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Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '0.5 "  N , 12 ° 7' 22.3"  E

Kathrein SE

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legal form SE
founding 1919
Seat Rosenheim , Germany
management Jochen CW Vogt
Number of employees 7700 (2015)
sales 823 million euros (2015)
Branch Antenna and satellite technology
Website www.kathrein.com

The Kathrein SE (self spelling: KATHREIN SE ) was a German manufacturer of antennas and satellite technology . The company's headquarters are in Rosenheim ( Upper Bavaria ).

The company is the oldest and for many years was the largest antenna manufacturer in the world. Kathrein produced z. B. the base station antennas of cell phone towers for GSM and UMTS or combi roof antennas for various car manufacturers such. B. BMW for radio, TV, mobile communications and GPS. The typical 2 m band taxi and 4 m band police radio antennas with spring bases are also from Kathrein. Satellite parabolic antennas for radio and television reception, like most satellite receivers, are developed by Kathrein in Germany, and some are also produced there. Various accessories and the Linux-based satellite receivers are OEM goods from the Far East. Many radio and television antenna towers (with red and white striped tips) contain Kathrein antennas. The associated transmitters mostly come from Rohde & Schwarz .

history

The company was founded by Anton Kathrein senior , an electrical engineer from Rosenheim, in 1919 as a workshop for the manufacture of lightning protection systems. It was only with the advent of broadcasting decades later that antenna construction became the focus of production. From April 1942, the company employed around 40 female forced laborers from the Ukraine (see biography ).

Plant 1 in Rosenheim
Kathrein cellular antennas

After the death of Anton Kathrein sen. In 1972 his son Anton Kathrein junior took over . the company while he was still studying business administration . By 2011 he had increased annual sales from 51 million marks to 1.3 billion euros. This makes Kathrein the world market leader in many areas of antenna technology today and, according to its own statements, the largest and oldest antenna manufacturer in the world. In 2012, the Kathrein Group employed over 6,800 people in 62 companies around the world and expected sales of around 1.4 billion euros.

In 1983 the Katek company was founded as a new, independent member of the Kathrein Group. As an electronics service provider, the Katek Group includes Katek GmbH for production, Schomandl GmbH for development and high-frequency electronics , as well as Katek Service GmbH Wetzlar and ESC Elektronik Service Chiemgau GmbH for aftercare, repair and service.

As part of a so-called asset deal , Grassauer Görler-Telekom GmbH took over TechnoTrend GmbH with its locations in Erfurt and Unterföhring near Munich from the Kathrein group of companies in February 2009 . The TechnoTrend brand is to be retained and incorporated into Kathrein's international sales activities.

Furthermore, in May 2010, Blaupunkt Antenna Systems GmbH & Co. KG with approx. 250 employees was acquired by the industrial holding Aurelius AG to strengthen the automotive supplier division . With this expansion of the so-called original equipment business , the company has become one of the world's leading manufacturers of car antennas with development and production facilities in Germany, Portugal, Brazil and China.

Anton Kathrein jun. died in 2012 at the age of 61. On November 28, 2012, his son Anton Klaus Kathrein took over the management.

On October 20, 2015, he announced the closure of the production site in Nördlingen due to the poor order situation . 700 jobs were affected. In September 2016, the fixed assets of the Kathrein plant in Nördlingen were auctioned online by the auction house Troostwijk Auctions GmbH & Co. KG as part of the location resolution .

In November 2017, Hans-Joachim Ziems, known as a restructuring engineer, was appointed to the Executive Board as CRO, who was able to sell the company in major parts by 2019 and thus contributed to maintaining jobs.

On February 20, 2018, the management announced the closure of the plants in Niederndorf (Austria) and Bělá nad Radbuzou (Czech Republic), 230 and 140 jobs respectively were affected by this measure.

On October 29, 2018 it was announced that KATHREIN Automotive GmbH, Hildesheim (the former Blaupunkt Antenna Systems) including the associated foreign locations in Brazil, China, Mexico, USA and Portugal had been sold. The buyer was the automotive supplier Continental AG . According to the information in its consolidated financial statements, KATHREIN Automotive GmbH achieved sales of € 93.3 million in the 2017 calendar year, of which € 60.2 million came from Germany.

On November 26, 2018, the antenna manufacturer announced that it would be parting with another 250 employees by the end of 2019 as part of the restructuring with the help of a volunteer program.

In February 2019 it was announced that the company would be almost completely sold to Ericsson , the entire core business with the development and production of cellular antennas with around 4,000 employees will be sold, only the areas of broadcasting technology, IoT and digital systems (SAT) will remain with around 350 worldwide Employees still left.

In May 2019, Hans-Joachim Ziems announced that he would also have to sell the radio technology and satellite reception division. He himself will leave the company with the sale of this last notable business area. This is the end of the history of the antenna manufacturer Kathrein after 100 years. Anton Kathrein would then like to concentrate on the Internet of Things.

It was previously announced that Anton Kathrein II, who died in 2012, had put the company under his leadership with a consequent expansion policy in economic difficulties. Investments were made even in loss-making business sectors, and the company still lacked liquidity planning. This would have led to heavy losses and high levels of debt. His son, Anton Kathrein, was appointed as his successor completely unprepared. When the banks finally called various loans due, the divisions began to be sold.

With the handover of the mobile communications division to Ericsson , the entire board, including Hans-Joachim Ziems and Anton Kathrein, resigned. Jochen CW Vogt was appointed sole director to complete the restructuring.

