer to:* Stabilo , a global maker of writing, highlighting and coloring pens* Stabilo , a Canadian musical group* Stabilo Boss , the self-titled album by Stabilo Boss...

  • Staedtler
    Staedtler
    Staedtler Mars GmbH & Co. KG is a German fine writing instruments company and one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of writing, artist, and engineering drawing instruments. The firm was founded by J.S. Staedtler in 1835 and produces a large variety of writing instruments, including...

    • Eberhard Faber
      Eberhard Faber
      Eberhard Faber GmbH was founded in 1922 in Neumarkt, near Nuremberg, Germany, as a pencil factory. It was taken over in 1978 by Staedtler, a stationery company with global presence...

  • Steinway & Sons
    Steinway & Sons
    Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway , is an American and German manufacturer of handmade pianos, founded 1853 in Manhattan in New York City by German immigrant Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg...

  • Stiefel Labs
  • Stinnes AG
  • Storck
  • STRATO Medien
  • Südzucker
    Südzucker
    Südzucker AG is a German company, the largest sugar producer in Europe with an annual production of around 4.8 million tonnes.-Sugar segment:The company has 30 sugar factories and 3 refineries in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania Slovakia and...


T

  • Talkline
  • Tchibo
    Tchibo
    Tchibo is a German chain of coffee shops and cafés, also known for its weekly-changing range of other products. The latter includes: clothing, household items, electronics and electrical appliances...

  • Telefunken
    Telefunken
    Telefunken is a German radio and television apparatus company, founded in Berlin in 1903, as a joint venture of Siemens & Halske and the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft...

  • Tente International
    Tente International
    TENTE International is the largest manufacturer of casters and wheels in Europe. Their headquarters are located in Cologne, Germany.TENTE's history began in 1923 with the sale of ball casters and wheels for sliding cupboard doors in the district Tente of the town of Wermelskirchen. Eleven years...

  • TETRA
    Tetra
    thumb|right|250px|Pristella tetra — [[Pristella maxillaris]].thumb|right|250px|Golden Pristella tetra, a [[morph |morph]] of [[Pristella maxillaris]].thumb|right|250px|[[Silvertip tetra]] — Hasemania nana....

  • ThyssenKrupp
    ThyssenKrupp
    ThyssenKrupp AG is a German multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Duisburg Essen, Germany. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide. While ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's largest steel producers, the company also provides components and systems for the automotive...

  • TUI AG
    TUI AG
    TUI AG is a German multinational travel and tourism company headquartered in Hanover. Until 2001 it was an industrial and transportation company named Preussag AG, which in the mid-1990s decided to reinvent itself as a tourism, shipping, and logistics company...

  • TÜV Rheinland
    TÜV Rheinland
    TÜV Rheinland is a global provider of technical, safety and certification services. Originally called the Dampfkessel-Überwachungs-Vereine , TÜV Rheinland was founded in 1872 and has its headquarters in Cologne, Germany...


V

  • Vaude
    VAUDE
    VAUDE is a German producer of mountain sports equipment. The head office is in Tettnang, Germany. It was founded in 1974 by Albrecht von Dewitz. The name of the firm is derived from the initials of its founder . The company is 100 percent family owned.Products are among other things tents,...

  • Vector Informatik
    Vector Informatik
    Vector Informatik develops software tools and components for networking of electronic systems based on the serial bus systems CAN, LIN, FlexRay, MOST, Ethernet and SAE J1708 as well as on CAN-based protocols such as SAE J1939, SAE J1587, ISO 11783, NMEA 2000, ARINC 825, CANaerospace, CANopen and...

  • Villeroy & Boch
    Villeroy & Boch
    Villeroy & Boch is a large manufacturer of ceramics with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Germany.-Company history:The company began in the tiny French village of Audun le Tiche, where François Boch set up a pottery company with his three sons in 1748. Later, the company moved to...

  • Volkswagen Group
    Volkswagen Group
    Volkswagen Group is a German multinational automobile manufacturing group. , Volkswagen was ranked as the world’s third largest motor vehicle manufacturer and Europe's largest....

    • Volkswagen
      Volkswagen
      Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

    • Audi
      Audi
      Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer, from supermini to crossover SUVs in various body styles and price ranges that are marketed under the Audi brand , positioned as the premium brand within the Volkswagen Group....

