Brown, Boveri & Cie

former Swiss company
Organization business Q664420
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Brown, Boveri & Cie

Summary

Brown, Boveri & Cie is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brown, Boveri & Cie is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's image is recorded as Mulhouse, Electropolis.JPG[4].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's founder is recorded as Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown[7].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's logo image is recorded as BBC Logo.jpg[8].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's follows is recorded as Holding Brown Boveri & Cie AG[9].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's headquarters location is recorded as Baden[10].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's ISNI is recorded as 0000000110102527[11].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127809260[12].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126140466[13].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's GND ID is recorded as 2006094-4[14].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's GND ID is recorded as 2058733-8[15].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50049429[16].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's child organization or unit is recorded as Brown, Boveri & Cie AG in Mannheim[17].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's child organization or unit is recorded as Tecnomasio[18].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's child organization or unit is recorded as Österreichische Brown, Boveri Werke[19].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's Commons category is recorded as Brown, Boveri & Cie.[20].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's industry is recorded as manufacture of machinery and equipment[21].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction[22].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's industry is recorded as electrical industry[23].
  • +1891-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brown, Boveri & Cie[24].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie was dissolved in +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z[25].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025sydv[26].
  • Brown, Boveri & Cie's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as osa2014830633[27].

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Founding

Brown, Boveri & Cie's founder is recorded as Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown[7]. +1891-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[24]. Its location of formation is recorded as Baden[28].

Identity

Brown, Boveri & Cie's follows is recorded as Holding Brown Boveri & Cie AG[9].

Leadership

Brown, Boveri & Cie's board member is recorded as Eberhard Schmidt[29]. Its director / manager is recorded as Fritz Leutwiler[30].

Operations

Brown, Boveri & Cie's headquarters location is recorded as Baden[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Holding Brown Boveri & Cie AG[31]. Subsidiaries include Brown, Boveri & Cie AG in Mannheim[17], a business[32], in Germany[33], founded in 1900[34], headquartered in Mannheim[35]; Tecnomasio[18], a business[36], in Italy[37], founded in 1863[38], headquartered in Milan[39]; and Österreichische Brown, Boveri Werke[19], a business[40], in Austria[41], founded in 1910[42], headquartered in Vienna[43].

Industry

Industries include manufacture of machinery and equipment[21], machinery industry and plant construction[22], and electrical industry[23].

Dissolution

Brown, Boveri & Cie was dissolved in +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z[25].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Brown, Boveri & Cie include ABB Group[44], a public company[45], in Switzerland[46], founded in 1988[47], headquartered in Zurich[48].

Why It Matters

Brown, Boveri & Cie ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for it include ABB Group[44], a public company[45], in Switzerland[46], founded in 1988[47], headquartered in Zurich[48].

References

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  29. [29] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  15. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [48] . 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. [49] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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