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1936-1950

History

17758
Merger of Rheinmetall and Borsig into Rheinmetall-Borsig AG
31846

Relocation of the company headquarters from Düsseldorf to Berlin

17759

Increasing control of armaments production by the Reich via the "Commissioner for the Four-Year Plan".

31834

Mass deployment of German and foreign forced labourers in all the factories of factories of Rheinmetall-Borsig AG

17760

Damage and destruction of production facilities by air raids, therefore relocation of production to numerous locations in the later GDR and present-day Poland

 End of war and production banned by military government

31840

Start of a less successful civilian production programme in Düsseldorf

On March 20, 2023, the technology group Rheinmetall AG was included in Germany’s benchmark DAX index. This underlined the success of the company’s development over the course of 130 years. Rheinmetall has long been a fixture on the trading floor. Following the company’s founding in 1889 under the name “Rheinische Metallwaaren- und Maschinenfabrik Actiengesellschaft,” it went public in 1894. In 1996, the Düsseldorf-based company became a founding member of the MDAX (mid-cap DAX) and has been listed in this stock index without interruption ever since.
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