Fielmann AG is a German eye-wear company. The Fielmann stock is listed in the German

SDAX The SDAX (German abbreviation for ''Small-Cap-deutsche Aktienindex'') is a stock market index composed of 70 small and medium-sized companies in Germany. These so-called 'Small cap company, small caps' rank directly below the MDAX (mid-cap) shar ...

index and at the northern German regional HASPAX index. With 5% of all optical stores, Fielmann achieved a 22% sales market share and a 53% market share in terms of units sold. Fielmann is market leader in Germany and Europe's largest optician.

History

In 1972 Günther Fielmann established the first store in

Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has ...

. In 1981, Fielmann negotiated an agreement with the Esens statutory health insurance company, which allowed a larger selection of frames to be added to the portfolio for patients covered by the insurance. Fielmann has been listed on the stock exchange since 1994. Its stock indexing advanced from

to MDAX on 6 January 2009, but was dropped to SDAX in December 2019. The non-profit Fielmann-Akademie was established by the company in 2001. Located in

Plön Castle Plön Castle (german: Plöner Schloss) in Plön is one of the largest castles in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein and the only one located on a hill.

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

it is a training centre for optometrists since 2002. Since 2019, Marc Fielmann has been the sole CEO of the company, succeeding his father Günther Fielmann.

Other activities

Fielmann plants a tree for every employee every year. In 2009, chancellor

Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opp ...

, minister-president

Peter Harry Carstensen Peter Harry Carstensen (born 12 March 1947) is a German politician, in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. From 2005 to 2012 he was Minister President of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2005/ ...

and Günther Fielmann planted the one-millionth tree in Büdelsdorf.Angela Merkels Stippvisite beim Brillenkönig
20. Mai 2009

References

External links

Website Fielmann Germany

Corporate Website Fielmann AG

Fielmann-Akademie at Plön Castle
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