Editing Essen (section)

=== Economy ===
Essen is home to several large companies, among them the [[ThyssenKrupp]] industrial conglomerate which is also registered in [[Duisburg]] and originates from a 1999 merger between Duisburg-based Thyssen AG and Essen-based [[Krupp|Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp]]. The largest company registered only in Essen is Germany's second-largest [[electric utility]] [[RWE|RWE AG]]. Essen hosts parts of the corporate headquarters of [[Schenker AG]], the logistics division of Deutsche Bahn. Other major companies include Germany's largest construction company [[Hochtief]], as well as [[Aldi|Aldi Nord]], [[Evonik Industries]], [[Karstadt]], [[Medion|Medion AG]] and [[Deichmann SE|Deichmann]], Europe's largest shoe retailer. [[The Coca-Cola Company]] had originally established their German headquarters in Essen (around 1930), where it remained until 2003, when it was moved to the capital Berlin. In light of the [[Energy transition in Germany]], Germany's largest [[electric utility]] [[E.ON]] announced that, after restructuring and splitting off its conventional electricity generation division (coal, gas, atomic energy), it {{update after |2016 |text=will move its headquarters to Essen in 2016,}} becoming a sole provider of [[renewable energy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eon.com/en/media/news/press-releases/2015/4/27/eon-moves-forward-with-transformation-key-organizational-and-personnel-decisions-made.html|title=Press releases|website=www.eon.com|access-date=12 May 2017|archive-date=16 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216233558/http://www.eon.com/en/media/news/press-releases/2015/4/27/eon-moves-forward-with-transformation-key-organizational-and-personnel-decisions-made.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[DAX]]-listed chemical distribution company [[Brenntag]] {{update after |2017 |text=announced it would move its headquarters to Essen at the end of 2017.}}
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Thyssen-Krupp-Quartier-Essen-2013.jpg|[[ThyssenKrupp]] headquarters in Essen
RWE Tower Essen 2014.jpg|[[RWE|RWE AG]] headquarters in the business district
EON-Ruhrgas-Zentrale Essen.jpg|[[E.ON]] headquarters
Hochhaus Kruppstraße 5, Essen(2).jpg|[[RWE|RWE AG]] headquarters
Hochtiefhaus Essen.jpg|[[Hochtief]] headquarters
RellingHaus II, Essen.jpg|[[Evonik Industries]] headquarters
Schenker AG Hauptsitz.jpeg|[[Schenker AG]] headquarters
Postbank-Hochhaus Essen.jpg|Postbank Essen
Ehem. Essener Creditanstalt, heute Deutsche Bank.jpg|Deutsche Bank branch in the financial district
Emschergenossenschaft Essen.jpg|Emschergenossenschaft Essen
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