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This article is about the Germany-based multinational conglomerate Mannesmann. For Mannesmann process see Rotary piercing, for D2 Mannesmann see Vodafone Germany.
The German conglomerate Mannesmann was established as a manufacturer of steel pipes in 1890 under the name "Deutsch-Österreichische Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG", which in English loosely translates as "German- Austrian Mannesmann pipe mills AG”. In the twentieth century, Mannesmann’s product range grew and the company expanded into numerous sectors – starting from various steel products and trading to mechanical and electrical engineering, automotive and telecommunications. From 1955, the conglomerate’s management holding with headquarters in Düsseldorf was named Mannesmann AG.
The particular success of the corporate activities in the area of telecommunications that started in 1990 was the predominant reason for the takeover of Mannesmann by the British telecommunications company Vodafone in 2000 – still one of the largest-ever company takeovers worldwide. Back then, the Mannesmann Group had 130,860 employees worldwide and revenues of € 23.27 billion.
The name Mannesmann ceased to exist in the engineering, automotive and telecommunications sectors soon after the deal with Vodafone, though it lives on in the steel industry, particularly in the steel tube and pipe industry, as the German steel manufacturer Salzgitter AG took over the most tradition-rich Mannesmann division, i.e. the pipe production of Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG (today Mannesmannröhren-Werke GmbH) together with the brand Mannesmann.
Usage examples of "mannesmann".
So it happens that the holding company whose merger with Mannesmann has been dissolved takes over the majority of Essen Anthracite AG and later, as the mealworm advises, rejoins Mannesmann.
Ray Richardson directly in the path of the now accelerating Mannesmann wash-head.
LAPD officers, Frank Curtis struggled to recover the semi-conscious body of Ray Richardson that was hanging helplessly at right angles to his own ropes beside the Mannesmann cradle.
She searched desperately for some way of stopping the Mannesmann on its track.
There were only the two cables from the hydraulic jib on the Mannesmann above their heads to remind him of where they had just been standing.