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About Knorr Bremse
Its shares trade on XETRA under the ticker KBX.DE. It has been listed since 12 October 2018. In the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, it reported revenue of €7.82bn and net income of €534.0m. At that date it held total assets of €9.21bn and shareholders' equity of €3.10bn.
Knorr-Bremse AG engages in the manufacture and sale of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles. The company is headquartered in Muenchen, Bayern. The company went IPO on 2018-10-12. The company operates through two segments: Rail Vehicle Systems and Commercial Vehicle Systems. The Rail Vehicle Systems segment equips mass transit vehicles, such as metro cars, and mainline freight and passenger trains with brake systems, as well as entrance systems, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, auxiliary power supply, driver assistance systems, electrical traction equipment and control technology, among others. The Commercial Vehicle Systems segment offers products for trucks, buses, trailers and agricultural machinery. Its product portfolio includes brake systems and vehicle dynamics solutions, such as driver assistance, energy supply and distribution systems, such as air compressors, and fuel efficiency products and transmission subsystems, such as vibration dampers, among others. The firm also offers aftermarket services.
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Company facts
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Machinery
- Listed since
- 12 Oct 2018
- Employees
- 28,838
- Website
- knorr-bremse.com ↗
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Dr. Reinhard PlossIndependent Chairman of the Supervisory Board, since 2022€487,000
- Mr. Marc LlistosellaChief Executive Officer, Member of the Executive Board€5.6m
- Mr. Franz-Josef BirkenederDeputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Employee Representative, since 2016€275,000
- Dr. Theodor WeimerIndependent Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, since 2020€186,000
- Dr. Frank WeberChief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Board - Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Taxes, Treasury, M&A, Sustainability and Investor Relations€3.4m
- Dr. Nicolas LangeMember of the Executive Board - Rail Vehicle Systems Division€3.3m
- Dr. Claudia MayfeldMember of the Executive Board - Integrity, Legal, IP, Data Protection and Human Resources€3.1m
- Mr. Bernd SpiesMember of the Executive Board - Commercial Vehicle Systems Division€3.1m
- Ms. Kathrin DahnkeIndependent Member of the Supervisory Board, since 2018€234,000
- Dr. Sigrid NikuttaIndependent Member of the Supervisory Board€148,000
- Dr. Stefan SommerIndependent Member of the Supervisory Board€230,000
- Ms. Manuela DeseiveMember of the Supervisory Board, Employee Representative
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 88
- Environment
- 95
- Social
- 99
- Governance
- 72
- Direct emissions (scope 1)
- 31,000 t
- Energy emissions (scope 2)
- 122,000 t
- Value chain emissions (scope 3)
- 39,918,000 t
- Women in the workforce
- 21.85%
- Carbon reduction policy
- Yes
- Human rights policy
- Yes
SWOT analysis
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Strengths
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Weaknesses
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Opportunities
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Threats
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