Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | April 2, 1908 |
| Seat | Velbert , Germany |
| management | Tom Graf (CEO), Michael Supe (COO), Florian Gräf (CSO) |
| Number of employees | 7,800 (2018) |
| sales | 1.4 billion euros (2016) or 1.2 billion euros (2018) |
| Branch | Automotive supplier |
| Website | www.huf-group.com |
The hoof Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG is a manufacturer of car locking systems, which was founded on April 2, 1908 by Ernst Hülsbeck and August Prince.
Company profile
In addition to the headquarters in Germany, in Velbert in Lower Berg , there are subsidiaries in 15 countries on 3 continents. Today they form the Huf Group. Huf is represented in the following countries: Germany, USA, China, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Brazil, Romania, Great Britain, India.
Huf supplies all major automobile manufacturers (including VW, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Porsche, PSA, Hyundai / Kia, Toyota, Geely, SAIC, FAW, Renault, Volvo, Land Rover). Huf currently has around 6,800 employees worldwide with an annual turnover of 1.2 billion euros (as of 2015).
In 1999, Huf Tools Velbert GmbH was spun off from operating equipment construction as a 100% subsidiary with around 100 employees. Huf Tools Velbert has specialized in the construction of new molds, systems and special machines.
Huf has been expanding its electronics expertise since the mid-1990s. In 2008, Huf acquired the electronics department from Kiekert , which has been run as Huf Electronics Düsseldorf GmbH since then. The Huf Group now has its own electronics production facility. In 2012, BERU Electronics GmbH in Bretten was taken over as Huf Electronics Bretten GmbH, which specializes in the development and manufacture of tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS or RDC).
history
Source: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst, History
- 1908 Company founded in Velbert on April 1st
- 1920 Delivery of the first car door lock to Mercedes-Benz
- 1958 50th company anniversary with 1,300 employees
- 1975 Magnetic locking technology is developed and produced by Huf
- 1982 Foundation of Huf España
- 1983 75th company anniversary with 1,300 employees
- 1986 Foundation of Huf Korea
- 1987 Foundation of Huf UK
- 1988 Development and series production of the 1st remote control key (Mercedes-Benz, infrared)
- 1990 Freewheel function: Series production for Daimler-Benz
- 1991 Foundation of Huf Portuguesa
- 1994 Yantai Huf was founded
- 1996 Development of the credit card key
- 1997 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft takes a 25.1% stake in Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst
- 1998 Shanghai Huf founded
- 1999 First passive entry system developed and mass-produced for Mercedes-Benz
- 1999 Foundation of Huf Tools (later Huf Tools Velbert)
- 2000 Foundation of Huf Polska Sp.z.
- 2005 Foundation of Huf Romania
- 2006 Huf presents innovations: display key and designer door handle
- 2007 Foundation of Huf India Private Ltd. and hoof Japan
- 2008 Huf buys back shares from Siemens
- 2008 Foundation of Huf Electronics Düsseldorf
- 2009 Foundation of Huf Changchun Huf and Yantai Huf Tools
- 2012 Foundation of Huf Electronics Bretten (acquisition of BERU Electronics) manufacturer of tire pressure sensors
- 2013 Foundation of Huf Secure Mobile (telematics)
- 2014 Foundation of Huf North America Die Cast, Corp.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b New management structure at Huf. Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst, October 7, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2020 (press release).
- ↑ a b Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG ranks 164th in the "Top Family Businesses in Germany" ranking by DDW with a turnover of 1,490.0 million euros. In: The German economy. January 7, 2019, accessed August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Profiles. Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst, accessed on August 28, 2020 (English, see “History” below on page).