1936-1950
History
1936
Merger of Rheinmetall and Borsig into Rheinmetall-Borsig AG
1938
Relocation of the company headquarters from Düsseldorf to Berlin
1940-1945
Increasing control of armaments production by the Reich via the "Commissioner for the Four-Year Plan".
Mass deployment of German and foreign forced labourers in all the factories of factories of Rheinmetall-Borsig AG
1944-1945
Damage and destruction of production facilities by air raids, therefore relocation of production to numerous locations in the later GDR and present-day Poland
1945
End of war and production banned by military government
1950
Start of a less successful civilian production programme in Düsseldorf
Further information
Rheinmetall Group celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2014
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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