Gira (company)
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1905 |
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Radevormwald , Germany
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| management | Dirk Giersiepen, Christian Feltgen, Steffen Zimmermann |
| Number of employees | around 1,200 |
| Branch | Electrical installation technology, building system technology, plastics technology |
| Website | www.gira.de |
The Gira Giersiepen GmbH & Co. KG , based in Radevormwald is a plastics processors and manufacturers of electrical installation technology and building system technology.
history
Gira has its origins in the establishment of the company "Gebrüder Giersiepen, factory of apparatus for electrical lighting" by Gustav and Richard Giersiepen in Wuppertal on August 1st, 1905 .
A few years later (1912) the company moved completely to its current location in Radevormwald.
In 1964 the company was renamed "Gira", which is made up of the first letters of the family name Giersiepen and the Radevormwald location.
Today the family company is run by Dirk Giersiepen in the fourth generation. It employs around 1,200 people in Germany.
Companies
Gira is a German company that operates in the fields of electrical installation technology, building system technology and plastics technology. In addition to the regional market in Germany, Gira is spread around the world through around 40 agencies and sales offices.
In 1970, together with Berker and Jung, the subsidiary Insta Elektro was founded, which, with around 500 employees in Germany, offers advice and project planning for light management and electronic components.
In 1990 Gira was one of the founding members of the European Installation Bus Association (EIBA) and later of the KNX Association ( KNX standard ) alongside Berker, Jung , Merten and Siemens . This standard guarantees the compatibility and interoperability of the various devices and systems from different manufacturers from many areas.
In January 2007, Gira bought Stettler Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Since then, production in this area has been carried out at two locations (Radevormwald, Burgwindheim).
Products
Activities in the field of electrical installation technology and building system technology:
- Switch programs
- Sockets
- Lighting control
- Blind control
- Air conditioning / heating control
- LED lighting
- Installation bus KNX / EIB system (cable-based KNX-TP)
- Radio bus 433,42 unidirectional (radio bus from Gira, Berker, Jung identical in construction from INSTA)
- Radio bus eNet 868.3 bidirectional (eNet from Gira and Jung, identical in construction from INSTA, from 2013)
- Door intercoms
- Reputation systems
- Keyless entry
- Alarm / fire detection technology
- Audio systems in cooperation with Revox
The company's products have received numerous awards, including the Plus X Award and the Red dot design award , as well as several nominations for the Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany .
In the plastics technology business area, Gira develops, designs and produces plastic parts, system products and tools for electrical engineering, medical technology and automotive engineering.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gira: Imprint Retrieved on October 3, 2017.
- ↑ a b Gira: Company Accessed on November 25, 2014.
- ↑ insta.de: Company ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gira homepage accessed on December 30, 2012
- ↑ Jung homepage accessed on December 30, 2012 ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
