10 Facts About Mannesmann

Name Mannesmann ceased to exist in the engineering, automotive and telecommunications sectors soon after Vodafone purchased the company.

In 1886, the German brothers Reinhard and Max Mannesmann received the world's first patent for their invention of a process for rolling seamless steel pipes .

Reinhard and Max Mannesmann formed the first board of directors but left it in 1893.

Mannesmann became the worldwide leading manufacturer of steel tube and pipe.

In 1990, following the liberalization of the German telecommunications market, Mannesmann set up a new business sector and established Germany's first cellular network carrier in private ownership known as D2 Mannesmann.

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Additionally, Mannesmann extended its telecommunications division with integrated services covering mobile and fixed network telephony, Internet, and TeleCommerce with companies in Germany, Italy, UK and Austria.

Europe-wide telecommunication branch of Mannesmann was extraordinarily successful and so in 1999 the Mannesmann Group hatched a plan to spin off the other divisions.

Siemens AG bought the majority of Atecs Mannesmann AG, including automobile components, cranes and locomotives, logistics, and defense ; Robert Bosch GmbH acquired Rexroth, an industrial engineering company.

Under the terms of the takeover deal, Mannesmann sought assurances from Vodafone that the Mannesmann brand and name would be kept under the new owners.

Mannesmann Arcor was a fixed line telephony and internet company.