    • NSU Motorenwerke AG
      NSU Motorenwerke AG
      NSU Motorenwerke AG, normally just NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969...


W

  • Wacker Chemie
    Wacker Chemie
    Wacker Chemie AG is a worldwide operating company in the chemical business, founded 1914. The company is controlled by the Wacker-family holding more than 50 percent of the shares. The corporation is operating more than 25 production sites in Europe, Asia, and the Americas...

  • Walther
  • Warsteiner Brewery
    Warsteiner Beer and Brewery
    Warsteiner beer is brewed in the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park outside ofWarstein, Germany. Warsteiner has been a product of the Cramer family since 1753. Warsteiner is Germany's largest privately owned brewery, and its most popular beer is Warsteiner Premium Verum...

  • Wayss & Freytag
  • Weber Technologies Biocyte
  • Weckerle
  • Wella
    Wella
    Wella is a German company, and one of the world’s leading cosmetics suppliers. Founded in 1880 by Franz Stroher, with its headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, the company is represented in over 150 countries....

  • Wintershall
    Wintershall
    Wintershall AG is the largest crude oil and natural gas producer in Germany. The company is based in Kassel, Germany. Wintershall is a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF, based in Ludwigshafen. The name Wintershall is derived from the surname of the enterprise co-founder Carl Julius Winter and the...

  • Wolff & Müller
    Wolff & Müller
    Wolff & Müller is a construction company which operates internationally. The headquarters are based at Schwieberdinger Straße, 107 Stuttgart, Germany. The company was founded in 1936 by master builder Gottlob Müller and engineer Karl Wolff....

  • Wusthof Dreizack
  • Würth
    Würth
    The Würth Group is a worldwide wholesaler of fasteners, screws and screw accessories, dowels, chemicals, furniture and construction fittings, tools, machines, installation material, automotive hardware, inventory management, storage and retrieval systems. Würth was founded in 1945 by Adolf Würth...

  • Wilkhahn (Wilkening+Hahne GmbH+Co.KG)
    Wilkhahn
    Wilkhahn , based in Bad Münder, near Hannover, is a German manufacturer of office furniture. The brand is well known for its range of ergonomic office chairs and tables. Founded in 1907 by Friedrich Hahne and Christen Wilkening...

  • Web Design
    Web design
    Web design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...


Former companies

  • AEG
    AEG
    Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau....

    , now fractioned into parts of Electrolux
    Electrolux
    The Electrolux Group is a Swedish appliance maker.As of 2010 the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world after Whirlpool, its products sell under a variety of brand names including its own and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners...

    , General Electric
    General Electric
    General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

    , Alcatel
    Alcatel
    Alcatel Mobile Phones is a brand of mobile handsets. It was established in 2004 as a joint venture between Alcatel-Lucent of France and TCL Communication of China....

    , AdTranz
    Adtranz
    ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation , commonly known under its brand Adtranz, was a multi-national rail transport equipment manufacturer with facilities concentrated in Europe and the USA....

    , Thomson SA
    Thomson SA
    Technicolor SA , formerly Thomson SA and Thomson Multimedia, is a French international provider of solutions for the creation, management, post-production, delivery and access of video, for the Communication, Media and Entertainment industries. Technicolor’s headquarters are located in Issy les...

  • AGFA, now part of the Belgian Agfa-Gevaert
    Agfa-Gevaert
    Agfa-Gevaert N.V. is a European multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, and distributes analogue and digital imaging products and systems, as well as IT solutions. The company has three divisions. Agfa Graphics offers integrated prepress and industrial inkjet systems to the...

  • Aral AG
    Aral AG
    Aral is a brand of automobile fuels and gas stations, present in Germany and Luxembourg, but formerly used in most countries of Western and Central Europe. The company behind the brand name, Aral AG , is owned by BP, but was established in 1898 as Westdeutsche Benzol-Verkaufs-Vereinigung GmbH...

    , now part of BP
    BP
    BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...

  • Aventis
    Aventis
    Aventis was a pharmaceutical and lab assay testing company. It was formed in 1999 when Rhône-Poulenc S.A. merged with Hoechst AG. The merged company was based in Strasbourg, France. With its headquarters in Strasbourg, Aventis was the product of the first transnational merger to combine large...

