MD Electronics
MD Electronics GmbH
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legal form | GmbH |
Seat | Waldkraiburg , Germany |
Number of employees | approx.5,000 (2018) |
sales | € 430 million (2018) |
Branch | Automotive industry |
Website | www.md-elektronik.de |
The MD Elektronik GmbH is a German automotive supplier headquartered in Bavaria Waldkraiburg . The company, founded in 1974, produces various data transmission solutions for vehicles and supplies automobile manufacturers and system suppliers worldwide.
In addition to the company headquarters in Waldkraiburg, the MD Group's network of locations includes production plants in Chotěšov , Beijing and León as well as sales offices in Cologne , Seoul , Changchun , Shanghai and Southfield . The company employs over 5000 people worldwide.
Products and competencies
The MD Elektronik product portfolio includes the development and manufacture of data cables and electronic components:
- Coaxial cables for automotive high-frequency applications such as radio antennas , GPS , navigation , keyless entry and Bluetooth .
- Multi-core cables for applications for the transmission of data streams, including LVDS cameras and USB connections, for digital infotainment or cellular base stations.
- Electronic cables and modules for connecting vehicles with external devices with interfaces such as AUX , USB, SD or SIM as well as components in the vehicle interior such as signal converters or device recognition for streaming or navigation.
- Sensor technology for safety-relevant vehicle areas, especially chassis cabling. Areas of application are the connection of speed sensors , acceleration sensors , brake wear sensors, pressure valves for damper control and control of the electronic parking brake .
In the company's own test laboratory in the company headquarters, mechanical and electrical measurements and tests are carried out with high-speed cameras or computer tomographs. The German accreditation body (DAkkS) certified the laboratory as an official certification body in 2014 .
history
In April 1974 MD Elektronik GmbH was founded under the name G.Merx Elektrotechnik in Buchbach . At the beginning, 20 employees manufactured amplifiers and mixing consoles for the music industry and supplied industrial companies with electronic circuits and pre-assembled strands.
In 1980, Buchbach moved to the industrial site in Waldkraiburg, the company's current headquarters.
With the integration into the Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, the company was renamed MD Elektronik GmbH in 1989.
In 1993 MD Elektronik GmbH expanded for the first time and founded MD Elmont spol. sro in the Czech town of Chotěšov.
In 1994 MD produced components for the automotive industry for the first time . The first order was the production of car telephone lines.
In 2000, MD Electronics opened an in-house test laboratory in the company's headquarters.
In 2005, MD Electronics founded MD ( Beijing ) Electronics Co., Ltd. and opened a sales and production facility in Beijing, China .
In 2008, the company expanded its portfolio to include module solutions in the vehicle vision area.
In 2009, MD opened its first manufacturing facility in the United States and established MD Electronics Corporation in Jamestown, New York . Since then, coaxial and HSD cables have been manufactured on site for customers in the NAFTA region .
Since 2011, the MD Group has focused exclusively on the automotive segment . In the course of this, the company headquarters was restructured and the production network in the Czech Republic expanded with a logistics center in nearby Pilsen .
In 2012 MD Elektronik received its first serial development order for axle cabling and in the same year became a member of the OPEN Alliance .
In 2014, the company's own testing laboratory was certified by the German accreditation body (DAkkS) . Since then, the MD test laboratory has been an official certification and testing institution.
In 2015, the company expanded its network of locations with sales offices in Changchun, Shanghai and Southfield.
Also in 2015, MD Elektronik founded MD Elektronik de México S. de RL de CV and built a new plant in León, Mexico . Production started in June 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ MD Elektronik reports record sales. Oberbayerisches Volksblatt GmbH & Co. Medienhaus KG, December 6, 2012, accessed on August 16, 2016 .
- ↑ MD Worldwide - MD ELEKTRONIK. In: www.md-elektronik.de. Retrieved August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ FOCUS Online: Mühldorf am Inn: Promotion of the regional economy. Retrieved August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ MD Products - MD ELECTRONICS. (No longer available online.) MD Elektronik GmbH, archived from the original on November 24, 2015 ; accessed on November 24, 2015 . 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.
- ↑ MD Electronics on course for growth. OVB Online, accessed on November 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Spark CMS by Baunfire.com: OPEN Alliance SIG Adopter Members. In: www.opensig.org. Retrieved August 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Annex to the accreditation certificate. (PDF) German Accreditation Body, September 10, 2014, accessed on August 16, 2016 .
- ↑ MD New factory in Mexico. OVB Online, accessed on January 15, 2016 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 50.4 " N , 12 ° 24 ′ 39.2" E