Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co.

Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co.

Industry	Electrical engineering
Predecessor	DEW - Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen
Founded	1886
Founder	Wilhelm Lahmeyer
Defunct	1993
Headquarters	Aachen , Germany
Owner	CGEE Alsthom

Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (until 1938 also known as: DEW - Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen) is a former electrical engineering company in Aachen.

The company was founded in 1886 by Wilhelm Lahmeyer in Aachen as Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen, Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co.. Lahmeyer left the company only a few years later, but the company still used his name. From 1938 the company was known as Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (GL).

GL produced all sorts of electric motors, electric generators, alternators, starters, motor–generator, and other electrical equipment. During World War II, GL supplied the generators for the battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz. They were also one of the suppliers of electric motors for Type VIIC U-boats.

In 1973 GL was taken over by CGEE Alsthom.

Production under the GL label stopped around 1993.

References

General

• Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (HRSG): Das Buch der Garbe, Lahmeyer und Co. AG., Aachener Verlags-Druckerei Gesellschaft, Jahr o.A, 288 Seiten
• Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2014). Battleships Of The Bismarck Class. UK. ISBN 978-1-84832-197-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Heinz Steguweit: Licht und Kraft. 1. April 1886 - 1. April 1961. Zum 75jährigen Bestehen der Firma Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. Aktiengesellschaft. Firmenschrift, Aachen. EA, als Manuskript gedruckt, 1961

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