Huber + Suhner
| HUBER + SUHNER AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CH0030380734 |
| founding | 1864 (Suhner); 1882 (Huber) 1969 (merger and establishment of Huber + Suhner) |
| Seat |
Herisau , Switzerland
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| management | Urs Ryffel (Chairman of the Management Board ) Urs Kaufmann ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 4456 |
| sales | 885 million CHF (2018) |
| Branch | Electrical engineering |
| Website | www.hubersuhner.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
The Huber + Suhner AG (official spelling: HUBER + SUHNER), headquartered in Herisau developed a global Swiss company that components and system solutions for electrical and optical connectivity and produced. With cables, connectors and systems in the three key technologies of radio frequency, fiber optics and low frequency, the company serves customers in the three markets of communication, transport and industry. Huber + Suhner has its own subsidiaries and agencies in over 60 countries around the world.
The company is since 1995 on the Swiss Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange listed (HUBN) and employed by the end of 2018 4456 people worldwide. In 2018, Huber + Suhner generated sales of 885 million Swiss francs.
Three technologies, three divisions
High frequency
Huber + Suhner develops and produces high frequency and microwave products for different requirements. The range includes passive components such as cables, connectors, assembled cables, antennas, lightning protection and components. The company has its own electroplating facility.
Fiber optics
The fiber optic range consists of cables, connectors, assembled cable and distribution systems as well as fiber management systems.
Low frequency
The Huber + Suhner low-frequency range includes single wires, cables, pre-assembled cables, hybrid cables and cable systems. Plastic compounds for cable insulation are produced according to a recipe developed in-house. Another core competence is electron beam networking.
history
The company was created in 1969 through the merger of R. + E. Huber AG in Pfäffikon Zurich and Suhner & Co. AG in Herisau. The corporation R. + E. Huber in Pfäffikon was founded in 1882. It was originally a telegraph wire and cable factory and also operated as a rubber and gutta-percha goods factory. Suhner & Co. AG, founded in 1864, built on cable and cable insulation as well as a plastic pressing plant with injection molding processing.
The internationalization of Huber + Suhner began with the expansion to Australia in 1974 and in 1999 the company was already present in 28 countries. In 2002 the company concentrated on realigning the 3x3 strategy - 3 technologies for 3 main markets and withdrew from the non-core businesses. In 2011 Huber + Suhner opened production in Changzhou, China. At the end of December 2012, the US company Astrolab, based in Warren, New Jersey, was taken over. With the acquisition of Cube Optics in Mainz, Huber + Suhner further expanded its position in fiber optics in 2014. At the end of May 2016, Huber + Suhner took over the English-American company Polatis, a provider of purely optical switches that, unlike conventional electrical / optical switches, do not convert the signals, but control them optically. The Polatis portfolio is an addition to the existing Huber + Suhner product range, especially in the area of the data center market. In spring 2019, the Bus & Train Antennas division was taken over by Kathrein Werke.
On September 30, 2019, the German BKtel Group, which includes three locations in Germany and majority holdings in two companies in France and Japan, was taken over. With the takeover, Huber + Suhner expanded its portfolio in the areas of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), hybrid fiber coax (HFC) and distributed access architecture (DAA) as well as optical signal processing (optical converters, amplifiers and fiber laser).
Web links
- Huber + Suhner website
- Thomas Fuchs: Huber + Suhner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2018. In: www.hubersuhner.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Huber + Suhner: Takeover of Astrolab article on moneycab.com from December 29, 2012
- ↑ Huber + Suhner: Adoption of Polati's article on moneycab.com from May 31, 2016
- ↑ Huber + Suhner: Takeover of the BKtel Group Article on finanzen.ch from October 1, 2019