| Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. | |
| Industry: | Electrical engineering |
| Predecessor: | DEW - Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen |
| Successors: | --> |
| Founded: | 1886 |
| Founder: | Wilhelm Lahmeyer |
| Defunct: | 1993 |
| Hq Location City: | Aachen |
| Hq Location Country: | Germany |
| Areas Served: | --> |
| Owner: | CGEE Alsthom |
Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (until 1938 also known as: DEW - Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen) is a former electrical engineering company in Aachen.
The company was founded in 1886 by Wilhelm Lahmeyer in Aachen as Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen, Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co.. Lahmeyer left the company only a few years later, but the company still used his name. From 1938 the company was known as Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (GL).
GL produced all sorts of electric motors, electric generators, alternators, starters, motor–generator, and other electrical equipment. During World War II, GL supplied the generators for the battleships and . They were also one of the suppliers of electric motors for Type VIIC U-boats.
In 1973 GL was taken over by CGEE Alsthom.[1]
Production under the GL label stopped around 1993.