is a German manufacturer of

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s. The company was established in 1683 as the Eisenwerke Gaggenau A.G. in the

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region of south-west

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by German aristocrat

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. The company's roots began in

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, smelting base

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from

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and forging

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and nails out of a hammer mill. During the

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the company was transitioned by CEO Michael Flürscheim from forging nails to producing farming machinery. By the 1880s the company became enamel specialists and at the turn of the century began producing bicycles and cast products under the brand name ''Badenia''. It is currently a subsidiary of Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte (

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). In 2008, the company won the IF Design Awards in every category in which it had nominations.

History

1683 to 1900

Gaggenau Hausgeräte was founded in 1683 in the

region of

by aristocrat Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden. In 1873 Michael Flürscheim became the company’s

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, and affiliated Gaggenau Hausgeräte with the German railway network. The company also diversified; Flürscheim liquidated the nail forging business and switched to producing farming machinery in response to the

. In 1879, the inventor and entrepreneur

Theodor Bergmann Theodor Bergmann (May 21, 1850 in Sailauf – March 23, 1931 in Gaggenau)Erich Keyser; Heinz Stoob, ''Deutsches Städtebuch, Handbuch städtischer Geschichte'', Stuttgart, Kohlhammer Verlag, 1939. (page 239) was a Germans, German busi ...

joined the company, which he expanded through a range of products including enamel. By the 1880s, the company ran a successful business producing hardwearing advertising signs for companies such as Odol,

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and

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. In 1893, Bergmann left the company and the company started focusing production on bicycles and cast products (such as coal and gas-fired stoves) under the brand name ''Badenia''.

1991 to 1998

From 1991 to 1998, Timothy Jacob Jensen served as Gaggenau Hausgeräte’s chief designer, creating and developing a range of products including ceramic hobs, built-in ovens,

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s, and

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s. These include the EB900 Built-in oven and CK494 Glass ceramic hob. In 1995, Gaggenau Hausgeräte was acquired by Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte (

). File:GagenauEB900.jpg, Gaggenau EB900 stove, 1993

1998 to present

Gaggenau has been a subsidiary of

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-based

(en: ''BSH Home Appliances'') since 1995.

Products

Under the brand name ''Gaggenau'', the Gaggenau company and BSH manufacture the following products:gaggenau.com products
/ref> * Convection ovens * Combination ovens (convection and steam) * Warming drawers *

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s *

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s *

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s *

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s *

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s * Freezers * Wine cabinets *

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Production

Most of Gaggenau products are made in Germany or produced in

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at the Lipsheim factory.

References

External links

Official site
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