Acme United Europe GmbH was founded in Solingen over 100 years ago and was acquired by Acme Corporation (USA) in 1983. According to the company, it is a leading global supplier of cutting, measuring and safety products as well as first-aid articles for school, household and office use. The company's brands are represented together with the group in the USA, Canada, Europe and Asia. Customers are served predominantly B2B across distributors to specialist retailers; direct sales occur only via e-commerce. The company is a small company under § 267 (1) HGB and is therefore not required to publish a profit-and-loss statement.
Gegenstand des Unternehmens ist die Herstellung und Verarbeitung von sowie der Handel mit Stahlwaren aller Art.
Converted using the official Destatis and Eurostat correspondence tables; ISIC Rev. 4 is the United Nations' international industry classification.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Wuppertal Local Court, HRB 15127 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Name | Type | City |
|---|---|---|
| Georg Bettin | Geschäftsführer(in) | Nettetal |
| Walter Johnsen | Geschäftsführer(in) | New York, NY/USA |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Wuppertal Local Court, HRB 15127 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Date | Event Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 30.09.2010 | Business Address Registered | Junkerstr. 13, 42699 Solingen |
| 15.06.2004 | Company Name Change | Acme United Europe GmbH |
| 15.06.2004 | Gesellschaftsvertrag amended | Gesellschaftsvertrag |
| Date | Type | Change | Total Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02.04.2004 | Share Capital Set | — | 300.000 € |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Wuppertal Local Court, HRB 15127 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Year | Revenue | Profit | Balance | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ≤ €15M1 | €34,338 | €8,570,078 | 43 |
| 2023 | Rohergebnis€5.5M2 | €686,830 | €8,417,451 | 36 |
| 2022 | Rohergebnis€5.2M2 | €145,821 | €10,105,172 | 36 |
| 2021 | Rohergebnis€5.3M2 | €899,347 | €8,807,099 | 32 |
| 2020 | ≤ €12M1 | €1,088,039 | €7,158,787 | 25 |
| 2019 | small company1 | €420,202 | €5,362,829 | 23 |
| 2018 | small company1 | €256,548 | €5,172,437 | 21 |
| 2017 | small company1 | €246,984 | €4,471,761 | 20 |
| 2016 | small company1 | -€194,548 | €3,869,154 | 19 |
| 2015 | small company1 | -€290,719 | €3,674,477 | — |
1 Small companies are not required to publish a profit-and-loss statement (§ 326 (1) HGB). The figure shown is the statutory ceiling under § 267 HGB where the balance-sheet total makes it binding — a company may exceed at most one of the three size criteria.
2 Rohergebnis nach § 276 HGB: Umsatzerlöse abzüglich Materialaufwand bzw. Herstellungskosten. Kleine und mittelgroße Kapitalgesellschaften dürfen diese Posten zusammenfassen; die Umsatzerlöse selbst sind dann nicht veröffentlicht und liegen über dem Rohergebnis.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Wuppertal Local Court, HRB 15127 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Cost type | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel Costs | €2,432,730 | 93.3% |
| Depreciation | €68,929 | 2.6% |
| Interest & Similar | €106,783 | 4.1% |
