.aco

Overview

• .aco is a brand and Community gTLD applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• It is associated with ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG, a company in drainage technology.
• The TLD is intended as a closed namespace, with registrations restricted for the company's own use.

History

• Delegated to the DNS root zone on 27 August 2015 as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• Managed by ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG.
• Back-end registry services are provided by Afilias.
• Classified as both a Community Priority Application and a Brand TLD.

Usage and Audience

• Primary intended users are ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG and its affiliated entities.
• ACO is a global drainage-technology company (founded 1946) with:
  • 94 fully owned affiliates in more than 40 countries
  • approximately 3,800 employees worldwide
  • product and technical expertise in polymer concrete, plastic, cast iron, stainless steel and reinforced concrete
• The TLD aligns with corporate, product, and internal branding needs rather than general public use.

Registration Rules

• .aco is a closed TLD: registrations are restricted for use by the ACO company/group.
• Designated as a Brand and Community gTLD, intended for the registry operator's own community and operations.

Notable Cases or Examples

• The primary and intended use case is ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG and its affiliates worldwide; no public-use examples are indicated in the source material.

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domain:       ACO

organisation: ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG
address:      Am Ahlmannkai
address:      Buedelsdorf Schleswig-Holstein 24782
address:      Germany

contact:      administrative
name:         CEO
organisation: LEMARIT GmbH
address:      Werkstrasse 12
address:      Harrislee Schleswig-Holstein 24955
address:      Germany
phone:        +49 461 5050 35 - 0
e-mail:       acoregistry@lemarit.com

contact:      technical
name:         CTO
organisation: LEMARIT GmbH
address:      Werkstrasse 12
address:      Harrislee Schleswig-Holstein 24955
address:      Germany
phone:        +49 4615050350
fax-no:       +49 461 50503535
e-mail:       acoregistry@lemarit.com

nserver:      A.DNS.NIC.ACO 194.0.25.32 2001:678:20:0:0:0:0:32
nserver:      M.DNS.NIC.ACO 194.0.26.12 2001:67c:10e0:0:0:0:0:12
nserver:      N.DNS.NIC.ACO 194.0.24.12 2001:678:24:0:0:0:0:12
ds-rdata:     8201 8 2 e32174a9c6e3e3899cf5e0fe6053d8d9e615e0c2993ca32db589027f03aec0c9

whois:        whois.nic.aco

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.aco.com

created:      2015-07-16
changed:      2022-06-22
source:       IANA