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The Kieler Howaldtswerke German threw GmbH (HDW) is the largest German threw. Since the fusion with the ThyssenKrupp shipyards at the beginning of of 2005 is it part of the TKMS. Admits is the enterprise today particularly for its submarines of the submarine class 212. Also within the civilian range threw innovative prototypes designed and manufactured, like e.g. at that time largest container ships for the APL (American President LINE) or the first hatchwayless container ships of the world for the shipping company Norasia has. In the recent past prototypes were usually developed and manufactured on HDW and built subsequent's buildings then under license in the country of the clients. This concerns today in particular so-called "Package" - contracts in the building of submarines. This procedure is disputed: It secures the "Innovationstandort Germany", but not the jobs in the manufacturing. That meanwhile no more Technologieklau on the part of eastern countries (HDW/TKMS also the submarine class 214 supplies at South Korea), which can be concealed, is not to be excluded, but rather probable (see Transrapid).
On 1 October 1838 engineer August Howaldt and the wealthy Kieler buyer Johann Schweffel created the mechanical engineering institute and iron foundry Schweffel & Howaldt, which manufactured boilers, steam furnaces as well as machines for the agriculture in Schleswig-Holstein in (at that time Danish) the keel. In the year 1849 the first steam engine for a sea-going vessel, the of of the Tann, a cannon boat of the small navy of Schleswig-Holstein was manufactured. 1850 built the enterprise the first submarine of the world, the fire diver, today are it in Dresden in the military-historical museum of the German Federal Armed Forces to be visited. The building of the ship developed rather from coincidence, in the GermanDanish war the Danes for the originally planned building place, Rendsburg, already too close had come. From the founder-temporal threw is located today to the in Kiel only the 1884 by the most well-known Kieler architect of its time, Heinrich Moldenschardt, established old persons metallgiesserei, which is removed to the industrial museum.
The first ship under the name "Howaldt" left 1865 threw to the Kieler a small steamer named forward. Up to the turn of the century already 390 steamers had threw left. In the 1. World war some few submarines for the emperor navy were built. The HDW profited by the fact from the fact that Kiel was removed in this time to the central port of the German navy.
After the war one almost took place failure and afterwards the rescue, which an expansion to Hamburg (the division 1985 again closed) with itself brought.
1937 went threw into the property of the war navy over. In the Second World War the Howaldtswerke Hamburg built 33 submarines for the war navy, the Howaldtswerke Kiel 31 (type VIIC). As only Kieler largethrown the Howaldtswerke was not dismantled and flourished in the following Wirtschaftswunder. Among other things Aristoteles Onassis let build here some its tanker.
1968 fused those Hamburg ones and the Kieler threw with that Hamburg German threw AG, which had built 113 submarines of the type IXC, IXC/40 and XXIII in the war. Over 200 further submarines were with end of war in order. Together both shipyards had built 15% of the German submarines. From now on the enterprise HDW was called.
Starting from years HDW reorganized itself the 1990er, in order to be able to withstand the competition from the Far East. Particularly the building of container ships turned out strongly under pressure. By purchases of the Swedish Kockumswerft, the Greek healing NIC Shipyards and co-operation HDW changed itself to an international company.
Together with its subsidiaries the HDW group employs today approximately 6600 coworkers in Germany, Greece and Sweden. In best times there was 26.000.
The seat of the group is Kiel with main activities in Kiel (Germany), Karlskrona (Sweden), (Sweden), Rendsburg (Germany) and Skaramanga (Greece). An emphasis is the building of submarines. With modern hydrogen technology internationally a prominent position in the conventional building of submarines is taken. Likewise the first camouflage cap corvettes of the world came OFF from the subsidiary Kockums in Sweden.
2005 fused HDW with the shipyards of North Sea works (NSWE, before times Thyssen of North Sea works) from Emden and Blohm & Voss from Hamburg, belonging to the ThyssenKrupp AG. In addition Thyssen Krupp HDW of the US financial investor OEP One Equity of partner took over against grant of a participation of 25 per cent in the intermediate getting things Thyssen Krupp navy of system. The contract was approved by the First all locations are to remain received. On a long-term basis a European group is to be aimed at. The business was disputed: On the one hand to the plans by ThyssenKrupp the company center was shifted to Hamburg, the entire building of surface ships is actually to Emden and in Kiel remained only the submarines. The trade unions and the there working fear the loss of up to 1000 jobs in Kiel. Meanwhile HDW transferred the guidance in the range underwater within TKMS. The civilian surface activities were handed over the separated "HDW Gaarden to GmbH", which divide the firm area, but are reservation-technically independent. In the underwater region the departments involved of the former Konsortialpartners NSWE were placed under the direction of HDW. The shipyards HDW Nobiskrug in Rendsburg, HellenicShipyards (HSY), brought in by HDW into the "wedding" with ThyssenKrupp, in Greece and the Kockums in Sweden are not longer a component of the "HDW Group" OFF, but than parts of ThyssenKrupp navy of system were firmiert to change so far however without the past company forms.
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