Einhell Germany AG is a German manufacturer of

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s and electrical garden equipment in Landau an der Isar,

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History

It was founded on June 2, 1964 by Josef Thannhuber as Hans Einhell GmbH. Hans Einhell was the uncle of Josef Thannhuber. In the late 1960s it opened a factory in

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. The company floated on the stock market in 1987. It is a Prime Standard traded company on Xetra (EING_p.DE).

Structure

It has around 1,400 employees. In 2016 it turned over €486 million. Andreas Kroiss has been their Chief Executive since January 2003.Board of Directors
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DIY products for their store all over Australia. Einhell UK is situated in

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in the Wirral, on the Champions Business Park.

Products

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External links

Einhell Worldwide
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