Datwyler Holding
| Datwyler Holding AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CH0030486770 |
| founding | 1920 |
| Seat |
Altdorf UR , Switzerland
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| Number of employees | 7,995 |
| sales | 1.361 billion CHF |
| Branch | Industry |
| Website | www.datwyler.com |
| As of December 31, 2019 | |
The Daetwyler Holding AG , based in Altdorf UR is an internationally active Swiss industrial group as an industrial supplier and distributor of technical and electronic components operates. The group of companies concentrates on niche markets with growth potential.
Datwyler has a network of over 50 operating companies in over 100 countries and employs around 8,000 people. In 2019, the group had sales of 1.361 billion Swiss francs. The company is listed on the Swiss stock exchange SIX Swiss Exchange listed .
Field of activity
The group comprises the four areas of cables, rubber, pharmaceutical packaging and technical components.
The Cable Division, which operates as Datwyler Cabling Solutions on the market, specializes in system solutions and services in the areas of data networks, safety cable systems, lift cable systems and cable assembly.
The rubber division , which entered the market as Datwyler Sealing Technologies , specializes in rubber technology and, as a supplier to the automotive and other industries, as well as to the construction industry, offers sealing and damping solutions .
The pharmaceutical packaging division , which appeared on the market as Datwyler Pharma Packaging , produces closures made of rubber, plastic and aluminum for injectable drugs , diagnostics and administration systems for medicinal products.
In November 2012, these two areas were combined to form the new Datwyler Sealing Solutions area.
The technical components division includes trading. The main brands are BR Network Solutions and ELFA Distrelec. The assortment ranges from technical and electronic components to office items for industry, trade and technical schools.
history
The company has its roots in the Swiss wire and rubber works , whose management Adolf Dätwyler took over in 1915. In 1917, the then financially troubled Swiss Wire and Rubber Works were taken over by a financial syndicate on the initiative of Datwyler. Adolf Dätwyler became the majority shareholder in 1920 through a management buy-out .
In 1935, the Firestone car tire factory was established in Pratteln . As a result, the company made several acquisitions, including in 1947 it took over Gummi Maag AG Zurich (today Maagtechnic) and in 1949 it took a stake in Stahlrohr AG Rothrist (today Rothrist Rohr (Schweiz) AG).
In 1958 the group companies were combined in a newly created holding company. At the same time, Peter and Max Dätwyler, the second generation, took over the operational management of the group of companies.
From 1968 the company began a selective expansion abroad with the aim of distinguishing itself with market niche products.
In 1986 the Datwyler Holding opened to the public through an IPO , whereby the majority of the capital remained with the Datwyler family. As the last representative of the founding family, Max Dätwyler stepped down from the Board of Directors of Dätwyler Holding Inc. in 1999.
In 2000, the Datwyler Group generated sales of more than one billion Swiss francs for the first time.
The precision tubes division was sold to the German industrial company Benteler in December 2007 . The trading division was also expanded in 2007 with the takeover of the Swedish ELFA Group, which today operates as ELFA Distrelec .
In 2010, the mail order company Reichelt Elektronik was integrated into the Datwyler Group.
In June 2016, Datwyler Holding announced that it would take over electronics distributor Premier Farnell for £ 615 million , but the takeover failed.
In August 2016 Datwyler announced the takeover of the German company Ott from Cleebronn .
In August 2019, the Distrelec and Nedis brands were taken over from the Technical Components division by the private equity company Aurelius.
Web links
- Datwyler Holding AG website
- Hans Stadler: Datwyler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Hans Stadler: Datwyler, Adolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2019 , accessed on March 9, 2020
- ↑ Annual report 2012
- ↑ Technical Components ( Memento from April 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dominik Feldges: Datwyler is massively increasing its retail business . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 14, 2016 ( nzz.ch [accessed January 5, 2020]).
- ↑ Dominik Feldges: Failed major takeover of Premier Farnell: A bitter and expensive defeat for Datwyler | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . February 7, 2017, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed September 25, 2017]).
- ↑ Stefan Weinzierl: Datwyler takes over Ott. In: www.produktion.de. August 10, 2016, accessed January 5, 2020 .
- ↑ AURELIUS takes over the Technical Components divisions Distrelec and Nedis from the Swiss Dätwyler Group: - dgap.de. Retrieved February 27, 2020 .