{{Infobox company | name = Steilmann Group | industry = Textile | hq_location_city = Wattenscheid | hq_location_country = Germany | num_employees = Over 18,000 | num_employees_year = 1998 | founded = {{start date and age|1958}} | founder = Klaus Steilmann }}
'''Steilmann''' was a German textile group which had its headquarters in Wattenscheid (Bochum) and at its 1998 peak employed over 18,000 people. After near-bankruptcy in 2006 broke up the group, some parts continue to use the Steilmann name.
Founded in 1958 by Klaus Steilmann (1929–2009),<ref>[http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/meldungen/:Klaus-Steilmann-In-Jahren-Wachstum/525024.html Klaus-Steilmann-In-Jahren-Wachstum] ''Der Stern'' 07.06.2004</ref> the Steilmann Group at its peak in 1998 employed over 18,000 people in 14 countries, and had turnover of nearly 1.5bn DM.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/574.html |title=DBU - Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. C. Klaus Steilmann, Steilmanngruppe, Wattenscheid - Wegweisende Umweltstandards für die textile Kette |website=www.dbu.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005124908/http://www.dbu.de/574.html |archive-date=2006-10-05}} </ref> With increasing difficulties from increased competition in the sector after 1998, Steilmann narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2006, its parts being sold to the Radici Group (Miro Radici AG),<ref>''Handelsblatt'', 21 September 2006, [https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/radici-rettet-steilmann-vor-insolvenz;1138645 Radici rettet Steilmann vor Insolvenz]</ref> which had previously acquired parts of Steilmann, including Steilmann Eastern Europe in 2003.[http://www.steilmann-osteuropa.de/english/content.php?BEREICH=unternehmen&NAV=1.0&TPL=tpl_kurzportraet.html]
Klaus Steilmann died on 13 November 2009.<ref>[http://www.weltfussball.de/news/bundesliga/_m31830_sportmaezen-klaus-steilmann-ist-tot/ Sportmäzen Klaus Steilmann ist tot]</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.steilmann-osteuropa.de/english/homepage.php Steilmann Eastern Europe]
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Category:Textile companies of Germany Category:Companies based in Bochum
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