Düwi
| düwi GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1969 |
| Seat | Breckerfeld , Germany |
| Number of employees | 240 (2008) |
| sales | € 100 million (2006) |
| Branch | Electrical engineering , electrical wholesale |
| Website | www.duewi.de ( Memento from November 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) |
The düwi trade and production mbH was a manufacturer and supplier of electrical goods for the German and European do-it-yourself market. Since its inception, the company has specialized in the development and sale of electrical products for do-it-yourselfers. It had its headquarters in the old Hanseatic town of Breckerfeld in the western Sauerland; the production was based in Bad Berneck, Upper Franconia . düwi owned four subsidiaries in Poland , the Czech Republic and Hungary and is now part of the electronics manufacturer REV Ritter GmbH .
history
The company was founded in 1969 by Frank Düllmann in Hagen . As early as 1970, düwi won one of the first German hardware store chains, Obi , as a trading partner, making it the first company to offer electrical accessories, switches and sockets via German hardware stores. düwi was a subsidiary of the Reitz Group and was one of the market leaders for self-service electrical products in Germany.
Due to the bankruptcy of the parent company, düwi also had to file for bankruptcy in February 2009. On May 4, 2009, it was reported to the bankruptcy court that there is likely to be insufficient mass .
The existing and remaining long-term employees were promised to be taken on, but this was not kept.
On November 1, 2009, the company REV Ritter GmbH, based in Mömbris near Aschaffenburg, bought the business operations of düwi GmbH. düwi was merged into REV Ritter GmbH and no longer exists as an independent company. The name düwi will be continued as a new brand under the umbrella of REV Ritter.
The warehouse and logistics of REV Ritter GmbH were located at the Breckerfeld location until the end of October 2013. After the company moved out, the building became the property of the insolvency administrator.
Products
- Surface and flush switch
- Z-Wave radio system
- Safety electronics / system electronics
- Lights (halogen floodlights, oval fittings, solar house number lights)
- Gong module technology
- Plugs and sockets
- Low power material
- Installation material
Cooperations
Together with 150 other companies such as B. Logitech , Danfoss or Merten supported düwi in the Z-Wave Alliance, the further development of the Z-Wave radio standard for wireless home automation. The company was a participant at the first European Z-Wave Summit in Frankfurt.
Web links
- düwi website ( memento of November 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- The West: Fears of 200 düwi employees ended - REV-Ritter takes over (November 3, 2009)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Self-reported information on the company's website ( Memento from July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Message from Who buys whom ( Memento from December 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) from November 4, 2009
- ↑ DerWesten: Parent company moves "Düwi" into bankruptcy on February 19, 2009
- ↑ Bayreuth District Court, May 4, 2009
- ↑ Z-Wave Alliance - Over 100 home control products for Europe. April 16, 2008, accessed January 16, 2017 .