Abus (company)

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ABUS
August Bremicker Sons KG

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legal form Limited partnership (KG)
founding 1924
Seat Weather (Ruhr)
management Christian Bremicker (Chief Executive Officer)
Number of employees approx. 3600 worldwide (2016)
sales estimated € 310 million (2016)
Branch Security technology
Website www.abus.com

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Abus surveillance camera in the Annaberg ski area

Abus (original spelling: ABUS) or August Bremicker Söhne KG based in Wetter (Ruhr) is a German manufacturer of preventive security technology . The name is an acronym which is composed of the original name A ugust B remicker u nd S forms öhne.

History of the company

The company was founded in 1924 by August Bremicker (1860–1938) with some of his sons. The lock production was initially in a cellar forge in Volmarstein. The company initially limited itself to the manufacture of padlocks . At the end of the 1920s, ABUS had over 30 employees.

With the purchase of an empty company, its expansion in 1936 and a new building, the company took the steady growth into account. At the end of the 1930s, Abus employed over 250 people; the export share in these years was 80%. The second World War put an end to the growth. At the end of the war, ABUS had to stop production completely.

In 1947, ABUS received permission to continue working. A new beginning was dared with 79 employees.

In 1949 ABUS celebrated its 25th company anniversary.

As a structural expansion was no longer possible at the original company location, a second plant was built in 1957 in Rehe in the Westerwald . Abus also operates its own research and development center there.

ABUS has been producing profile cylinders since 1961 , initially together with an Italian manufacturing company.

The company has been represented in the Far East with various locations since 1969. a. Brass padlocks are made.

In the 2000s, Abus acquired several companies or parts of companies:

  • Security center (alarm systems and video surveillance systems), founded in June 1999 and bought by Abus in June 2001.
  • Locking systems GmbH Pfaffenhain (locking systems), bought in January 2003.
  • In October 2003 the sliding rosette product area was acquired by the door hinge manufacturer Dr. Hahn in Mönchengladbach .
  • Seccor high security GmbH (electronic locking systems and switching devices) was acquired in September 2010.

Due to the closer relationship with the parent company ABUS, the subsidiaries were renamed Abus Security-Center GmbH & Co. KG (based in Wetter (Ruhr) with a branch in Affing ), Abus Pfaffenhain GmbH (based in Pfaffenhain ) and Abus Seccor GmbH (based in Ottobrunn ). Abus Seccor GmbH was transferred to Abus Security GmbH & Co. KG on January 1, 2017.

In 2015, ABUS opened the ABUS Security World at the company's headquarters in Wetter, which houses a brand experience world with an exhibition area of ​​over 1,000 square meters and a museum.

In January 2020, ABUS took over the cylinder business of Metafa Holland BV.

Products

Up until the 1940s, ABUS manufactured padlocks almost exclusively from sheet metal and steel. In 1958, ABUS began producing brass padlocks, which ABUS was the first German company to offer on the market. At the beginning of the 1970s, the company expanded its range of mechanical security products for homes and apartments.

At the same time, ABUS manufactured the first U-lock and developed the first U-lock for bicycles.

Today, in addition to locks such as the classic padlock or locks for doors, windows, bicycles and motorcycles, ABUS also produces smoke detectors , video surveillance systems , two-wheeler and boat security products as well as alarm systems , locking systems and access control systems. In 2018, Abus gradually expanded its range of smart home solutions.

Locations worldwide

In addition to several production sites in Germany, the Abus Group has around 20 foreign branches in Europe, the USA and China:

  • Weather, Germany
  • Deer, Germany
  • Pfaffenhain, Germany
  • Affing, Germany
  • Shenzhen, China
  • Kaiping, China
  • Bristol, UK
  • Imola, Italy
  • Terschuur, Netherlands
  • Hilversum, Netherlands
  • Villeneuve le Roi, France
  • Hong Kong
  • Hasselt, Belgium
  • Wiener Neudorf, Austria
  • Święcice, Poland
  • Kraków, Poland
  • Oradea, Romania
  • Baar, Switzerland
  • Erandio, Spain
  • Vestec, Czech Republic
  • Budapest, Hungary
  • Phoenix, USA
  • Chicago, USA

ABUS is a global leader in the field of security technology and is the market leader in many countries.

Owner family

ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG and its subsidiaries are 100 percent in the hands of some members of the Bremicker family.

The company was founded in 1924 by locksmith August Bremicker with some of his sons. In the early days, his son Werner Bremicker worked alone in the company, while his brothers still went about their regular work.

Emma Bremicker was the first woman in sales at ABUS. She married August Bremicker, the company's founder, on September 20, 1910, and so took her place as the second wife and mother in a large family at a difficult time. She not only looked after the children from her husband's first marriage, but also drove through the Ruhr area with a sample case full of padlocks and sold them at the local hardware stores. Together with August Bremicker, she made a significant contribution to ABUS 'initial success.

When three brothers of Werner Bremicker lost their jobs in 1926, the young company had to support the families. Werner Bremicker emerged as a commercial head. He took over the commercial management of ABUS. His brother Gustav Bremicker developed new locks as a toolmaker. August Bremicker junior and Siegfried Bremicker had the main responsibility in the production, while August Bremicker senior supported his sons in an advisory capacity.

