Marquardt Group
| Marquardt GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1925 |
| Seat | Rietheim-Weilheim , Germany |
| management | Managing directors:
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| Number of employees | around 10,500 (2019) |
| sales | EUR 1.3 billion (2019) |
| Branch | * Automotive supply industry
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| Website | www.marquardt.com |
The family company Marquardt, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Rietheim-Weilheim, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of mechatronic switching and operating systems. The products of the mechatronics specialist - including operating components, vehicle access, driving authorization and battery management systems for electric vehicles - are used by many well-known customers in the automotive industry. Systems from Marquardt can also be found in household appliances, industrial applications and power tools. The family company has around 10,500 employees worldwide at 20 locations on four continents . Sales in the 2019 financial year were over 1.3 billion euros. Annually, Marquardt invests around ten percent of sales in research and development.
history
In 1925, Johannes and Johannes Marquardt founded the “special factory for electrical supplies and precision mechanics” in Rietheim . In 1928 the first factory building was built in Rietheim for the development and production of switches for the electrical industry. After the Second World War, branch plants were established in Böttingen . Marquardt was the first German company to manufacture snap-action switches in 1953 . In 1980 the first special switches for automotive applications were developed, later drive authorization systems and control panels. Marquardt also developed electronics and motor controls for small household appliances and cleaning devices.
In the 1980s and 1990s subsidiaries and branches were established in the USA, France, Tunisia, China, India and Switzerland, and later in Romania and Mexico.
Business areas
The group is organized into the two business areas “Automotive” and “Switches, Sensors and Controls”. With its two divisions, the group operates in many markets around the world.
"Automotive" develops and implements driver authorization systems (such as electronic keys and electronic ignition starter switches , electronic steering locks , start-stop systems), operating components (such as seat adjustment switches, rotary light switches, door and convertible top control panels), drive authorization systems, batteries and subsystems for electromobility , near field communication ( NFC), RGB lighting systems.
“Switches, Sensors and Controls” develops, produces and sells switch systems for power tools , sensors, systems and switches for the home and for industrial and electrical applications.
Locations
The Marquardt Group works at a total of 20 locations in 14 countries on four continents .
Europe
- Rietheim-Weilheim , Germany, company headquarters (location for production, sales and development)
- Böttingen , Germany (location for production)
- Ichtershausen , Germany (location for production)
- Trossingen , Germany (independent laboratory for measuring electromagnetic compatibility)
- Harrislee , Germany (location for production and sales)
- Sibiu , Romania (location for production and development)
- Lieusaint , France (location for sales and development)
- Veles , North Macedonia (location for production)
- Turin , Italy (sales location)
- Warwick , Great Britain (sales location)
America
- Cazenovia and Rochester Hills , USA (location for production, sales and development)
- Irapuato , Mexico (location for production)
Africa
Asia
- Shanghai , China (location for production, sales and development)
- Weihai , China (location for production)
- Mumbai , India (location for production, sales and development)
- Pune , India (location for production, sales and development)
- Seoul , South Korea (sales location)
- Tokyo , Japan (sales location)
Web links
- Official website
- Marquardt product catalog
- Bernd Gottschalk: In focus: Marquardt (PDF; 657 kB) In: Automobil Produktion , December 2010
- Harald Marquardt: World leader . (PDF; 162 kB) In: Ratio , No. 1, 2006; Company portrait
Individual evidence
- ↑ Imprint on the Marquardt website; accessed on May 27, 2020
- ↑ a b company information on the Marquardt website; accessed on May 27, 2020
- ↑ Company history of Marquardt GmbH ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ^ Locations of the Marquardt Group on the Marquardt website; accessed on May 27, 2020
Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 8 ″ N , 8 ° 46 ′ 58 ″ E