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Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
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Industry | Tools |
Founded | 1964 Landau an der Isar, West Germany [1] |
Founder | Hans Einhell Josef Thannhuber |
Headquarters | Landau an der Isar, Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Andreas Kroiss Jan Teichert Markus Thannhuber |
Products | Power tools, garden equipment |
Revenue | €486 million (2016) [* 1] |
Number of employees | 1400 [2] |
Subsidiaries | iSC GmbH kwb Germany GmbH |
Website |
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Einhell Germany AG is a German manufacturer of power tools and electrical garden equipment in Landau an der Isar, Germany. [3]
It was founded on June 2, 1964 by Josef Thannhuber as Hans Einhell GmbH. Hans Einhell was the uncle of Josef Thannhuber.
In the late 1960s it opened a factory in Spain. [4] The company floated on the stock market in 1987. It is a Prime Standard traded company on Xetra (EING_p.DE).
It has around 1,400 employees. In 2016 it turned over €486 million. Andreas Kroiss has been their Chief Executive since January 2003. [5]
In 2013, it took over Ozito an Australian company supplying Bunnings DIY products for their stores all over Australia.
For a time, they distributed the Ozito range in the UK thro Homebase an then when it became Bunnings, from 2016-2018.
Einhell UK is situated in Birkenhead in the Wirral, on the Champions Business Park. They only supply complete products, spares have to be ordered thro Einhell Germany.