Weidmüller
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Electromechanics |
| Founded 📆 | 1850 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG is a German company in the field of Electromechanics. The company's headquarters is in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia.[1][2]
The company has production facilities, sales companies and representatives in 80 countries. In the 2019 financial year, Weidmüller generated sales of 830 million euros. The company employs around 5,000 people worldwide. With its products, Weidmüller is mainly active in mechanical engineering, the process industry, energy generation and renewable energies, transport technology, building infrastructure and equipment manufacturery.[3]
Since 2013, the company has been dealing with the topic of Industry 4.0. Weidmüller is involved in the Leading-Edge Cluster it's OWL as well as numerous other research collaborations, such as the Robotation Academy Foshan, Smart Factory KL and the Centrum Industrial IT in Lemgo.[4][5]
History[edit]
In 1850 Carl August Weidmüller founded C. A. Weidmüller[6], originally as a textile company in Reichenbrand near Chemnitz. Gottfried Gläsel became a partner in the company in 1931 and became the sole owner and managing director in 1937. For reasons of recognition, the company name C. A. Weidmüller was retained.[7] In 1943, the Second World War caused the company to change their products. While searching for suitable products for his company, Gottfried Gläsel met Wilhelm Staffel, who as a development engineer at AEG was involved in the development of the first automatic machine controls (e.B. for milling machines). The collaboration with Wilhelm Staffel leads to the production of the first "Staffel-Klemme" (Terminal) for AEG in Berlin.[8]
The resumption of contact with Wilhelm Staffel in 1947 led to a contract that formed the basis for the re-establishment of C. A. Weidmüller in Berlebecke near Detmold in 1948. In the same year, the production of the first plastic-insulated modular clamp was developed. In 1952, Weidmüller exhibited for the first time at the Hannover Messe. In the same year, the "Switchgear Clamp" (SAK) was developed from thermoset plastics as insulating material and patented steel drawbar as clamping system.
In the following years, the company expanded its international activities and established itself in Europe, America and Asia. Weidmüller is now represented in over 80 countries worldwide. These at the locations Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, China and Brazil with a production facility and at the locations Germany, Spain, Australia, China, Brazil and Singapore with a development center.
In 1959, the first foreign sales company was founded in England. This was followed in 1967 by sales companies in Austria, France and Italy. Spain was added in 1978 and Sweden and Belgium in the following years. With the founding of Thüringische Weidmüller GmbH in 1991, the company also spread to Eastern and Central Europe. The most recent country of the group in Europe is the sales office in Switzerland.[9]
In 1975, the activities were expanded to Brazil, Canada[10] and the USA. The presence on the American continent was supplemented in 1994 by a sales company in Mexico. After the sale of the sales companies, they were bought back by Weidmüller from the American company Rockwell Automation, Inc. in 2017.[11]
In 1980, a sales company was founded in Japan, through which Weidmüller established its presence in Asia. Shortly thereafter, a sales company in Singapore followed. Since 1994, the company has also been continuously expanding its presence in China. Group companies and sales companies in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Malaysia complement the presence in the region. Today, around 1,000 employees work at two locations and in 16 sales offices.[12][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Who we are". Weidmüller. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Mouser Electronics Adds Over 110 New Manufacturers in 2021, Further Expands Industry-Leading Line Card". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Michael Daly appointed Canada managing director, Weidmuller". Electrical Business. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Weidmüller übernimmt Mehrheit an Softwareexperten GTI › WIR | WIRTSCHAFT REGIONAL" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Weidmuller appoints managing director". Electronic Products & Technology. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Weidmüller | Automation24". www.automation24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Patents Assigned to C. A. Weidmuller GmbH & Co. - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ Systems, Syntax. "Weidmüller Success Story". info.syntax.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Weidmüller Group expands its portfolio with the acquisition of the activities of Emphatec Inc". IEN.EU - Industrial Engineering News Europe. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Michael Daly appointed Canada managing director, Weidmuller". Electrical Business. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ Manufacturing Success: Nine foreign-affiliated companies with plants in Japan. JETRO. 1991. Search this book on
- ↑ Inc, IDG Network World (2000-02-07). Network World. IDG Network World Inc. Search this book on
- ↑ News, Taiwan (2022-02-04). "Explosion-proof Cable Glands Market By Application Analysis, Regional Outlook, Competitive Strategies And Forecast 2021 – 2030 | Taiwan News | 2022-02-04 04:52:58". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
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