Fielmann AG
Fielmann Group AG is a German eyewear company. Fielmann stock is listed in the German SDAX index and at the northern German regional HASPAX index. With 5% of all optical stores, Fielmann has achieved a 22% sales market share and a 53% market share in terms of units sold. Fielmann is the market leader in Germany[2] and Europe's largest optician.[3] HistoryIn 1972 Günther Fielmann established the first Fielmann store in Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony. In 1981, Fielmann negotiated an agreement with the Esens statutory health insurance company, which allowed a larger selection of frames to be added to the portfolio for patients with insurance coverage.[4] Fielmann has been listed on the German stock exchange since 1994.[5] Its stock indexing advanced from a listing in the SDAX (small and medium-sized companies) to MDAX on 6 January 2009,[6] but was relegated to SDAX in December 2019.[7] The non-profit Fielmann-Akademie was established by the company in 2001. Located in Plön Castle, Schleswig-Holstein it is a training centre for optometrists since 2002.[8] Since 2019, Marc Fielmann has been the sole CEO of the company, succeeding his father Günther Fielmann.[9] Corporate affairsThe key trends of Fielmann are (as at the financial year ending December 31):[10]
Other activitiesFielmann plants a tree for every employee every year.[11] In 2009, chancellor Angela Merkel, minister-president Peter Harry Carstensen and Günther Fielmann planted the one-millionth tree in Büdelsdorf.[12] References
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