Schunk Group

:"This article is about the Schunk Group. For Schunk Intec Inc., the company founded in Lauffen/Neckar, Germany in 1945, see the Schunk article."The Schunk Group is a German manufacturing conglomerate composed of 75 subsidiary companies in 28 countries [ [http://www.schunk.se/sixcms/media.php/1698/Schunk%20foeretagspr_eng.pdf Schunk fretagspres_eng.indd ] ] . It produces carbon brushes, graphite products, and moulded bipolar plates. Schunk is based in Heuchelheim, Germany, but employees 7,352 people worldwide. In 2006, Schunk Group's consolidated worldwide turnover was 752.9 million Euros [ [http://sgroup.cms.schunk-group.com/en/5schunk01.c.2214.de The Company ] ] , up from 643.5 million in 2004.

The Schunk Group was founded in 1913 in Fulda, Germany by Ludwig Schunk, together with technician Karl Ebe, as carbon brush factory Schunk & Ebe OHG.

The Schunk Group's subsidiary companies include:
*Schunk Metall und Kunststoff GmbH
*Schunk Ingenieurkeramik GmbH
*Schunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH
* Schunk Materials
*Schunk Hightemperature (based in Giessen, Germany)
*Schunk Vienna (Vienna, Austria) [ [http://www.schunk-materials.at/en/schunk01.c.7199.de Company ] ]
*Schunk Nordiska AB

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