ThyssenKrupp AG is a German multinational conglomerate corporation based in Duisburg and Essen, Germany. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide. While ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's largest steel producers, the company also provides components and systems for the automotive industry, elevators, escalators, material trading and industrial services.[4] As of a 2009 reorganization,[5] it is structured into eight business areas that fall under two major divisions, Materials and Technologies. The Materials division concentrates on carbon steel, stainless steel, and material services while the Technology Division concentrates on elevator, plant and components technology, and marine systems. The company is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp, and now has its operational headquarters in Essen. The largest shareholder is the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, a major German philanthropic foundation, created by and named in honour of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, former owner and head of the Krupp company, once the largest company in Europe.
Aerospace materials and logistics provider ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, part of the Business Area Materials Services, today said it had forayed into the Indian skies by launching its first facility in Bengaluru with an aim to meet the rising demand of the local aerospace industry, thus strengthening its... (more)
Nine hundred sales and services locations, 20 production sites, more than 1.2 million units under service worldwide, and now 50,000 people. A tight-knit network ensures that service technicians are quickly available wherever they are needed in the world.
To date, ThyssenKrupp Elevator has sold more than 7,000 units of passenger transportation equipment, and services over 2,600 units related to metro and rail infrastructure projects across the Asia Pacific region. The company is poised for continued growth in tandem with the area’s boom in bui... (more)
