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Volkswagen
Volkswagen (VW; ) is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by the German Labour Front, it was revived after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst and over the years since grew into the global brand it is today. The company is well known for the Beetle and serves as the flagship marque of the Volkswagen Group, which was the world's largest automotive manufacturer by global sales in 2016 and 2017.
Volkswagen Group
German automotive manufacturing conglomerate
Sennheiser
Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG (, ) is a German audio equipment manufacturer headquartered in Wedemark. Sennheiser specializes in equipment for the professional audio markets, including microphones, headphones, and loudspeakers. Sennheiser's professional audio division continues to produce for live music, studio, broadcast, video, and film production, as well as spatial audio and AR/VR/XR. The professional audio division also produces solutions for business communication, such as presentations, conferences, meetings, visitor guidance, hearing support, and the education sector. The company
Enercon
Enercon GmbH is a wind turbine manufacturer based in Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany. It has been the market leader in Germany since the mid-1990s. Enercon has production facilities in Germany (Aurich, Emden and Magdeburg), Brazil, India, Canada, Turkey and Portugal. In June 2010, Enercon announced that they would be setting up Irish headquarters in Tralee.
Blaupunkt
Blaupunkt GmbH () is a German brand, formerly a manufacturer, producing mostly car-audio gear and other electronic equipment. Owned by Robert Bosch GmbH from 1933 until 1 March 2009, it was sold to Aurelius AG of Germany. It filed for bankruptcy in late 2015 with liquidation proceedings completed in early 2016. The brand, now managed by GIP Development SARL of Luxembourg, is licensed for use by various product groups worldwide such as Air fryers.
Karmann
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, commonly known as Karmann, was a German automobile manufacturer and contract manufacturer based in Osnabrück, Germany. Founded by Wilhelm Karmann in 1901, the company specialised in various automotive roles, including design, production and assembly of components for a wide variety of automobile manufacturers, including Chrysler, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen Group.
Rossmann
German drug store chain
Salzgitter AG
company
Sartorius AG
German technology company specializing in equipment and services for the biopharmaceutical industry
Nordseewerke
thumb|upright 1.7|Nordseewerke with the inland port of Emden in the foreground seen from the southwest in 2010
Amazonen-Werke
Amazonen-Werke (stylised as AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & Co. KG) is a German manufacturer of agricultural machinery and greenspace maintenance equipment. The company and main factory were founded in 1883 by Heinrich Dreyer and are located in Hasbergen-Gaste near Osnabrück. Amazone produces a wide range of products including fertiliser spreaders, sprayers, seed drills, soil tillage machinery, ploughs, inter-row hoes alongside park and green space maintenance and winter salt spreading machinery.
Linke-Hofmann
German manufacturing company producing locomotives, trams and rolling stock
Ottobock
Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA, formerly Otto Bock, is an international company based in Duderstadt Germany, that operates in the field of orthopedic technology. It is considered the world market leader in the field of prosthetics and one of the leading suppliers in orthotics, wheelchairs and exoskeletons.
PHW-Gruppe
germam company in the meat industry
Stiebel Eltron
company
Bernard Krone Holding
German manufacturer of agricultural machinery and commercial vehicles
Tetra
company
Olympia
Olympia-Werke AG was an important German manufacturer of typewriters and other office equipment. Since the plant in near Wilhelmshaven was closed in 1991, only the brand name has survived.
Apal
thumb|right|The Apal Coupé was produced from 1961 till 1965 and featured a glass-fibre body on a VW Beetle chassis. Apal is a small-scale automobile company originally from Belgium.
Oldenburgische Landesbank
German banking company
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
German scholarly publishing house
Einbecker Brewery
public company
Ulla Popken
German clothing retailer
Deutsches Milchkontor
German dairy company
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Sport-Thieme is a German mail-order company specializing in institutional sports. The company’s headquarters are located in Grasleben, Lower Saxony. Sport-Thieme operates seven sales branches throughout Germany and partners with various regional and national sports associations as well as university sports federations.
Wienerwald
franchise chain for fast food
Wilkhahn
Volkswind
Volkswind GmbH is one of the largest operators of wind farms in Germany. The company was founded in 1993 by Martin Daubner and Matthias Stommel, former Enercon employees. The company's headquarters is in Ganderkesee, Germany, and has worldwide subsidiaries in France, England, Poland, Bulgaria and the US.
Tutima
thumb|Tutima "Fliegerchronograph", the official NATO pilot watch thumb|Tutima Glashütte Fliegerchronograph, which was produced during WWII for the German military, then named the Wehrmacht Tutima Uhrenfabrik GmbH Ndl. Glashütte is a German watchmaker established in 1927 in Glashütte, Saxony.
Brenneke
Brenneke GmbH is a German manufacturer of ammunition and bullets, based in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony.
Berentzen
public company
Fürstenberg China
porcelain factory