Heimann (company)

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The Heimann GmbH is a former German company based in Wiesbaden had been taken over and are the subsectors of other companies and integrated.

history

Image pickup tube Resistron of the Physikalisch-Technischen Werkstätten Wiesbaden-Dotzheim in the old version 4149

Walter Heimann worked for AEG in Berlin-Reinickendorf in the area of ​​cathode ray tubes since 1931 , where he developed tubes for television technology. In 1946 he founded his company “Physikalisch-Technische Werkstätten”, later Heimann GmbH, in Wiesbaden, indicating at the same time that he wanted to produce something. At the beginning of 1970 Heimann GmbH had grown to around 500 employees. The activities in the field of image pickup tubes led to a technical collaboration with Siemens AG very early on . The increasing importance of image recording technology for industry and medicine made the contacts ever closer.

Heimann found a way to withdraw from active business life and to be able to ensure that his life's work is preserved: A merger with a majority stake in Siemens AG was finally agreed with effect from January 1, 1970. From then on, the development potentials of both companies were progressive mainly dedicated to the field of television recording technology. The company's founder, Heimann, died in 1981.

In 1993, the security technology division was taken over by Rheinmetall AG under the name Heimann Systems GmbH and relocated to its own subsidiary Aditron AG in March 2000. The turnover in 2001 was 167 million euros. In October 2002 the company was taken over by the Smiths Group for 375 million euros and is now part of the Smiths Detection division under the name Smiths Heimann GmbH. It develops and produces security technology such as baggage inspection systems and body scanners . Sales in the 2008/9 financial year amounted to EUR 219.2 million.

The part in whose hands TV recording technology is further developed was formerly called Heimann Opto and has been part of the US company PerkinElmer since 1992 . After the takeover, the company was called PerkinElmer Optoelectronics GmbH & Co. KG until 2008. Sales in 2008 amounted to 98.8 million euros. From 2009 the company was called PerkinElmer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG. Due to the financial crisis, sales in 2009 were only 78.3 million euros.

Both successor companies are based in Wiesbaden.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d body scanner Naked business in: Tagesspiegel from January 5, 2010
  2. ↑ Smiths Group takes over Heimann Systems from Aditron AG
  3. ↑ Corporate restructuring has paid off for Rheinmetall in: Wirtschaftswoche of February 26, 2003
  4. ^ History of Smiths Heimann GmbH ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Smiths Heimann GmbH, Wiesbaden - Annual financial statements for the business year from August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009
  6. ^ Timeline, 1992
  7. ↑ PerkinElmer Optoelectronics GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden - Annual financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 - Management report as of December 31, 2008
  8. ↑ PerkinElmer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG (formerly: PerkinElmer Optoelectronics GmbH & Co. KG), Wiesbaden - Annual financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 - Management report as of December 31, 2009
  9. ^ History of the field of television recording technology