Kavlico
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1999 |
| resolution | 2017 |
| Seat | Potsdamer Str. 14, D-32423 Minden |
| Number of employees | 200 (2017) |
| sales | 126 million US dollars |
| Branch | Sensor technology |
| Website | www.kavlico.de |
The Kavlico GmbH was the German branch of Kavlico Corporation Foundation based in California , a manufacturer of sensors and signal converters. In Germany, the company mainly produced sensors for the automotive and commercial vehicle industries, as well as for various industrial applications. From 2004 to 2013 the company was part of Schneider Electric . In 2013, Kavlico was acquired by the private equity firms The Carlyle Group and PAI Partners and sold to Sensata Technologies (a spin-off from Texas Instruments ) in July 2015 .
Product and application areas
- Automobiles and commercial vehicles (diesel particulate filters, differential pressure sensors, exhaust back pressure, pneumatic pressure, brake pressure, oil pressure, fuel pressure, hydrogen pressure)
- Industrial plants (hydraulic pressure, mass flow differential pressure, hydrogen tanks, gas and fuel tanks, air distribution)
- Special sensors (level sensors, inclination sensors, combined pressure and temperature sensors)
Locations
Branches with manufacturing facilities are located in Thousand Oaks , California, Tijuana , Mexico, Changzhou , China and in Minden , Germany. Further sales outlets are in Cardiff , Great Britain, Chatuzange le Goubet, France, Söderköping , Sweden and Parma , Italy.
history
The Kavlico Corporation was founded in 1958 by the Norwegian immigrant Fred Kavli in the San Fernando Valley in Chatsworth , California . In 1986, all operations moved to the Moorpark , California office. In the first building with 183,000 m² pressure and position sensors were produced. The second building was completed in 1993 and the third in 1998. In addition to the production area, the company's headquarters were located on an area of 314,000 m². The first Kavlico products were used in space travel . The headquarters were relocated from Moorpark to nearby Thousand Oaks in 2015.
The company Inter Sales, founded in 1996, was renamed Kavlico GmbH in 1999 and thus represents the German subsidiary of Kavlico. In 2004 Schneider Electric acquired 100 percent of the Kavlico shares.
In 2010, a new technology center was opened at the Minden-Päpinghausen production site .
In 2013, Schneider Electric sold Kavlico to The Carlyle Group , which then sold the company to Sensata Technologies , a spin-off from Texas Instruments .
The Minden location was closed on June 30, 2017.
swell
- Schneider Electric takes over Kavlico
- Carlyle and PAI Partners take over Kavlico
- Sensata takes over Kavlico
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.minden-igmetall.de/aktuelles/alle-nachrichten/details/?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=309&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=fbacd555b78281536
- ↑ http://www.pressetext.at/pte.mc?pte=040323016
- ^ History ( Memento from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 35 ″ N , 8 ° 58 ′ 28 ″ E