company based in luxembourg . it has production and management sites in europe china australia and the usa and is represented in 35 countries on all continents . with an installed base of over 5 000 systems the company has around 4 000 employees worldwide and generates a global business volume of approx . 1 billion euros . contents 1 history 2 business segments 3 products and services 4 references 5 external links history edit dematic group s. r.l. based in luxembourg was recently formed yet the company has a long tradition . it began in 1819 in wetter ruhr germany with the founding of demag which was incorporated in 1973 by mannesmann . 1 after the acquisition of u.s. rapistan specialized in conveyor systems mannesmann demag f rdertechnik ag was established . in 1993 australian racking and shelving manufacturer colby 2 was added and in 1997 the company was renamed to mannesmann dematic ag . four years later siemens bought the company 3 and merged it with its own logistics activities to form siemens dematic ag . in 2006 siemens carved out the industrial and distribution logistics portion as dematic gmbh & co. kg . in the same year the investment firm triton acquired the majority of shares . 4 on september 15 2010 dematic group successfully completed the acquisition of hk systems a north american automated material handling and software solutions provider . the expanded manufacturing footprint allows dematic to manufacture within the usa storage and retrieval machines and automated guided vehicles in addition to conveyor sortation and order fulfillment technology . on december 28 2012 aea investors lp aea and teachers private capital tpc the private investment division of the ontario teachers pension plan completed their acquisition of dematic from private equity firm triton . 5 on november 19 2015 dematic acquired reddwerks corp. pending approval of the shareholders . the acquisition became final on december 11 2015 and the new division will be called dematic reddwerks . in june of 2016 kion group agreed to buy dematic for about 2.1 billion . 6 business segments edit dematic designs builds and life cycle supports logistics solutions to optimize material and information flow from receiving to shipping within the four walls of the factory warehouse or distribution center . typical solutions are built around process improvements material handling technology and software . system configurations may be manually operated mechanized or automated . dematic s range of business covers the food and beverage industry general retail wholesale manufacturing food service apparel retail direct distribution the 3pl industry third party logistics and document and collections storage and management integrated or automated library systems 7 . products and services edit the company designs and manufactures individual products and material handling equipment such as automated storage and retrieval systems as rs and different types of conveyors sortation systems and order picking systems . 8 the company s product offering is complemented by consultative planning and design services that integrate the different hardware and software components into total logistics solutions . 9 10 in addition the company provides software and it solutions like warehouse management systems and systems that support material flow and paperless order picking operations . 11 dematic also offers a full range of customer services such as the technical operation of facilities and their maintenance . 12 references edit the gale group international directory of company histories . mannesmann ag . answers.com . retrieved 2012 10 19 . official colby website commission gives siemens conditional go ahead to take control of mannesmann subsidiaries dematic vdo and sachs . . european union . 29 august 2000 . retrieved 2012 10 19 . triton takes over dematic . siemens ag official press release . june 14 2006 . retrieved 2012 10 19 . aea investors and ontario teachers pension plan complete acquisition of dematic . dematic official press release . january 2013 . retrieved 2013 06 03 . kion gets warehouse robotics with 2.1 billion dematic deal . new equipment digest . 2016 06 21 . retrieved 2016 06 21 . robots find books at new 97 million macquarie university library . australian broadcasting corporation s radio national audio file . 24 august 2011 . retrieved 2012 10 19 . external link in publisher help cema company profile of dematic . conveyor equipment manufacturers association cema . retrieved 2012 10 19 . mhia membership profile of dematic corp. . material handling industry of america mhia . retrieved 2012 10 19 . vdma membership profile of dematic gmbh . vdma verband deutscher maschinen und anlagenbau german engineering federation . retrieved 2012 10 19 . dematic wms products . fraunhofer institute for material flow and logistics . dematic customer services . dematic north america official website . retrieved 2013 01 07 . external links edit official dematic website official dematic website for australia and new zealand dematic s multishuttle 2 website official dematic website on automated library systems official colby website dematic real time logistics website v t e siemens divisions and subsidiaries current energy sector siemens wind power industry sector siemens milltronics process instruments siemens mobility siemens plm software siemens financial services siemens healthineers siemens canada siemens mexico siemens pakistan former and defunct acuson corporation1 c. a. parsons and company1 dispolok2 helios ag2 infineon technologies2 osram 2 roke manor research2 siemens communications1 siemens dematic2 siemens home and office communication devices2 siemens hearing instruments2 siemens it solutions and services2 siemens mobile2 siemens vai1 siemens nixdorf informationssysteme2 siemens plessey2 siemens vdo2 wincor nixdorf2 rolm1 joint ventures and shareholdings current a2sea 49 % areva np 34 % atos 15 % german shanghai metro group primetals technologies 49 % siemens saudi arabia former and defunct biin bsh bosch and siemens home appliances gaggenau neff eurotrain fujitsu siemens computers krauss maffei nokia siemens networks 49.9 % siemens matsushita components unify gmbh & co. kg 49 % predecessors siemens & halske siemens schuckert siemens reiniger werke products services and projects current finex locomotives multiple units siemens modular metro siemens inspiro software products tram vehicles mobility projects defunct elektrische viktoria mobile phones simatic s5 plc simpad people wilfried feldenkirchen joe kaeser karlheinz kaske klaus kleinfeld peter l scher bernhard plettner heinrich von pierer jim reid anderson erich reinhardt ernst von siemens carl friedrich von siemens carl heinrich von siemens hermann von siemens peter von siemens werner von siemens georg wilhelm von siemens carl wilhelm siemens gerd tacke places gro siedlung siemensstadt siemens arena siemensstadt other phoebus cartel siemens 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