Fielmann Group AG is a German eyewear company. Fielmann stock is listed in the

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index and at the northern German regional HASPAX index. With 6% of all optical stores, Fielmann has achieved a 24% sales market share and a 56% market share in terms of units sold. Fielmann is the market leader in Germany and Europe's largest optician.

History

In 1972 Günther Fielmann established the first Fielmann store in

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. 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 with insurance coverage. Fielmann has been listed on the German stock exchange since 1994. Its stock indexing advanced from a listing in the

(small and medium-sized companies) to

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

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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.

Corporate affairs

The key trends of Fielmann are (as at the financial year ending December 31):

Other activities

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

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, minister-president

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

References

External links

German Website Fielmann Germany

Corporate Website Fielmann Group AG

Fielmann-Akademie at Plön Castle
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