AEG
AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) was a German producer of electronics and electric appliances. AEG was founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau who had bought some patents from Thomas Edison. AEG manufactured a range of military aircraft during World War I. During WWII AEG engineers played a significant role in developing the magnetic audio tape recorder.
In 1967 AEG joined with Telefunken and in 1969 they started working with Siemens. In 1985 AEG was bought by Daimler-Benz and AEG was finally closed down in 1996 although the name is still used on some products by Electrolux.
