Krupp [company] - Krupp

Japanese: クルップ[会社] - クルップ

The company's official name is Fried.Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp. Formerly known as Fried Krupp AG. Founded in 1811 as a small steel casting factory on the eve of the German Industrial Revolution, it developed into a manufacturer of weapons such as cannons. In Japan at the end of the Edo period, the company's cannons were used as weapons on the warship Kaiyo Maru of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the beginning of the 20th century, the company had already formed a large, comprehensive conglomerate that handled coal, steel, shipbuilding, machinery, and other products. When the Nazis came to power, the company cooperated with them by producing weapons. Air raids and the dissolution of the company by the occupying forces after the war hit the company's production facilities, but it recovered by expanding its steel plants and other facilities. It also became more active in trading with socialist countries and developing countries, but sales peaked in 1965 when they reached just under $1.3 billion, and then fell into a management crisis due to the decline of coal and steel, and a lack of funds for deferred payment exports. Since the mid-1970s, the company has re-entered the military-related sector. It has fallen into a financial crisis. Since 1976, the company has accepted capital participation from the Iranian government. In 1993, the company acquired the steel company Hoesch. In 1993, it went public. In October 1998, it merged with another steel company, ThyssenKrupp. The new company, ThyssenKrupp AG, was born.
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正称はFried.Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp。旧フリート・クルップ会社Fried Krupp AG。1811年ドイツの産業革命前夜に小鋳鋼工場として発足，大砲など武器製造で発展し，幕末の日本でも幕府の軍艦開陽丸の大砲として同社製のものが搭載されていた。20世紀初めには，すでに石炭，鉄鋼，造船，機械などにわたる大総合コンツェルンを形成。ナチスが政権を獲得すると兵器生産によってこれに協力。空襲や戦後の占領軍による企業解体で生産設備などに打撃を受けるが鉄鋼プラントなどの拡大で復活。社会主義圏，開発途上国などとの取引も活発化したが，売上13億ドル弱に達した1965年ころを頂点に，石炭・鉄鋼の斜陽化，延払輸出の資金難などから経営危機を招いた。1970年代半ば以降，再び軍事関連部門に参入。財政危機に陥った。1976年以降イラン政府からの資本参加を受け入れている。1993年鉄鋼のHoeschを買収。1993年株式公開。1998年10月，同じく鉄鋼のティッセンと合併。新会社ティッセン・クルップが誕生した。
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