Miele
Sign in to saveMiele ( ; ) is a German manufacturer of high-end domestic appliances and commercial equipment, headquartered in Gütersloh, Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The company was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann, and has always been a family-owned and family-run company. The Miele family holds 51.1% and the Zinkann family owns 48.9% of the company.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Miele & Cie. KG
- Company.type
- Kommanditgesellschaft
- Company.industry
- Manufacturing
- Company.logo
- Miele Logo M Red sRGB.svg
- Company.foundation
- in Herzebrock, Germany
- Company.founders
- Carl MieleReinhard Zinkann
- Company.location
- Gütersloh, Germany
- Company.key_people
- Markus Miele (Co-Proprietor, MD)Reinhard Zinkann Jr. (Co-Proprietor, MD)Olaf Bartsch (Finances, Administration)Axel Kniehl (Marketing, Sales)Stefan Breit (Technology)
- Company.products
- Domestic appliances and commercial equipment
- Company.revenue
- €5.4 billion (2022)
- Company.owners
- Miele family (51.1%)Zinkann family (48.9%)
- Company.num_employees
- 23,322 (December 31, 2022)
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Miele ( ; ) is a German manufacturer of high-end domestic appliances and commercial equipment, headquartered in Gütersloh, Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The company was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann, and has always been a family-owned and family-run company. The Miele family holds 51.1% and the Zinkann family owns 48.9% of the company.
== History == Miele's first products were a cream separator, butter churn, and tub washing machine, under the Meteor brand. Carl Miele supervised manufacturing personally, and Reinhard Zinkann apprenticed and handled finances and sales.