Friwo equipment manufacturing
| FRIWO Gerätebau GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1971 |
| Seat |
Ostbevern , Germany
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| management | Rolf Schwirz, Ulrich Lammers |
| Number of employees | 1,856 (2018) |
| sales | EUR 120 million (2018) |
| Branch | Electrical engineering |
| Website | www.friwo.com/de |
The Friwo Gerätebau GmbH (proper spelling FRIWO Gerätebau ) is a German company with headquarters in Ostbevern . Since the development of the first plug-in power supply in 1971, it has acted worldwide as a supplier of chargers , battery packs , power supplies , LED drivers and electric drive solutions . In addition, the company operates as an electronics service provider and offers electronic development and manufacturing services ( E²MS ) in Europe.
Companies
Friwo, a subsidiary of FRIWO AG , which is listed in the General Standard , develops, manufactures and sells LED drivers, power supplies and chargers for a wide range of applications, battery packs and electric drive solutions under the brand name Friwo. Customers from the LED lighting technology, electromobility, power tools, high-quality consumer devices, medical technology and industrial automation markets are served. The main shareholder of Friwo AG is a subsidiary of VTC Industrieholding GmbH & Co. KG , Munich.
Friwo Gerätebau was founded in 1971 and developed plug-in power supplies . From the beginning of 5,000 devices per day to over 35,000 units / day in 1988, Friwo developed into one of the largest manufacturers in this area. In 2005, the output volume of one billion devices was exceeded.
As a globally active technology company, Friwo is now present around the world with its own development, production and sales units. Friwo sells EuP and Energy Star compliant power supplies and chargers as well as LED drivers in the power range from 1 to 1,000 watts as platform and customer-specific concepts.
Friwo also offers its customers in Europe E²MS services (Electronics Engineering and Manufacturing Services). This includes electronic development services (Electronics Engineering Services / EES) and manufacturing services ( Electronics Manufacturing Services / EMS). The company has had a production facility in Vietnam and an online shop since 2015.
Locations
- Ostbevern, Germany (company headquarters with production, development and administration)
- Dong Nai, Vietnam (manufacturing)
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam (converter and throttle production)
- Shenzhen, China (sales office, development and material purchasing)
history
The brand and company name Friwo goes back to the company Friemann & Wolf founded by Carl Wolf in Zwickau in western Saxony in 1881 . With the invention of the petrol safety mine lamp for the coal mining industry , Friemann & Wolf became one of the first global companies in Germany towards the end of the nineteenth century. After the Second World War, the company was expropriated as an arms manufacturer in the Soviet zone of occupation without compensation. The new headquarters of Friemann & Wolf in western Germany emerged from the Duisburg branch. In 1971 the Friwo Gerätebau GmbH (FWGB) was founded in Duisburg and at the same time a production company was acquired in Ostbevern. With this establishment, the previous mining lamp and mining accessories manufacturer Friemann & Wolf created a new business area. In the same year, the development and production start-up of the world's first plug-in power supply followed.
In 1973 sales exceeded the DM 10 million mark and around 5000 devices were manufactured per day. In 1979 a separate building was built for the development department. In 1981 the company was able to achieve a market share of 60 percent and thus market leadership with 20 million power packs and chargers sold to date.
In 1983 Friemann & Wolf and with it Friwo Gerätebau were bought by CEAG . Under the umbrella of CEAG, the export share of devices still sold under the Friwo brand name rose to 55 percent in 1984. In 1990 Friwo strengthened its global ambitions by founding Friwo North America in Frederick / USA and Friwo Far East Ltd. with manufacturing facilities in Shenzhen. In 2001, it continued its internationalization with the opening of Friwo Tokyo in Japan and Friwo São Paulo in Brazil.
