Bauknecht (company)

Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1919 (1919), in Neckartenzlingen, Germany
FounderGottlob Bauknecht
FateAcquired by Whirlpool Corporation in 1989
Headquarters,
Germany
Key people
Jens-Christoph Bidlingmaier, chairman of the board
Gerald Bormann, supervisory board chairman
ProductsDomestic appliances
Revenue290 million euro (2014)[1]
Number of employees
400 (2014)[1]
ParentWhirlpool Corporation
Websitewww.bauknecht.de

Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH, commonly referred as Bauknecht, was one of Germany's leading manufacturers of household appliances, and since 1989 has been a brand of Whirlpool Corporation. The headquarters of the company was in Schorndorf in Baden-Württemberg until 2006 when it relocated to Stuttgart. Whirlpool has closed its three plants in Calw (refrigerators/freezers), Neunkirchen (dishwashers) and Schorndorf (washers and dryers). Since 2012 all Bauknecht branded products have been manufactured outside Germany.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Entwicklung von Bauknecht in Deutschland schließt". m.faz.net. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ^ "Bauknecht in Schorndorf: Konzern gibt den Standort auf" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. 2012-01-16. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-12-27.