Velatia

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Velatia SL

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legal form Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada
founding 1967
Seat Zamudio , SpainSpainSpain 
management Javier Ormazabal
Number of employees 2,873
sales 544 million euros
Branch Conglomerate
Website www.velatia.com
Status: 2014

Velatia (until 2012 Grupo Ormazabal ) is a Spanish industrial holding company that is one of the largest manufacturers of electrical systems in Europe. The group has 15 production facilities and employs almost 3,000 people.

In addition to the medium voltage business area , in which the entire electrical business of the group is concentrated, telecommunications, information systems and physical security systems are among the central business areas of Velatia.

subsidiary company

  • Ormazabal (medium voltage systems)
  • Ikusi (radio remote controls)
  • Knock (telecommunications equipment)
  • WEC (aviation)
  • Stratenergy
  • Polsa (isolators)
  • Tecnichapa (metal processing)
  • Uniblok (precast concrete parts)
  • Gosa

history

Velatia was founded in Bedia in 1967 by Javier Ormazabal Ocerin, the father of the current president .

In 2004 the German company Felten & Guilleaume was taken over.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History
  2. a b c d Oskar Villarreal Larrinaga, Sandra Ruiz Cuevas: La internacionalización de una gran empresa familiar, Velatia. Un paso más allá. , 2015
  3. Main figures