A high-tech company in the lighting industry and a part of the industry sector of Siemens AG . One of the two leading lighting manufacturers in the world.
Its name was formed from the German words OSmium, from the element osmium, and WolfRAM, from the element tungsten (called wolfram in many languages), as both these elements were commonly used for lighting filaments at the time the company was founded.
Founded in 1906 and headquartered in Munich, Germany.
