Siemens & Halske AG
1897 - 1966
The company was originally founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemen as Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske. In 1897 it became a limited-liability company, Siemens & Halske AG.
In 1903, this company merged its high-tension activities with Schuckert & Co to create Siemens-Schuckert, with majority ownership of Siemens-Halske. Siemens-Halske itself focused on communications.
Through the first half of the 20th Century, the company, in addition to its manufacturing activities, grew as a holding company for many other enterprises such as Siemens-Reiniger, Siemens-Plano, Telefunken, Klangfilm etc.
In 1967, the the surviving Siemens subsidiaries were unified under the name Siemens A.G.