Franz Thiele

KME Yorkshire Ltd. is the British subsidiary of KME Group and encompasses the activities of 2 divisions: Yorkshire Copper Tube and KME UK, and of one subsidiary, Irish Metal Industries. The company offers copper and copper alloy products. It was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

HME Copper Germany GmbH is a part of the HME metal group, which has five companies in four countries and almost 1200 employees. The private company is based in Menden, Germany. The German company produces copper pipes for industrial applications and house installation, as well as brass alloys. The HME mother company, the Hailiang Group, is one of the greatest family-owned Chinese companies and ranks 109th among the top 500 companies. The company is a world market leader in the copper market, copper alloy pipes, and brass. The CEOs of the company are Franz Thiele, Feng Jianwei, Dong Chen.

Part of Zhejiang Hailiang Co. Ltd., KME Brass Germany GmbH is a company based in Berlin, Germany. The CEOs of the German company are Feng Jianwei, Jens-Uwe Heitsch, Xue Yan Yan.