Amica (company)

Amica SA
legal form	Spółka akcyjna
ISIN	PLAMICA00010
founding	1945
Seat	Wronki Poland
management	Jacek Rutkowski
Number of employees	2,100 (2012)
sales	380 million euros (2012)
Branch	domestic appliances
Website	www.amica.pl ; www.amica-group.de

Amica SA is a Polish manufacturer of household appliances based in Wronki near Poznan . The company has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 1997 . In 2012, the company achieved a consolidated worldwide turnover of around 380 million euros with 2,100 employees.

Company history

The company, founded in 1945 under the name Wromet , produced agricultural machinery in the early years. From 1957, the product portfolio was expanded to include gas / coal stoves, and later also to include electric stoves and ovens. In 1992 the company was renamed Amica Wronki . After privatization in 1994, Amica Wronki was listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange from 1997 .

In 1992 the production of ceramic hobs was started. In 1994 the range was expanded to include refrigerators and in 2000 washing machines .

In 2001 Amica took over the Danish competitor Gram Domestic , and in the following year the German Premiere Hausgerätetechnik GmbH.

With the four brands Amica , Gram , Hansa and Premiere , the company's sales are concentrated in Europe. Amica is the main brand for the German and Polish markets, while Gram is represented in the Scandinavian and Hansa in the Eastern European markets. The Premiere brand is aimed primarily at price-conscious buyers and is predominantly present on the German-speaking market.

In 2011, Amica had a market share of 15 percent in Poland, making it the market leader. The Amica brand contributed more than 60 percent to the total turnover of the Amica Group in 2011, followed by the Hansa brand with 24 percent and Gram with five percent.

Amica currently produces cookers, ovens and hobs in two of its own plants in Wronki, Poland, near Poznan. The refrigerator and washing machine product line was sold to the Korean Samsung group in December 2009 for 205 million zloty (76 million US dollars) . Since then, refrigerators and washing machines under the Amica brand have been bought by other manufacturers from Turkey and China.

Amica in Germany

In the 1980s, the product export to the GDR and from 1990 sales on the German market by Magotra Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH based in Ascheberg began. In 2005, the company was renamed Amica International GmbH. In 2012, around 77 million euros in sales were generated in Germany.

Sponsorship

Amica was the main sponsor of the football club of the same name . The company Invesco, in which Amica company founder Jacek Rutkowski has a 100% stake and which is part of the Amica Holding, took over the Lech Poznan football club in 2008 . Amica is formally no longer owned by the club, but is still one of the sponsors.

Web links

Company website

Individual evidence

↑ Premiere customer service. kundendienst-info.de, accessed on January 12, 2014 .
^ Amica International. List of Amica trademarks. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 16, 2014 ; accessed on January 12, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Hansa - History. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 24, 2011 ; accessed on January 12, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Samsung Acquires Amica's Refrigerator and Washing Machine Manufacturing Facilities in Poland. Samsung press release. (No longer available online.) December 23, 2009, archived from the original on January 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 18, 2016 .
↑ Amica: every such największych producentów sprzętu AGD w Europie. Amica: one of the largest producers of white goods in Europe. March 21, 2013, accessed on February 10, 2019 (Polish): "Z kolei produkcję lodówek czy pralek spółka zleca fabrykom w Turcji czy Chinach."
↑ Historia marki Amica. Amica company history. Retrieved January 12, 2014 (Polish).
↑ Information about the main shareholder of Lech Posen (Polish)

[1] Premiere customer service. kundendienst-info.de, accessed on January 12, 2014 .

[2] Amica International. List of Amica trademarks. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 16, 2014 ; accessed on January 12, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Hansa - History. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 24, 2011 ; accessed on January 12, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[4] Samsung Acquires Amica's Refrigerator and Washing Machine Manufacturing Facilities in Poland. Samsung press release. (No longer available online.) December 23, 2009, archived from the original on January 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 18, 2016 .

[5] Amica: every such największych producentów sprzętu AGD w Europie. Amica: one of the largest producers of white goods in Europe. March 21, 2013, accessed on February 10, 2019 (Polish): "Z kolei produkcję lodówek czy pralek spółka zleca fabrykom w Turcji czy Chinach."

[6] Historia marki Amica. Amica company history. Retrieved January 12, 2014 (Polish).

[7] Information about the main shareholder of Lech Posen (Polish)