Heraeus

Summary

Heraeus is a holding company^[1]. Heraeus draws 3,200 Wikipedia views per month (holding_company category, ranking #33 of 151).^[2]

Key Facts

• Heraeus was a member of ICC Germany^[3].
• Heraeus is in the country of Germany^[4].
• Heraeus is in the country of US^[5].
• Heraeus is in the country of HK^[6].
• Heraeus is in the country of FR^[7].
• Heraeus's instance of is recorded as holding company^[8].
• Heraeus's instance of is recorded as business^[9].
• Heraeus's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[10].
• Heraeus's founder is recorded as Wilhelm Heraeus^[11].
• Heraeus's headquarters location is recorded as Hanau^[12].
• Heraeus's child organization or unit is recorded as Vacuumschmelze^[13].
• Heraeus's Commons category is recorded as Heraeus^[14].
• Heraeus's industry is recorded as metal industry^[15].
• Heraeus's industry is recorded as chemical industry^[16].
• January 1, 1851 marks the founding of Heraeus^[17].
• 1974-05-14 marks the founding of Heraeus^[18].
• 1977-11-02 marks the founding of Heraeus^[19].
• Heraeus's official website is recorded as http://www.heraeus.de/^[20].
• Heraeus's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+16200'}^[21].
• Heraeus's legal form is recorded as Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung^[22].
• Heraeus's legal form is recorded as HZEH^[23].
• Heraeus's legal form is recorded as 254M^[24].
• Heraeus's legal form is recorded as 6CHY^[25].
• Heraeus's legal form is recorded as XTIQ^[26].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300JDGALMZQ63NG38^[27]

• Registered legal name: Heraeus Incorporated^[28]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-DE^[29]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[30]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ^[31]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[32]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[33]

• Entity created: 1977-11-02^[34]

• LEI first registered: 2013-03-26^[35]

• LEI last updated: 2025-11-15^[36]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-12-15^[37]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[38]

• Registration authority: RA000602^[39]

• Authority entity ID: 845374^[40]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[41]

Body

Founding

Heraeus's founder is recorded as Wilhelm Heraeus^[11]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1851^[17], 1974-05-14^[18], and 1977-11-02^[19].

Operations

Heraeus's headquarters location is recorded as Hanau^[12]. Heraeus's child organization or unit is recorded as Vacuumschmelze^[13].

Industry

Industries include metal industry^[15] and chemical industry^[16].

Why It Matters

Heraeus draws 3,200 Wikipedia views per month (holding_company category, ranking #33 of 151).^[2] Heraeus has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Heraeus is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]