Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co.

Industry	Electrical engineering
Predecessor	DEW - Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen
Founded	1886
Founder	Wilhelm Lahmeyer
Defunct	1993
Headquarters	Aachen , Germany
Owner	CGEE Alsthom

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. From 1938 the company was known as Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (GL).

GL produced all sorts of electric motors, electric generators, alternators, starters, motor–generator, and other electrical equipment. During World War II, GL supplied the generators for the battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz.^[1] They were also one of the suppliers of electric motors for Type VIIC U-boats.

In 1973 GL was taken over by CGEE Alsthom.^[2]

Production under the GL label stopped around 1993.

References

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• Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (HRSG): Das Buch der Garbe, Lahmeyer und Co. AG., Aachener Verlags-Druckerei Gesellschaft, Jahr o.A, 288 Seiten
• Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2014). Battleships Of The Bismarck Class. UK. ISBN 978-1-84832-197-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Heinz Steguweit: Licht und Kraft. 1. April 1886 - 1. April 1961. Zum 75jährigen Bestehen der Firma Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. Aktiengesellschaft. Firmenschrift, Aachen. EA, als Manuskript gedruckt, 1961

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