| Company type | GmbH, Kommanditgesellschaft |
|---|---|
| Industry | Pipe organ design and building. Pipe organ restoration |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Headquarters | Kölnstraße 148 • D 53111 Bonn, Germany |
Key people | Hans Gerd Klais, Philipp Klais |
| Products | Pipe organs |
Number of employees | 64 (2006) |
| Website | klais |
Orgelbau Klais is a German firm that designs, builds and restores pipe organs. It is a family run company, founded in 1882 by Johannes Klais senior and is now run by his great-grandson Philipp Klais. The firm is based in Bonn, Germany, and has completed many large-scale building and restoration projects around the globe in more than a century of organ building.[1]
- ^ Hermann Simon mentioned this company in his correspondent Book as an example of a "Hidden Champion" (Simon, Hermann: Hidden Champions of the 21st Century : Success Strategies of unknown World Market Leaders. London: Springer, 2009.- ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5.)