Kathrein Group company

The group is divided into 60 companies worldwide:

  • KATHREIN SE, Rosenheim
  • KATHREIN Austria Ges. MbH, Kufstein
  • KATHREIN-Vertr.-Ges. mbH, Salzburg
  • KATHREIN Sachsen GmbH, Mühlau
  • KATHREIN France, Verrières-Le-Buisson
  • Sodhy, Verrières-Le-Buisson
  • KATHREIN Romania, Timisoara
  • Romkatel SRL, Bucharest
  • KATHREIN SCALA Inc., USA
  • KATHREIN MOBILCOM BRASIL LTDA., Sao Paulo
  • Olimpus Ltda., Sao Paulo
  • Fecom SA, Cuba
  • KATHREIN Asia Seoul, Co., Ltd., Korea
  • KATHREIN Indochina, Co., Ltd., Thailand
  • KATHREIN SEA Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
  • KATHREIN (South Africa) PTY, South Africa
  • KATHREIN China Holding Ltd., Hong Kong
  • KATHREIN China Ltd., Hong Kong
  • KATHREIN Telecom Equipment Ltd., Shenzhen, China
  • KATHREIN Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd., Shenzhen, China
  • KATHREIN Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China
  • KDS Technology Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China
  • KATHREIN India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
  • KATHREIN Middle East Ltd., Dubai
  • KATHREIN Poland Sp. Z oo, Warsaw
  • KATHREIN Solutions GmbH, Ismaning
  • KATHREIN UK Ltd., England
  • Techno Trend Görler GmbH, Rohrdorf
  • CityCom GmbH, Grassau
  • BEB Elektronik Kommunikationstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Amerang
  • Antenna GmbH & Co. KG, Munich
  • Zehnder GmbH, Tennenbronn
  • Sira SRL, Milan, Italy
  • KEL Electronic GmbH, Wernberg-Köblitz
  • KEL Montazni Technica SRO, Bela, Czech Republic
  • AEC Elektrotechnika, spol. sro, Czech Republic
  • Feix Druckguss GmbH & Co. KG, Kaufbeuren
  • Erste Rosenheimer Finanzservice AG, Rosenheim
  • Tiroler Elektronik Holding GmbH, Niederndorf
  • Sport Com, Rosenheim
  • Weefa Leasing GmbH, Rosenheim
  • Offsetdruck + Verlag Pfeiler GmbH, Thansau
  • ROKA Rosenheimer Grundstücksverwaltungs GmbH
  • Real estate company Colditzstraße bR, Berlin
  • Energy supply company Colditzstrasse mbH, Berlin
  • Blaupunkt Electronic GmbH, Amerang / Hildesheim
  • Blaupunkt Antenna Systems USA, Inc.
  • Blaupunkt Automotive Products, Suzhou, China
  • Motometer, Vila Real, Portugal
  • EnOcean GmbH, Oberhaching
  • pv-b AG, Starnberg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kathrein - Company - History
  2. ↑ KAnton Kathrein senior . Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Entrepreneur Anton Kathrein died. Handelsblatt , November 13, 2012, accessed on November 17, 2012 .
  4. ↑ a b New management at Kathrein. rosenheim24.de, November 28, 2012, accessed on December 27, 2012 (press release from Kathrein-Werke KG).
  5. ^ Katek - History - Foundation . Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  6. Jump up ↑ Katek Group . Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  7. ↑ TechnoTrend GmbH integrated into the Kathrein group of companies ( Memento from October 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Sale of the restructured Blaupunkt Antenna Systems division to the Kathrein Group completed. Blaupunkt, archived from the original on July 1, 2010 ; Retrieved January 19, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Kathrein opens company headquarters for Blaupunkt car antennas. digitalfernsehen.de, November 22, 2010, accessed on November 17, 2012 .
  10. ↑ Kathrein buys Blaupunkt antenna division. rosenheim24.de, December 18, 2009, accessed November 17, 2012 .
  11. ↑ Obituaries in the Süddeutsche Zeitung from November 15, 2012 (p. 26f.).
  12. ↑ The first terminations . In: br.de . Bayerischer Rundfunk, October 20, 2015, archived from the original on October 21, 2015 ; accessed on October 20, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Press release: Kathrein closes plant in Nördlingen . kathrein.de. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ Iris Zeilnhofer: Online auction: inventory of the Nördlinger Kathrein plant is auctioned . Ed .: Donau-Ries - B4B SCHWABEN. ( b4bschwaben.de [accessed on October 21, 2016]).
  15. ↑ https://www.rosenheim24.de/rosenheim/rosenheim-stadt/rosenheim-ort43270/rosenheim-kathrein-holt-hans-joachim-ziems-geschaeftsleitung-9381560.html
  16. ^ [1] Rosenheim news portal 24 . Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  17. ↑ Kathrein pushes restructuring by selling the automotive division. Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Continental successfully completes takeover of Kathrein Automotive, report in infoDigital magazine , March 2019 issue, page 372
  19. ↑ Information in accordance with the consolidated financial statements of KATHREIN Automotive GmbH, Hildesheim, published in the company register, for the business year from January 1 to December 31, 2017
  20. ↑ Kathrein cuts 250 jobs in Rosenheim. Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
  21. ↑ Antenna manufacturer Kathrein sells core business to Ericsson. Retrieved February 25, 2019 .
  22. ↑ https://www.golem.de/news/mobilfunkantennen-von-kathrein-wird-fast-nichts-uebrig-bleiben-1905-141056.html
  23. ↑ https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/mittelstand/kathrein-eine-mittelstandsikone-in-der-existenzkrise/21258588.html
  24. ↑ The Kathrein Group . OVB online . November 15, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  25. ^ The Kathrein Group ( English ) Kathrein-Werke KG. Retrieved March 28, 2017.