Knorr-Bremse

German company
Organization business Q256290
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Knorr-Bremse

Summary

Knorr-Bremse is a business[1]. Knorr-Bremse ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Knorr-Bremse was a member of Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes[3].
  • Knorr-Bremse was a member of Stiftung Bildungspakt Bayern[4].
  • Knorr-Bremse is located in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg[5].
  • Knorr-Bremse is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Knorr-Bremse's image is recorded as KB Hauptverwaltung.jpg[7].
  • Knorr-Bremse's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • Knorr-Bremse's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • Knorr-Bremse's founder is recorded as Georg Knorr[10].
  • Georg Knorr is named after Knorr-Bremse[11].
  • brake is named after Knorr-Bremse[12].
  • Knorr-Bremse's logo image is recorded as Knorr-Bremse logo.png[13].
  • Knorr-Bremse's follows is recorded as Süddeutsche Bremsen-AG[14].
  • Knorr-Bremse's headquarters location is recorded as Munich[15].
  • Knorr-Bremse's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin[16].
  • Knorr-Bremse's headquarters location is recorded as Munich[17].
  • Knorr-Bremse's chief executive officer is recorded as Marc Llistosella[18].
  • Knorr-Bremse's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122019835[19].
  • Knorr-Bremse's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 168171818[20].
  • Knorr-Bremse's GND ID is recorded as 4476494-7[21].
  • Knorr-Bremse's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82029132[22].
  • Knorr-Bremse's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15060701c[23].
  • Knorr-Bremse's location is recorded as Friedrichshain[24].
  • Knorr-Bremse's child organization or unit is recorded as Knorr-Bremse (Austria)[25].
  • Knorr-Bremse's child organization or unit is recorded as Knorr-Bremse (United Kingdom)[26].
  • Knorr-Bremse's child organization or unit is recorded as Knorr-Bremse (United States)[27].

Body

Founding

Knorr-Bremse's founder is recorded as Georg Knorr[10]. +1905-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Knorr-Bremse[28].

Identity

Part of include MDAX[29], a stock market index[30], in Germany[31]; CDAX[32], a stock market index[33], in Germany[34], founded in 1993[35]; and German Entrepreneurial Index[36], a stock market index[37]. Knorr-Bremse's follows is recorded as Süddeutsche Bremsen-AG[14].

Leadership

Knorr-Bremse's chief executive officer is recorded as Marc Llistosella[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Munich[15], a college town[38], in Germany[39], founded in 1158[40] and Berlin[16], a seat of government[41], in Margraviate of Brandenburg[42], founded in 1244[43]. Subsidiaries include Knorr-Bremse (Austria)[25], a business[44], in Austria[45], founded in 1905[46], headquartered in Mödling[47]; Knorr-Bremse (United Kingdom)[26]; Knorr-Bremse (United States)[27]; MWM GmbH[48], a business[49], in Germany[50], founded in 1922[51], headquartered in Mannheim[52]; and Knorr-Bremse (Czechia)[53], a business[54], in Czech Republic[55], founded in 1905[56], headquartered in Stráž nad Nisou[57].

Industry

Industries include railway[58], machinery industry and plant construction[59], and electrical industry[60].

Ownership

Knorr-Bremse's stock exchange is recorded as Frankfurt Stock Exchange[61]. Knorr-Bremse's product or material produced is recorded as brake[62].

Why It Matters

Knorr-Bremse ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month).[2] Knorr-Bremse has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Knorr-Bremse is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
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  16. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  29. [61] . boerse-frankfurt.de. Retrieved . boerse-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [58] . wikidata.org.
  31. [59] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [60] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [3] . unife.org. Retrieved . unife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [4] . bildungspakt-bayern.de. Retrieved . bildungspakt-bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [28] . boerse-frankfurt.de. Retrieved . boerse-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [62] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  21. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  23. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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