OHB SE

OHB SE
Societas Europaea
Industry Aerospace, Technology
Headquarters Bremen, Germany
Number of locations
 10
Key people
  • Marco R. Fuchs (CEO)
  • Christa Fuchs (Chair of Supervisory Board)
Number of employees
 2,298 (FY 2016)
Divisions
  • Space Systems
  • Aerospace + Industrial Products
Website ohb.de
Footnotes / references
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OHB System (Bremen), Offices and Integration Hall
OHB System (Bremen), Offices

OHB SE is a European multinational technology corporation. Headquartered in Bremen, Germany, the corporation consists of the two business divisions Space Systems and Aerospace + Industrial Products.[5] A key product of the corporation is fully integrated spacecraft.[6] At present OHB is the third largest corporation in Europe's space sector.[7]

The company OHB System AG is a major constituent of the OHB corporation. This company was founded in 1958 as a marine systems outfitter.[8] However the activities of the company shifted toward space technology in the 1980s after the couple Christa Fuchs and Manfred Fuchs took over ownership of the company.[9]

Organisation

OHB is set up as a Societas Europae – a European company. The OHB SE group encompasses subsidiaries across the European Union.

Business UnitSubsidiaryLocationLegal EntityShare
Space SystemsOHB SystemBremen & Oberpfaffenhofen, GermanyAG100%
OHB ItaliaMilan, ItalyS.p.A.100%
LuxSpaceBetzdorf, LuxembourgSàrl100%
Antwerp SpaceAntwerp, BelgiumN.V.100%
OHB SwedenStockholm, SwedenAB100%
Aerospace +
Industrial Products		MT AerospaceAugsburg, GermanyAG70%
MT MechatronicsMainz, GermanyGmbH70%
MT Aerospace GuyaneKourou, French GuianaS.A.S.70%
OHB TeledataBremen, GermanyGmbH100%
MegatelBremen, GermanyGmbH74.9%

Projects

The company has been working on numerous prestigious German, European and international projects related to small satellites, manned space flight as well as security and reconnaissance technologies.

References

  1. ↑ "Locations". OHB SE. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Management Board". OHB SE. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Supervisory Board". OHB SE. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Annual Financial Report 2016" (PDF). OHB SE. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Business Units". OHB SE. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). OHB AG. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. ↑ de Selding, Peter (28 April 2014). "Manfred Fuchs, 75, Partnered with Wife To Make OHB Europe's Third Biggest Space Prime". SpaceNews. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Interviews - Wei Sun". International Astronautical Federation. June 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "OHB System ENG - Milestones". OHB System. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  10. ↑ , "EU awards Galileo satellite-navigation contracts", BBC News, 7 January 2010
  11. ↑ Dunmore, Charlie (1 February 2012). "UPDATE 1-OHB beats EADS to Galileo satellite contract -sources". Reuters.
  12. ↑ de Selding, Peter B. (2015-03-19). "Competition To Build OneWeb Constellation Draws 2 U.S., 3 European Companies". Space News. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  13. ↑ Messier, Doug (2014-11-11). "WorldVu Satellites Issues RFP for 640 Satellites". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and ESRF collaborate on space technologies". scitecheuropa.eu. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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