AEG is synonymous with functional and quality products. The German company - today belonging to the Swedish group Electrolux- has a wide range of home products, including stoves, ovens, microwaves, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, kitchen robots, coffee makers, toasters and, of course, vacuum cleaners.

Within the universe of vacuuming, it has bagged and bagless vacuum cleaners, broom vacuum cleaners and robot vacuum cleaners, all of them. products with a good level of performance and a reasonable price.

History of AEG

AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) is a German company founded in 1883 in Berlin, which began with a patent from Thomas Alva Edison (its name means General Electricity Company), initially manufacturing various electrical appliances: water heaters, irons, teapots, light bulbs, generators, etc.

In 1891, its engineers achieved a milestone for the time, the transmission of electrical energy 175 kilometers away., from a power plant in Lauffen am Neckar to Frankfurt, where they lit 1.000 light bulbs, demonstrating that the remote transmission of electrical energy could be viable, and beginning the electrification of Germany.

In the first half of the XNUMXth century, the company had a great expansion, beginning to manufacture various parts and even vehicles in the important automotive, aviation and railway sectors.

In 1903, the radio company AEG owned merged with one of its rivals Siemens & Halske, giving rise to Telefunken (which would later be a prominent television manufacturer).

In the same year, An experimental three-phase wagon equipped by AEG reached a speed of 210 kilometers per hour on a test track, a speed record for the time that would stand until 1931.

From 1902 to 1908 it produced several automobile models, through its Neue Automobil Gesellschaft division.

In 1910, the company entered the aeronautical market, manufacturing airplanes from 1912 to 1918 (some of them used in World War I).

In the 1920s, AEG became a large supplier of electrical equipment, including lighting, turbines, wiring, electric railways, dynamos, transformers, fuses, measuring equipment, etc.).

In 1929, AEG created its first compressor-driven refrigerators and temperature-controlled irons.

In 1935, he introduced the first tape recording device, the Magnetophon K1.

In 1941, he bought his share of the company from Siemens & Halske, making Telefunken a subsidiary.

After the Second World War it lost a large part of its assets, which were expropriated when they were located in East Berlin, controlled by the Soviet Union. The company's headquarters moved from Berlin to Hamburg, and later to Frankfurt.

In 1948, the company had more than 20.000 workers, which would increase to more than 55.000 in 1957., exceeding DM 1.000 billion in turnover for the first time.

Subsequently, it continued to grow strongly, and In 1962 it reached 127.000 employees and sales of more than 3.000 billion marks.

That same year, Walter Bruch developed the PAL color television system at Telefunken, at its facilities in Hannover; This system is the most used in television systems outside the American continent today.

In 1967, it merged with its subsidiary Telefunken (giving rise to AEG-Telefunken).

In 1970, AEG had 170.000 employees and was the 12th largest electric company in the world., although it had certain problems, derived from the delay in the delivery of a nuclear power plant, whose start-up was delayed for several years, costing several hundred million marks.

In 1983-84, the consumer electronics division was sold to the French group Thomson.

In 1985, AEG was acquired by the automobile manufacturer Daimler-Benz., to form an integrated technological group, taking advantage of all AEG's knowledge and experience.

In 1994, the automation division was sold to Schneider Electric and the appliance division to Electrolux.

In 2004, the Electrolux group acquired global ownership of the AEG brand, and it is being actively promoted by the Swedish giant in the area of ​​home appliances. (where they achieve many synergies, taking advantage of the accumulated knowledge of both companies, both with more than a century of experience), as well as in other areas where AEG stood out throughout its history: telecommunications, tools, industrial equipment, energy supply , etc.

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