     (now a part of Sanofi-Aventis
    Sanofi-Aventis
    Sanofi S.A. is a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Paris, France, the world's fourth-largest by prescription sales. Sanofi engages in the research and development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products for sale principally in the prescription market, but the...

    )
  • Blohm + Voss
  • Bremer Vulkan
    Bremer Vulkan
    Bremer Vulkan AG was a great German shipbuilding company located at the Weser river in Bremen-Vegesack. It was founded in 1893 and closed in 1997 because of financial problems and mismanagement....

  • Büssing
    Büssing
    Büssing was a German bus and truck manufacturer established by Heinrich Büssing at Braunschweig in 1903. Büssing's first truck was a 2 ton payload machine powered by a 2-cylinder gasoline engine and featuring worm drive...

     AG
  • Dornier GmbH
  • Entwicklungsring Nord
    Entwicklungsring Nord
    The Entwicklungsring Nord - abbreviated ERNO - was a 1961 joint venture of Bremen-based Weserflug and Focke-Wulf with Hamburger Flugzeugbau to develop parts for rockets and get involved in space activities....

  • Focke-Wulf
    Focke-Wulf
    Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190.-History:...

  • Focke Achgelis
  • Hamburger Flugzeugbau
    Hamburger Flugzeugbau
    Hamburger Flugzeugbau was an aircraft company, located in the Finkenwerder quarter of Hamburg, Germany. Originally established in July 1933 as a subsidiary of the Blohm & Voss shipyards, it has managed to survive under different names as part of different consortia from its German national...

  • Heinkel
    Heinkel
    Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight.-History:...

  • Hoechst
    Hoechst AG
    Hoechst AG was a German chemicals then life-sciences company that became Aventis Deutschland after its merger with France's Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999...

  • Philipp Holzmann
    Philipp Holzmann
    Philipp Holzmann AG was a German construction company based in Frankfurt am Main.The company was founded in 1849 by Johann Philipp Holzmann at Sprendlingen in present-day Dreieich near Frankfurt am Main as Philipp Holzmann & Cie...

  • IG Farben
    IG Farben
    I.G. Farbenindustrie AG was a German chemical industry conglomerate. Its name is taken from Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG . The company was formed in 1925 from a number of major companies that had been working together closely since World War I...

  • Junkers
  • Magirus
    Magirus
    Iveco Magirus AG is a truck manufacturer based in Ulm, Germany, founded by Conrad Dietrich Magirus . The company began manufacturing fire-fighting vehicles in 1864. In the late 1910s, it started the production of trucks and buses...

  • Mannesmann
    Mannesmann
    Mannesmann AG was a German corporation with headquarters in Düsseldorf. The company was founded in 1890 originally to produce seamless steel tubes. It was traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company had 130,860 employees worldwide and revenues of €23.27 billion.Over time, Mannesmann...

    , now partly part of Vodafone
    Vodafone
    Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...

    , ThyssenKrupp
    ThyssenKrupp
    ThyssenKrupp AG is a German multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Duisburg Essen, Germany. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide. While ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's largest steel producers, the company also provides components and systems for the automotive...

    , Siemens
    Siemens AG
    Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....

    , Salzgitter AG
    Salzgitter AG
    Salzgitter AG is a German company, one of the largest steel producers in Europe with an annual output of around 7 million tonnes.The company was founded in 1937 as Reichswerke Hermann Göring,...

    , Valorex
  • SABA
    SABA
    The Schwarzwälder Apparate-Bau-Anstalt was a German manufacturer for electronic equipment founded in 1923 at Triberg im Schwarzwald , present-day Baden-Württemberg....

  • Messerschmitt
    Messerschmitt
    Messerschmitt AG was a famous German aircraft manufacturing corporation named for its chief designer, Willy Messerschmitt, and known primarily for its World War II fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 and Me 262...

  • Singer AG
  • Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke
    Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke
    Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke was a German aerospace company formed by the 1964 merger of Focke-Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH...

  • Voith
    Voith
    The Voith GmbH, which is headquartered in Germany, is a family-run corporation in the mechanical engineering sector with worldwide operations....

  • Weserflug

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