Siemens-Schuckert
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Siemens-Schuckert (or Siemens-Schuckertwerke) was a German electrical engineering company headquartered in Berlin, Erlangen and Nuremberg that was incorporated into the Siemens AG in 1966.
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Company type | Rail Transport |
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Industry | electrical industry |
Predecessor | Isaria Zählerwerke Schuckert & Co. |
Founded | 1903; 121 years ago (1903) |
Successor | Siemens Mobility |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Rail Types |
Parent | Siemens |
Siemens Schuckert was founded in 1903 when Siemens & Halske acquired Schuckertwerke.[1] Subsequently, Siemens & Halske specialized in communications engineering and Siemens-Schuckert in power engineering and pneumatic instrumentation. During World War I Siemens-Schuckert also produced aircraft. It took over manufacturing of the renowned Protos vehicles in 1908. In World War II, the company had a factory producing aircraft and other parts at Monowitz near Auschwitz. There was a workers camp near the factory known as Bobrek concentration camp.
The Siemens Schuckert logo consisted of an S with a smaller S superimposed on the middle with the smaller S rotated left by 45 degrees.[notes 1][2] The logo was used into the late 1960s, when both companies merged with the Siemens-Reiniger-Werke AG to form the present-day Siemens AG.