The AG in Luebeck developed, produces and sells devices and systems within the ranges medicine, safety and Tauchtechniksowie air and space technology.

Historical enterprise development

The company was already early one of the prominent enterprises in the range of the respiratory protection technology, e.g. for fire-brigade and miners as well as divers.

Outstanding products into firm history:

- 1904: Respirator for medical purposes

- 1907: Escape gear for submarine crews

- 1912: Tubeless helmet dipping equipment increases security for divers, since it eliminated the danger of tearing or Verkemmens of the air hose

- 1914: Low diving tests in a dipping simulator lead to the development of an early Austauchtabelle

- 1926: Bath escape gear (oxygen cycle equipment for the rescue of had an accident floats)

- 1953: Alcohol test tube, development of the military oxygen cycle equipment second lieutenant Lund II

- 1969: Build an underwater laboratory before Helgoland

Master seat of the enterprise is Luebeck, where it was created as a company & Gerling of J. Heinrich and Carl Adolf Gerling in the year 1889. 1902 entered Heinrich son Bernhard into the management; starting from this time the enterprise firmierte as Heinr. and Bernh. . 1928-86 were led the enterprise by Heinrich Since 1970 the is a corporation. 2003 were sold the range air and space technology to the British aviation technology company Cobham PLC.

The conversion 2004 amounted to 1.5 billion euro. Chairman of the board since 1 July 2005 is Stefan

Divisions

• Medical AG & CO. Kg is one the manufacturer of medicine-technical devices, the turnover-strongest partial company of the AG leading world-wide as well as a joint venture between the AG (65 per cent) and the Siemens AG (35 per cent). The partial company offers products, services and integrated CareArea"™ solutions along the patient process chain: of the emergency medicine, over the perioperativen range, the intensive and Perinatalmedizin up to Home Care. Medical has its head office in Luebeck and busily world-wide approximately 6,000 coworkers.

• The Safety AG & CO. KGaA gained a result before taxes and interest of 40,9 millions in the year 2004 "€. Well-known products are among other things protective masks, respirators, gas measuring instruments, gas alarm systems, alcohol and drug test equipments.

Location Luebeck

2005 threatened to take some branches of enterprise off from Luebeck should not the city not to the request of the enterprise allow to quiet-add the finch road, which divides two The moreover for the building of the new center of the Medical received 7.8 million euro at promotion funds. Afterwards approx. 450 jobs are omitted according to numbers of the enterprise. The enterprise sets then on time jobs. How these are paid, is still unclearly, exactly the same whether by it the established ones are pressurized.

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