Also known as AEG-Telefunken, Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft, Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität
former German manufacturer of electrical appliances and aircraft (1883-1996), whose household appliances division was sold to Electrolux
Key facts
- Formerly
- Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektrizität AG (1883-1887), Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft AG (1887-1967), Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft AEG-Telefunken AG (1967-1979), AEG-Telefunken AG (1979-1985), AEG AG (1985-1994)
- Company type
- Private
- Industry
- Automotive Electrical Home appliance Aerospace
- Predecessor
- Gesellschaft für elektrische Unternehmungen
- Founded
- April 19, 1883 ; 143 years ago ( 1883-04-19 )
- Founder
- Emil Rathenau
- Defunct
- October 2, 1996 ( 1996-10-02 )
- Fate
- Merged into Daimler-Benz; household appliances division sold to Electrolux
- Successor
- Daimler-Benz
- Headquarters
- Berlin , later Frankfurt am Main , Germany
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Key people
- Ernst Stöckl
- Products
- Electrical power generation and transmission Telecommunications Automation Transportation and automotive Home appliances Personal care Machine tools Projectors Printing equipment and supplies
- Revenue
- DM 20.5 billion (1995)
- Number of employees
- 11,000 (1995)
- Parent
- Daimler-Benz
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1887
- Location
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Also known as
- AEG
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.424045.3 · ISNI 0000 0001 1958 6812
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AG
- Employees
- 11000
- Image
- AEG - Allgemeine Elektrizitätsgesellschaft.jpg
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- Commons category
- AEG
- Commons gallery
- AEG
- inception
- 1883-04-19
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1996-10-02
- floruit
- 1930-01-01
- P8168
- Thion Department
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AEG was a German electrical equipment manufacturer founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau in Berlin. The brand is currently owned and used by Swedish company Electrolux, which also licenses it.
The company's initial focus was driven by electrical lighting, as in 1881, Rathenau had acquired the rights to the electric light bulb at the International Exposition of Electricity in Paris. Using small power stations, his company introduced electrical lighting to cafés, restaurants, and theaters, despite the high costs and limitations. By the end of the 19th century, AEG had constructed 248 power stations, providing a total of 210,000 hp of electricity for lighting, tramways, and household devices.