Dornier Group GmbH''
isan international
consulting
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Consulting servic ...
and
project management
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company that operates in the fields of
traffic
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,
transport
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,
the environment
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and water.
The German parent company was established in 1962 from the former Dornier Planungsberatung in
Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''Kre ...
and was formed to focus on research and development projects for public and military facilities. Through
Daimler-Benz
The Mercedes-Benz Group Aktiengesellschaft, AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German Multinational corporation, multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It ...
, Dornier registered in 1995 to be an independent Business Unit of
DaimlerChrysler
The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of the world's leading car manufacture ...
Services as a limited liability (
GmbH) planning and consulting company. At this time, the mobility services of the Daimler-Benz Group was introduced. With the founding of
EADS
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in 2000, Dornier became a 100% owned subsidiary of
EADS Deutschland GmbH.
In 2009, DCo reported a revenue of 36 million euros and currently employs approximately 350 employees worldwide. Currently, they maintain more than 100 projects in 25 countries with a project volume worth approximately 30 billion euros.
They have worked on projects for the
EU, various governments and authorities, the
World Bank
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,
Deutsche Bahn
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the se ...
,
Daimler
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People
* Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), German inventor, industrialist and namesake of a series of automobile companies
* Adolf Daimler (1871–1913), engineer and son of Gottlieb Daimler
* Paul Da ...
,
EADS
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and private customers as well.
The Business Units were restructured in 2007, which are now represented by the following four Business Lines:
* Transportation / Infrastructure
* Automotive
* Aerospace / Security
* Environment / Water
Subsidiaries in
Germany
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include
PM Academy(project management training
wpm Projektmanagement GmbH (consulting for construction project management), Dornier Consulting Engineering & Services (DCES) (supports manufacturers and suppliers in the development and quality assurance for discrete vehicle electrical systems).
External links
Dornier Consulting
Airbus subsidiaries and divisions
1962 establishments in West Germany
Companies based in Friedrichshafen
Consulting firms established in 1962
German companies established in 1962
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