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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| ISIN | DE000LED4000  |
| Industry | Semiconductor / Photonics |
| Predecessor | Auergesellschaft |
| Founded | July 1, 1919 (Berlin[1]) |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
| Parent | ams-OSRAM AG (80,3%)[2] (2020–present) |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www |
OSRAM Licht AG is a German company that makes electric lights, headquartered in Munich and Premstätten (Austria). OSRAM positions itself as a high-tech photonics company that is increasingly focusing on sensor technology, visualization and treatment by light.[3] The company serves customers in the consumer, automotive, healthcare and industrial technology sectors.[4] The operating company of OSRAM is OSRAM GmbH.
Osram was founded in 1919 by the merger of the lighting businesses of Auergesellschaft, Siemens & Halske and Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG). Osram was a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG from 1978 to 2013. On 5 July 2013, Osram was spun off from Siemens, and the listing of its stock began on Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 8 July 2013.[5] Osram's business with conventional light sources was spun off in 2016 under the name Ledvance and sold to a Chinese consortium.[6]
After a bidding war[7] with Bain Capital, Osram was taken over by Austrian company AMS in July 2020.[8][9][10] Since then, the company has operated under the name AMS Osram.[11]
The name is derived from osmium and Wolfram, German for tungsten. Both elements were commonly used for lighting filaments at the time the company was founded.
- ^ "100 Jahre OSRAM: Licht hat einen Namen" (PDF). Osram.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "ams OSRAM announces successful delisting offer and forthcoming delisting of OSRAM shares". ams-osram.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "#TheNewOSRAM - the high-tech photonics company". OSRAM. 25 November 2020.
- ^ "ams & OSRAM news". Ams AG. 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Osram shares begin trading on the Frankfurt and Munich Stock Exchanges". LEDs Magazine. 8 July 2013.
- ^ "Ad hoc: Osram finds best owner for lamps business". OSRAM. 25 November 2020.
- ^ "AMS clear to make takeover bid for Osram in potential bidding war". Reuters. 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Osram's Managing Board invites ams to talks about the future". OSRAM. 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Osram supports public takeover offer from Bain Capital and The Carlyle Group". OSRAM. 4 July 2019.
- ^ "ams announces successful closing of the OSRAM acquisition, aims to create a global leader in sensor solutions and photonics". Ams AG. 9 July 2020.
- ^ "About us - ams-osram - ams". ams-osram. Retrieved 28 July 2022.