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Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co.

Former electrical engineering company in Aachen, Germany1

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.2 It ceased to exist in 1993.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Apr 1, 1886Founded1
  • Industryelectrical industry, manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers1
  • HeadquartersAachen1
  • Legal formKommanditgesellschaft, joint-stock company1

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Photo: Norbert Schnitzler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (until 1938 also known as: DEW - Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen) is a former electrical engineering company in Aachen.2

The story

Founded by Heinrich Garbe and Wilhelm Lahmeyer on Apr 1, 1886.1

Leadership

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Timeline

  1. 1993Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Apr 1, 1886Founded Founded1

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