AEG Manufacturing

AEG Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft was a German company that manufactured electrical equipment, including appliances, power tools, and electronics featured in Train Sim World. The company was founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau in Berlin. 

History:

  • AEG was a leader in the production of electric light bulbs, generators, transformers, motors, and arc lamps 
  • AEG invented the hairdryer in 1900 and the Magnetophon tape recorder in 1935 
  • AEG developed the Ikonoskop, the world’s first mobile television camera, for the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games 
  • AEG merged with Telefunken in 1970 
  • AEG sold its household appliance line to Electrolux in 1994 

Products: 

Electric cookers, Vacuum cleaners, Irons, Water kettles, Heaters, Hairdryers, Refrigerators, Computers, Office machines, and Electronics components.

Role in industrial design:

  • AEG was a pioneer of modern, large-scale industrial development 
  • AEG played a formative role in establishing the field of industrial design – Exordium Gaming Chicago

AEG Headquarters

Berlin, Germany

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