Miele is the world's leading supplier of premium domestic appliances for cooking, baking, steam cooking, refrigeration/freezing, coffee preparation, dishwashing, laundry and floorcare. In addition, there are dishwashers, air cleaners, washers and dryers for commercial use, as well as washer-disinfectors and sterilizers for medical facilities and laboratories. Founded in 1899, the company operates eight production sites in Germany, one plant each in Austria, the Czech Republic, China, Romania and Poland, as well as the two plants of the Italian medical technology subsidiary Steelco Group. Sales in fiscal 2021 were around 4.84 billion euros. Miele is represented in nearly 100 countries/regions by its own sales companies or through importers. Worldwide, the fourth-generation family-run group employs around 22,300 people, about 11,200 of them in Germany. The company is headquartered in Gütersloh, Westphalia.