Escher Wyss & Cie. vs Herrenknecht

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Escher Wyss & Cie. is the older of the two, founded in 1805 — 172 years before Herrenknecht.

Founded: 1805; 1977
Status: Closed 1969; Active
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland; Schwanau, Germany
Industry: manufacture of machinery and equipment; manufacture of machinery and equipment
Founders: Hans Caspar Escher, Salomon von Wyss; Martin Herrenknecht
Employees: Not recorded; 4,600
Legal form: Not recorded; Aktiengesellschaft
Website: Not recorded; herrenknecht.com/en

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Escher Wyss & Cie. and Herrenknecht.