EGO
| EGO Blanc and Fischer & Co. GmbH
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| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1925 |
| Seat | Oberderdingen , Germany |
| management | Dirk Schallock ( CEO ), Helmut Runschke |
| Number of employees | 5646 (2018) |
| sales | 603 million euros (2018) |
| Branch | Home appliances, suppliers |
| Website | www.egoproducts.com |
| As of May 29, 2019 | |
The EGO Group under the group management company E.GO Blanc und Fischer & Co. GmbH based in Oberderdingen is a supplier for manufacturers of household appliances. The company offers heating and control elements that are needed for cooking and baking, washing, drying and washing dishes. In addition to products for household appliances, EGO also supplies components, systems and technologies for gastronomy and professional laundry care, as well as components for medical and building technology or the automotive industry. EGO forms a subgroup within the Blanc & Fischer family holding group .
history
In 1925, the Black Forest pliers contact workshop in Oberweiler was founded by Karl Fischer in Oberweiler . The company initially developed and produced electrical plugs, sockets and cables with seven employees. In 1927 the company was renamed Elektro-Gerätebau GmbH Oberweiler . Single and double hotplates, electric stoves, electric ovens for household and business as well as hot water boilers have been added to the range. After a short, written correspondence and a subsequent meeting with the founder of the Blanco company , Heinrich Blanc , he became an equal partner. In September 1931, production was relocated from Oberweiler to Oberderdingen . From now on, the company concentrated on the manufacture of components for electric stoves such as hotplates and switches.
In 1938 EGO employed 250 people. In 1946, Karl Fischer introduced the so-called holiday dispatch to the Black Forest for EGO employees and their relatives. In 1951 the company started producing bar temperature regulators for ovens. Hot plates with a stainless steel spill rim, which are considered the basis for the success of the electric range, were developed in 1952. The production of tubular heating elements and capillary tube thermostats started in 1957. The hot plate with temperature protection was developed in 1958. From 1963 the EGO automatic hotplate regulated the temperature independently and in an energy-saving manner.
A production facility in Novara, Italy, was established as the first foreign location in 1960. This former production site continues to exist as a sales company. Foreign locations followed in France (1962), Austria (1968) and Switzerland (1969). EGO started working with ETA in Cerkno , Slovenia in 1968 . 1971 followed a cooperation with Elektro-Kontakt in what was then Yugoslavia. Glass ceramic hobs, radiant heaters and touch control systems were produced from 1977. The first overseas locations in the USA and South Africa were added in 1979. The EGOtherm heating and control system was developed in 1983, followed in 1985 by thick-film heating. The location in Turkey was founded in Çorlu in 1989 . In 1992 the production of induction hobs was started. In 1998 Remco in Spain was taken over and two further subsidiaries were founded, EGO Control Systems GmbH in Balingen and EGO Components (China) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai . The production of motor controls for washing machines and dryers expanded the product range in 2004. Subsidiaries were founded in Poland in 2005 and Mexico in 2006.
In 2006 the 75th anniversary of EGO was celebrated with numerous events. The electronic refrigerator control went into series production from 2008. In 2012 the Chinese production site moved from Shanghai to Taicang . The gas business of the Australian supplier Tytronics was taken over in 2012. In 2013, the Italian gas specialist Defendi became part of the EGO Group.
The Chairman of the Management Board is Dirk Schallock, who has held this position since January 1, 2019. Since 2010 the company has been fully family-owned again. In 2009, the shareholders of the family lines bought back the shares previously sold to an investment company.
EGO is a member of the trade association for industrial companies in Baden .
Strategic business areas
The group has been developing, manufacturing and supplying products for technical components, stoves, tumble dryers and many other devices in household or professional applications since 1927. The company is also active in other sectors such as the medical and automotive industries. The four strategic business areas are currently:
Appliance heating
This area stands for all products for heating household appliances and has been the core area of the EGO Group since 1927. These include hotplates, radiant heaters and tubular heating elements as traditional areas . Induction hobs and thick-film heating systems are shown as future areas.
Appliance control
This area stands for all products related to the subject of controlling and regulating heat. These include classic electromechanical controls such as switches, energy regulators and thermostats . Electronic controls and systems, d. H. Touch control, gas applications, system products for washing, drying and rinsing are assigned to the future areas.
Building Technology
This includes control and networking solutions for buildings as well as technical innovative solutions for heat pumps and heat exchangers. Current smart home applications for energy-efficient networking of household appliances are also offered in this business area. Furthermore, electrical installation material is produced.
Industrial
In the area of industrial applications and in other sectors, the EGO Group fulfills special requirements and offers solutions for the areas of material processing (e.g. vermiculite applications), automotive (e.g. rim cores, fuel lines), medical and advanced process technology.
literature
- Karl-Heinz Glaser: Heinrich Blanc and Karl Fischer: Founders of two global companies . Verlag Regionalkultur, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-89735-443-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Press release EGO Group
- ↑ EGO takes over TYTRONICS ' gas division , press release of March 8, 2012
- ↑ Defendi becomes part of the EGO Blanc and Fischer Group , press release of October 31, 2013
- ↑ Detail - EGO Blanc and Fischer & Co. GmbH. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Member company of the wvib