ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's biggest technology groups. More than
184,000 employees worldwide work in the Group's main areas of steel, capital
goods and services, realizing
sales of more than 42 billion Euro in fiscal
2004/2005.
Alongside product manufacturing, the group is increasingly concentrating on
system solutions and innovative services in the five segments Steel, Stainless,
Technologies, Elevator and Services.
China is ThyssenKrupp's most important market in Asia. Currently the company
employs more than 3,800 people in China. The Group's sales to customers in China
amounted to 1.1 billion Euro in fiscal year 2004/2005. From steel mills to
elevators, steering columns to corrosion protection, the group has a wide
spectrum of activities in China. One prominent example is the construction of
the world's first Transrapid line in Shanghai. The Transrapid began commercial
operations at the beginning of 2004 and travels the 30 km stretch connecting
Pudong International Airport with Longyang Road.
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