COMPANY ANALYSIS: BMW
Prepared for: Fred Douglas
Prepared by: Julian Gallego
November 7th, 2016
A. COMPANY BACKGROUND History
BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke. It is a German based automobile manufacturing company. It was founded by Franz Josef Popp in 1916. BMW’s headquarters is in Munich, Bavaria, Germany (SECOND CITE). With 105,876 employees as of 2012, BMW is one of most admired, respected and trusted automobile manufacturers. BMW traces its roots back to Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto. In the year 1916, Gustav Ottos company merged into Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke AG (BFW). In 1917 Rapp Motorenwerke company became Bayerische Motorenwerke GmbH, which was converted into a Limited Public Company in 1918. BMW AG then transferred its engine operations- including brand names- to BFW by 1922. BFW was founded on March 7 1916. Therefore BFW’s founding has gone down as BMW’s founding date. The BMW logo represents the Bavarian state colours. At first BMW started out as a engine manufacturer but by 1928 it became an automobile manufacturer. ( FIRST CITE)
Size and Growth
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