Editing Kiel (section)

=== Notable companies ===

Some of the most notable companies having branches or their headquarters in Kiel are:

'''Ferry operators'''
* [[DFDS Seaways]]
* [[Stena Line]]
* [[Color Line (ferry operator)|Color Line]]

'''Military contractors'''
* [[Raytheon]]
* [[Rheinmetall]]
* [[ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems]] (through their subsidiary [[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]])

'''Engineering and industrial machinery'''
* [[Heidelberger Druckmaschinen]]
* [[Voith]]
* [[Vossloh]]
* [[Caterpillar Inc.]] (through their subsidiary [[Maschinenbau Kiel|MaK]])

'''Others'''
* [[LaserSoft Imaging]]
* [[Schenker AG]]
* [[HSH Nordbank]]

Kiel is also home to several insurances and banks, most notably the [[HSH Nordbank]], [[Provinzial NordWest]], [[Förde Sparkasse]], [[Kieler Volksbank eG]] and [[Evangelischen Bank eG]].

There is also an active startup scene in Kiel with startup accelerator StarterKitchen and startups like [[SciEngines GmbH]], Real-Eyes, myBoo, SealMedia, Cliplister, Druckpreis.DE, promotionbasis.de, Yoosello, GetAnEdge, Flowy Apps, fraguru, lokalportal, PianoMotion and ubique art.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Imprint|url = http://real-eyes.eu/contact/?lang=en|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110404044534/http://real-eyes.eu/contact/?lang=en|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2011-04-04|website = real-eyes.eu|access-date = 2015-05-17|publisher = REALEYES GmbH}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Imprint – my Boo|url = http://www.my-boo.com/imprint.html|website = bamboo bike, bikes – Kiel, Germany|access-date = 2015-05-17|archive-date = 2015-05-18|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093027/http://www.my-boo.com/imprint.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=EDGE {{!}} Edge Impressum |url=http://light-instruments.de/edge-impressum/ |website=light-instruments.de |access-date=2015-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101220/http://light-instruments.de/edge-impressum/ |archive-date=2015-05-18 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Flowy Apps – Imprint|url = https://flowyapps.com/details#imprint|website = flowyapps.com|access-date = 2015-05-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150322124957/https://flowyapps.com/details#imprint|archive-date = 2015-03-22|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=fraguru – the art of questioning our lives |url=http://fraguru.org/ |website=fraguru.org |access-date=2015-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801133603/http://fraguru.org/ |archive-date=2015-08-01 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Mein Ort. Meine Nachbarn. Mein Lokalportal.|url = https://lokalportal.de/impressum|website = Lokalportal|access-date = 2015-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Impressum {{!}}|url = https://www.pianomotion.com/wordpress/?page_id=14|website = pianomotion.com|access-date = 2015-05-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305124338/https://www.pianomotion.com/wordpress/?page_id=14|archive-date = 2016-03-05|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Home {{!}} ubique art – Die Austellung ist überall|url = http://ubique-art.starterkitchen.de/impressum.html|website = ubique-art.starterkitchen.de|access-date = 2015-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Firmensitze von Deutschen Startups {{!}} Gründerszene|url = http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/orte/andere|website = gruenderszene.de|access-date = 2015-05-17|trans-title = Headquarter Locations of German Startups {{!}} Gründerszene}}</ref>

Kiel is home to several media companies, including a branch of the [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] producing one radio channel and several local programmes in Kiel, a station of the [[British Forces Broadcasting Service]], the daily newspaper ''[[Kieler Nachrichten]]'' and several smaller local radio channels and magazines.