Felten & Guilleaume Kabelwerke GmbH 1823 - 2000
- occupation:
- Manufacturer of electrical machinery and apparatus, Telegraph cable maker, Wire rope maker
- Nationality:
- German
- born in:
- Mülheim, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1854 - Felten and Guilleaume manufactured and laid their first cable, from Stralsund via Danholm Island to Graherfahre; factory located at Carlswerk, Mülheim am Rhein, now a suburb of Cologne;
1892 - incorporated as Felten & Guillaume Carlswerk AG
Trademark = circle with F. and G. either side of a trident and Neptune
1998 - Moeller GmBH acquired 90% of shares of the group; 1999 - sold to NKT, Danish firm, but retained name until 2000 when the two cable divisions were merged to become NKT Cables;