Oerlikon Works

Swiss engineering company (1876-1967)
Organization business Q1906878
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Oerlikon Works

Summary

Oerlikon Works is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oerlikon Works is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Oerlikon Works's image is recorded as Maschinenfabr Oerlikon 1930.jpg[4].
  • Oerlikon Works's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Oerlikon Works's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Oerlikon Works's founder is recorded as Peter Emil Huber-Werdmüller[7].
  • Oerlikon Works's owned by is recorded as Emil Georg Bührle[8].
  • Oerlikon Works's followed by is recorded as Oerlikon Rheinmetall Air Defence[9].
  • Oerlikon Works's followed by is recorded as OC Oerlikon[10].
  • Oerlikon Works's headquarters location is recorded as Zurich[11].
  • Oerlikon Works's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158889008[12].
  • Oerlikon Works's IdRef ID is recorded as 150819978[13].
  • Oerlikon Works's Commons category is recorded as Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon[14].
  • Oerlikon Works's industry is recorded as mechanical engineering[15].
  • Oerlikon Works's industry is recorded as manufacture of machinery and equipment[16].
  • Oerlikon Works's industry is recorded as electrical industry[17].
  • +1876-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Oerlikon Works[18].
  • Oerlikon Works was dissolved in +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Oerlikon Works's HDS ID is recorded as 041810[20].
  • Oerlikon Works's product or material produced is recorded as rolling stock[21].
  • Oerlikon Works's product or material produced is recorded as locomotive[22].
  • Oerlikon Works's depicted by is recorded as Armament: Enter Oerlikon[23].
  • Oerlikon Works's legal form is recorded as joint-stock company[24].
  • Oerlikon Works's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121gpg3c[25].
  • Oerlikon Works's PM20 folder ID is recorded as co/062741[26].
  • Oerlikon Works's has works in the collection is recorded as Railway Museum of Catalonia[27].

Body

Founding

Oerlikon Works's founder is recorded as Peter Emil Huber-Werdmüller[7]. +1876-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[18].

Identity

Successors include Oerlikon Rheinmetall Air Defence[9] and OC Oerlikon[10].

Operations

Oerlikon Works's headquarters location is recorded as Zurich[11].

Industry

Industries include mechanical engineering[15], manufacture of machinery and equipment[16], and electrical industry[17].

Ownership

Oerlikon Works's owned by is recorded as Emil Georg Bührle[8]. Products include rolling stock[21] and locomotive[22].

Dissolution

Oerlikon Works was dissolved in +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Oerlikon Works include MFO-Park[28], an urban park[29], in Switzerland[30], founded in 2002[31].

Why It Matters

Oerlikon Works ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include MFO-Park[28], an urban park[29], in Switzerland[30], founded in 2002[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Armament: Enter Oerlikon. content.time.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . content.time.com. content.time.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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