Private company

Wincor Nixdorf

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German corporation

Wincor Nixdorf was a German corporation that provided retail and retail banking hardware, software, and services. Wincor Nixdorf was engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs), retail banking equipment, lottery terminals, postal terminals, software and services for global financial and commercial markets. Following Wincor Nixdorf's IPO in May 2004, KKR and Goldman Sachs sold all of their shares.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1999Founded1
  • Industryinformation technology1
  • HeadquartersPaderborn1
  • Websitewww.wincor-nixdorf.com
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
  • LEI391200SELYN10EZS5J953
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressHeinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1, 33106 Paderborn, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Paderborn, HRB 68463

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Wincor Nixdorf was a German corporation that provided retail and retail banking hardware, software, and services. Wincor Nixdorf was engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs), retail banking equipment, lottery terminals, postal terminals, software and services for global financial and commercial markets.2

Corporate structure

Wincor Nixdorf sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Wincor Nixdorf reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Heinz Nixdorf, Nixdorf Computer was formed in 1952. In 1990, the company was purchased by Siemens AG and renamed Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme. The company was re-focused exclusively on its current product, set in 1998, and renamed Siemens Nixdorf Retail and Banking Systems GmbH. Following a buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs Alternatives on October 1, 1999, the company was renamed Wincor Nixdorf. The company was taken public May 19, 2004, with a successful IPO. On November 8, 2006, Chief Executive Officer Karl-Heinz Stiller announced his resignation from the Board of Directors. Eckard Heidloff was elected as his replacement.

From Wikipedia’s article on Wincor Nixdorf, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Also owns

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Acquisitions

  1. 1974Acquired Q1 Corporation1
  2. Succeeded Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme1

Timeline

  1. 2014Acquired Acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts1
  2. 1999Founded Founded1

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