KME Germany

KME AG is the German company of KME Group which encompasses the different manunfacturing units of the Group. In Germany it holds 3 manufacturing subsidiaries: KME Germany AG & Co. KG, KME Brass Germany GmbH and Fricke GmbH & Co. KG. 

KME AG, a company incorporated under German law and fully owned by the KME Group S.p.A., controls all the Group's other local companies.

In Germany, KME AG controls:

1. KME Germany AG & Co. KG, with plants in Osnabrück, Menden and Stolberg; it manufactures rolled products, tubes, special products and engineered products.
2. KME Brass Germany GmbH, with a plant in Berlin, manufacturing brass rods, profiles and wires.
3. Fricke GmbH & Co. KG, with a plant in Greven, manufacturing products for the building industry such as gutters and accessories.

The turnover of KME AG and its German subsidiaries in 2007 exceeded 1.7 bn euro with a total output of 365 thousand tonnes.

All KME’s German companies are run in full integration with the Group’s policies and strategy.

The Quality Management System implemented in all German companies is certified to ISO 9001. In addition, KME plants in Stolberg and Menden and the stamping centre and foundries at our Osnabrück plant completely fulfill the requirements of the automotive standard ISO TS 16949.

Structure of KME AG and its German subsidiaries

• Head offices in Osnabrück
• 5 manufacturing sites in Germany : one in Berlin dedicated exclusively to brass rod (head offices of KME Brass Germany GmbH); the others in Osnabrück, Menden, Stolberg and Greven (Fricke GmbH & Co. KG)
• 3,337 employees at end 2007
• 1 important research centre in Osnabrück
• A widespread domestic sales network (foreign markets go through the Group’s sales network)

In Germany KME manufactures rolled products, tubes, rods, melting and casting products and a wide range of special products.

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