Brown, Boveri & Cie

Summary

Brown, Boveri & Cie is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (707 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Brown, Boveri & Cie is in the country of Switzerland^[3].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's instance of is recorded as business^[4].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[5].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's founder is recorded as Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown^[6].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie followed Holding Brown Boveri & Cie AG^[7].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's headquarters location is recorded as Baden^[8].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's child organization or unit is recorded as Brown, Boveri & Cie AG in Mannheim^[9].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's child organization or unit is recorded as Tecnomasio^[10].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's child organization or unit is recorded as Österreichische Brown, Boveri Werke^[11].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's Commons category is recorded as Brown, Boveri & Cie.^[12].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's industry is recorded as manufacture of machinery and equipment^[13].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction^[14].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's industry is recorded as electrical industry^[15].
• 1891 marks the founding of Brown, Boveri & Cie^[16].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie was dissolved in 1988^[17].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's location of formation is recorded as Baden^[18].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's parent organization or unit is recorded as Holding Brown Boveri & Cie AG^[19].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brown, Boveri & Cie^[20].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's director / manager is recorded as Fritz Leutwiler^[21].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's depicted by is recorded as Swiss firms practiced forced labour in Nazi era^[22].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's replaced by is recorded as ABB Group^[23].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's legal form is recorded as joint-stock company^[24].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's owner of is recorded as Compagnie Électro-Mécanique^[25].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's board member is recorded as Eberhard Schmidt^[26].
• Brown, Boveri & Cie's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject^[27].

Body

Founding

Brown, Boveri & Cie's founder is recorded as Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown^[6]. 1891 marks the founding of it^[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Baden^[18].

Identity

Brown, Boveri & Cie followed Holding Brown Boveri & Cie AG^[7].

Leadership

Brown, Boveri & Cie's board member is recorded as Eberhard Schmidt^[26]. Its director / manager is recorded as Fritz Leutwiler^[21].

Operations

Brown, Boveri & Cie's headquarters location is recorded as Baden^[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Holding Brown Boveri & Cie AG^[19]. Subsidiaries include Brown, Boveri & Cie AG in Mannheim^[9], a business^[28], in Germany^[29], founded in 1900^[30], headquartered in Mannheim^[31]; Tecnomasio^[10], a business^[32], in Italy^[33], founded in 1863^[34], headquartered in Milan^[35]; and Österreichische Brown, Boveri Werke^[11], a business^[36], in Austria^[37], founded in 1910^[38], headquartered in Vienna^[39].

Industry

Industries include manufacture of machinery and equipment^[13], machinery industry and plant construction^[14], and electrical industry^[15].

Dissolution

Brown, Boveri & Cie was dissolved in 1988^[17].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Brown, Boveri & Cie include ABB Group^[40], a public company^[41], in Switzerland^[42], founded in 1988^[43], headquartered in Zurich^[44].

Why It Matters

Brown, Boveri & Cie ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (707 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for it include ABB Group^[40], a public company^[41], in Switzerland^[42], founded in 1988^[43], headquartered in Zurich^[44].