AEG

Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft (AEG) (German: "General electricity company") was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau. The company was headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

In 1967 AEG joined with her subsidiary Telefunken AG creating Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AEG-Telefunken. In 1985 Daimler-Benz purchased the AEG-Telefunken Aktiengesellschaft, which was renamed to AEG Aktiengesellschaft again, and wholly integrated the company in 1996 into Daimler-Benz AG (1998:DaimlerChrysler). The remains of the AEG became part of Adtranz and Deutsche Aerospace (1998: DASA, today EADS). By 1996 the AEG company no longer existed.

After acquiring the household subsidiary AEG Hausgeräte GmbH of AEG in 1994, in 2005 Electrolux bought the rights to the brand name AEG and now uses it on some of its products. The AEG name is also licensed to various companies.