After the Second World War, the founder's sons Werner, August junior, Siegfried and Gustav Bremicker dared to start over in 1947 without their father, who died in 1938.

Since the end of the 1990s, it has been run by the fourth generation of the Bremicker family.

In the list of the 500 richest Germans published annually by manager magazin , the family is ranked 422 (2013). Manager magazin estimates the wealth of the entire family at 300 million euros, but reliable figures are not available.

The company owners appoint the management and shape a corporate philosophy that is based on the principles of Christian faith.

In a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, some members are associated with the Brethren Movement , a free church movement that emerged in the 19th century . According to information from the Süddeutsche Zeitung, on June 25, 1983, a then ABUS shareholder concluded a so-called inheritance waiver agreement with his then 26-year-old daughter. However, equal participation of female family members in the company is basically possible; In the past, ABUS shareholders included women.

Awards

In November 2012, Abus received the “Brand of the Century” award in the security technology category. In May 2015, Abus was awarded the Red Dot Award - Product Design for three of its products for cyclists . In March 2015, ABUS also received the Plus X Award in the “Most Innovative Brand” category for its alarm systems . In the study “Germany's 500 best employers” carried out by Statista and the star , ABUS was ranked 82nd, 10th in the “Durable consumer goods” category and 3rd place among the most attractive employers in the Ruhr area .

Web links

Commons : ABUS  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG ranks 831 in the DDW ranking of “Top Family Businesses in Germany” with a turnover of 310.0 million euros. The German economy, August 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c ABUS . In: Langenscheidt, Florian (Ed.): Deutsches Markenlexikon . Cologne 2011, p. 23 .
  3. ↑ ABUS - the security lock. ( Memento from January 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Company portrait in: Brands of the Century. Verlag Deutsche Standards Edionen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86936-449-0 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Tradition and progress ABUS - certainly successful . In: Eisenwaren-Zeitung GmbH (Ed.): Eisenwarenzeitung . No. 10/99 , September 25, 1999, pp. 18 .
  5. ^ Baker, Danielle: The Tradition of ABUS. In: https://www.pinkbike.com/ . April 6, 2014, accessed March 10, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b ABUS timeline. In: https://www.abus.com/ . ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Schmidt, Thorsten: ABUS goal - strengthen demand for security . In: Gert Wohlfahrt GmbH (Ed.): Schloss + Beschlag markt . No. 19/99 , September 30, 1999, pp. 9 .
  8. ↑ ABUS the security lock. In: https://www.deutsche-standards.de/ . Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Abus Group takes over cylinder business from Metafa Holland. In: https://www.diyonline.de/ . January 21, 2020, accessed March 10, 2020 .
  10. ↑ a b Tradition and progress ABUS - certainly successful . In: Eisenwaren-Zeitung GmbH (Ed.): Eisenwarenzeitung . No. 10/99 , September 25, 1999, pp. 19 .
  11. ↑ a b c d 166 A portrait of the world market leader . In: Chamber of Industry and Commerce Arnsberg, Hellweg-Sauerland et al. (Hrsg.): World market leader and best achievements in industry from South Westphalia . 5th edition. Arnsberg / Hagen / Siegen August 2018, p. 10 .
  12. ↑ ABUS . In: Langenscheidt, Florian / Venohr, Bernd (Hrsg.): Lexicon of world market leaders . Cologne 2014, p. 51 .
  13. ↑ ABUS International. In: https://www.abus.com/ . ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Kupetz, Andrej / Dietzhold, Lutz / Rat für Formgebung (ed.): The major German brands 2019 . Frankfurt am Main 2018, p. 33 .
  15. ↑ a b c d e ABUS . In: Langenscheidt, Florian / May, Peter (Ed.): German Standards. From the best family . GABAL-Verlag, Offenbach 2011, ISBN 978-3-86936-254-0 , p. 24 .
  16. ↑ a b c Stroll through the company's history. In: https://magazin.abus.com/ . ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Valentin Dornis in Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 21, 2019, page three; Economy: Among men.
  18. ↑ Valentin Dornis in Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 21, 2019, page three; Economy: Among men.
  19. ↑ Valentin Dornis in Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 21, 2019, page three; Economy: Among men.
  20. ↑ Local court Wetter: extract from the commercial register HRA 186 . Ed .: State Archive North Rhine-Westphalia. January 24, 1959, p. 103 .
  21. ↑ Abus awarded the German Brand Prize.
  22. ↑ ABUS has received the "Red Dot Award: Product Design" 2015 three times. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  23. ↑ http://www.testberichte.de/p/abus-tests/tvip21550-testbericht.html
  24. ↑ Abus comes out on top in the choice of top employers. In: www.diyonline.de. Dähne Verlag GmbH, February 7, 2020, accessed on February 27, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Wolf-Doettinchem, Lorenz: Germany's 500 best employers . Ed .: Stern. No. 4/2020 . Gruner + Jahr GmbH, Hamburg January 16, 2020, p. 36 ff .

Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '25.1 "  N , 7 ° 22' 58.9"  E