Sales also increased at the end of the 1980s: after around DM 48 million in 1986, only four years later it reached an annual volume of DM 100 million. In 1991, the competitor Bartec-Compit was bought. In 1992 Friwo was the first company in the industry to be certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 . A year later, the first charger for NiMH batteries was developed. Also in 1993 Friwo merged with its subsidiary Silberkraft Lichtakkumulatoren GmbH to form Friwo Silberkraft GmbH. In 1994 the mining lamp production was stopped.
In 1997 Silberkraft Lichtakkumulatoren was taken over by Exide, while Friwo Gerätebau GmbH remained with CEAG. With a share of around 25%, the company was the world market leader in mobile phone chargers.
In 2002 Friwo's business was divided into two business areas, Friwo Mobile Power (FMP) and Friwo Power Solutions (FPS). Three years after this division and ten years after the production and sale of the 100 millionth device, Friwo exceeded the total sales volume of one billion devices in 2005.
In 2008, the Friwo Mobile Power division (now Flextronics Power) was sold, then Cardea Holding GmbH, a subsidiary of VTC Industrieholding GmbH, acquired 76.8 percent of CEAG shares from Delton AG.
On May 25, 2009, CEAG was renamed Friwo AG.
In 2010 the company started manufacturing Led drivers, followed by battery packs in 2014 .
In 2016, a production facility in Vietnam was opened in Dong Nai . In the same year, FRIWO acquired a converter and choke production facility near the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Min . In January 2018 FRIWO was certified according to DIN EN ISO 13485 for the first time. In December 2018 FRIWO took over Emerge Engineering, a developer and manufacturer of components for electric drives.
literature
- Norbert Peschke : 130 years of mining lamps and accumulator production in Zwickau . History of the Friemann & Wolf company and its successors. Self-published by Norbert Peschke, Wilkau-Haßlau 2014, ISBN 978-3-9815145-6-8 , p. 417-418 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management. Friwo, accessed on March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Management. Friwo, accessed on March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2018 (PDF) Friwo, accessed on March 19, 2020 .
- ^ Friemann & Wolf, Zwickau manufacturer in D. In: radiomuseum.org. July 18, 2009, accessed January 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Delton Annual Report 2002 ( Memento of October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file)
- ↑ The almost uncanny rise in the price of the Friwo share. In: boersengefluester.de. April 26, 2013, accessed January 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Company history. (No longer available online.) Friwo, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 19, 2020 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ World market leader: "The greatest globalization winners". In: manager-magazin.de. November 13, 2007, accessed January 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Distribution. Friwo, accessed on March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ FRIWO EMS. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ FRIWO builds its own production facility in Asia. (No longer available online.) In: friwo.de. August 14, 2015, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 12, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Buy power supplies, chargers and LED drivers conveniently online - directly from the manufacturer. (No longer available online.) In: friwo.de. March 28, 2015, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 12, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hermann Simon: Hidden Champions of the 21st Century . Campus, 2007, ISBN 978-3-593-38380-4 , pp. 18 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed May 28, 2015]).
- ↑ Corinna Wnuck: CEAG sells business unit Friwo Mobile Power - Finance Magazin. In: finance-magazin.de. February 8, 2008, accessed January 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Friwo Group company profile + address. In: Werzu-wem.de. Retrieved January 3, 2015 .
- ↑ https://www.friwo.de/de/aktuelles/aktuelles-einzel/ladegeraete-und-akkupacks-vom-systemlösungen-loesungen-aus-einer-hand/e9677537d65e54acecca16028a29c9c7/ ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info : The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.friwo.de/de/aktuelles/aktuelles-einzel/grand-opening/fb4557890a9f8960313f7c6d5607c7c5/ ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.boerse.de/nachrichten/DGAP-News-FRIWO-AG-FRIWO-akquiriert-Fertigung-in-Vietnam-und-verbreitert-damit-Wertschoepfungskette-deutsch-/7724236a
- ↑ http://www.medizin-und-elektronik.de/stromversorgung/artikel/149620/
- ↑ Manufacturer of high-quality power supplies and chargers takes over 100 percent of Emerge-Engineering GmbH
