Companies of Greater Bavaria and Switzerland

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partial list, credit to Wikipedia, through 1917

Automobil und Aviatik AG - 1910 - Freiburg

Bank Leu AG- 1755 - Zurich

Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG (BFW) - 1916 from Otto Flugzeugwerke joined by Wilhelm Messerschmitt 1927, renamed Messerschmitt AG 1938

Bayerische Motorenwerke GmbH (BMW) - 1917 from Rapp Motorenwerke

Benz & Cie -1883 - Mannhiem

Benz Söhne -1906- Ladenburg

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH- 1885 – Pharmaceuticals

Robert Bosch GmbH -1883 Stuttgart, automobile tech, engine magnetos

Celesio AG -1835 – Pharmaceuticals

Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft -1890- Stuttgart (Daimler, Maybach, Mercedes)

Dornier Metallbau Flugzeugwerke -1914 - Friedrichshafen

Eidgenössische Waffenfabrik – W+F- Weapons Factory in Berne

Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH - 1912- Aircraft Friedrichshafen, Theodor Krober formerly of Zeppelin. Arado was a subsidary.

Hämmerli  – High quality match rifles, sniper rifles.

Heinkel Flugzeugwerke - 1922 - founded by Ernst Heinkel of Wurttemberg after departing ESC's Hansa-Brandenberg as lead designer

Hoechst AG – 1863 –Frankfurt

Hubert Burda Media- 1898- Offenburg

Integra Signum- 19thc – Railroad control, Wallisellen

J. A. Maffei - 1836 - Munich, founding Locomotive manufacturer in Bavaria. S/6 model held world speed record of 154km/h in 1907.

Locomotivfabrik Krauß & Comp. -  1866- Locomotive manufacture, Ausberg, George Krauss, Founder Institute of German Engineers,

Leica camera -Oskar Barnack at E. Leitz Optische Werke, Wetzlar, in 1913.

Linde's Ice Machine Company - 1879 - Carl von Linde, commercial refrigeration

Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz -1909 - construction at Mannheim, Baden.

Löwenbräu

Magirus Feuerwehrwerke -1864- firefighting vehicles.

MAN AG – 1758- Munich

Mauser AG - 1871- Firearms and associated items, Oberndorf, Wuerttemberg

MERCK

Mercedes – 1900 – Brand of DMG

Miller Elektricitäts-Werke AG - 1884 - Frankfurt am Main hypothetical An Electrical company founded by Oskar von Miller of Munich, founder of Deutsches Museum of technology and science 1925.

Moterwerke Berna AG – 1902 – Autos, Berne

NSU Motorenwerke AG,- 1873 founded, 1905 cars, Nekarsulm, Bavaria

Oerlikon – 1906 – Machine tools

Otto-Flugzeugwerke- 1913- Then Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG in 1916

Opel - 1863 -  Greater Bavaria's #1 motor vehicle producer, Rüsselsheim, Hesse.

Pfalz Flugzeugwerke - 1913 - Speyer in Palantine, Alfred Eversbusch, license airplane builder

Parseval Luftschiffbau - Palantine airship builder.

Rapp Motorenwerke -1913- Airplane engines, became Bayerische Motorenwerke GmbH. in 1917 with Karl Rapps departure.

SABA was a German manufacturer for electronic equipment from the black forest

Adolph Saurer AG – 1903 -  Autos and Lorries, Arbon

Schott AG – 18xx – HQ glass, Jena

Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft's – SIG-Weapons factory in Neuhausen

Solothurn – factory in Solothurn

Staedeli Lift AG - Oetwil am See

Voith AG  – Heidenhiem, Baden

Walther Arms – 1886 – Zella-Mehlis Thuringia

Zeiss – 1846 – Optics, Jena

Zeppelin Luftschiffbau– 1900 – aka Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Luftschiffahrt - Friedrichshafen - Founded by Wilhelm von Zeppelin (d.1910) who capitalized on his nephew's name. Wilhelm was the youngest brother of Frederic JWK von Zeppelin, and the famed Count's uncle. With Frederic in exile, and 2nd brother Ferdinands son Max dying childless in 1897, Wilhelm became heir to the family title. On his death in 1910, he passed both title and company to his son Graf Conrad von Zeppelin