citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message d rr ag type aktiengesellschaft traded as fwb due industry plant and machinery construction founded 1895 founder paul d rr headquarters stuttgart germany area served worldwide key people ralf w. dieter ceo klaus eberhardt chairman of the supervisory board revenue 2 574.9 m december 2014 1 number of employees 14 151 december 2014 1 website www.durr.com d rr ag is a global mechanical and plant engineering firm . the company founded by paul d rr 1871 1936 as a metal shop for roof flashing in cannstatt in 1895 has been listed on the frankfurt stock exchange since 4 january 1990 . meanwhile the shares are listed in the mdax and stoxx 600 . the customers of d rr ag include almost all familiar automobile manufacturers and their suppliers . other market segments include for example the mechanical engineering chemical and pharmaceutical industries and since the takeover of homag group ag in october 2014 the woodworking industry . the company is registered in stuttgart but its actual location mailing address has been in bietigheim bissingen since 1 august 2009 after the relocation of various business units . contents 1 company history 2 board of management 3 shareholder structure 4 divisions 5 references 6 external links company history edit in 1895 a metal shop for roof flashing was founded in cannstatt by paul d rr . in 1917 the company expanded to sheet metal processing . in 1932 paul d rr handed the running of the company over to his son otto d rr who established a construction office . plant construction began in 1950 with the first system for chemical surface treatment . in 1963 d rr installed the first equipment for electrophoretic dip painting in the ford factory in genk belgium . in 1964 and 1966 subsidiaries were founded in brazil and mexico . in 1978 d rr expanded into the fields of automation and conveyor systems . d rr launches its ipo and takes over the behr group . so that all core capabilities for paint shop construction are now combined within one company . d rr took over the french competitor alstom automation in 1999 . the measuring systems group carl schenck also became part of the d rr group in 2000 . in 2003 d rr acquired the largest order in the company s history general motors ordered three paint shops in north america . in the course of readjustment of the group s structure and concentration on its key areas of expertise in plant and machinery construction d rr spun off activities that it no longer regarded as fitting into the portfolio of its business model in 2005 . in the summer of 2009 d rr relocated its headquarter to the bietigheim bissingen location . in 2011 d rr is expanding activities in the energy efficiency business area . in addition to exhaust air purification systems that includes processes for utilizing energy recovered from industrial waste heat . after 23 years at the top of the supervisory board of d rr ag heinz d rr retired from office in april 2013 . klaus eberhardt was elected as his successor by the supervisory board having been a member of the control body since 2012 . 2014 d rr acquires the majority of homag group ag the world market leader for woodworking machines . d rr is among the global market leaders in its sectors with market shares of 30 % to 60 % on average . more than 80 % of its revenue is generated abroad . 2 d rr is represented in 28 countries at 93 business locations thereof 50 with production facilities . board of management edit ralf w. dieter ceo ralph heuwing cfo heinz d rr 2013 shareholder structure edit stake shareholder 25.2 % heinz d rr gmbh 71.3 % institutional and private investors thereof 0.6 % share of d rr management board 3.5 % heinz und heide d rr stiftung berlin march 16 2015 2 divisions edit paint and final assembly systems paint shops and final assembly systems for the automotive industry application technology robot technologies for the automatic application of paint as well as sealants and adhesives measuring and process systems balancing and cleaning systems as well as testing and filling technology clean technology systems exhaust air purification systems and energy efficiency technology woodworking machinery and systems machinery for the woodworking industry references edit a b d rr ag . preliminary figues 2014 . retrieved 2015 03 19 . shareholder structure d rr . durr.com . 2015 10 20 . retrieved 2015 11 01 . external links edit d rr ag official website v t e mdax companies of germany aareal bank airbus group aurubis axel springer bilfinger brenntag cts eventim deutsche euroshop deutsche pfandbriefbank deutsche wohnen d rr elringklinger evonik industries fielmann fraport fuchs petrolub gea group gerresheimer dmg mori seiki ag hannover re hella hochtief hugo boss jungheinrich kabel deutschland kion group kl 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