MEKRA Lang Group
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1932 |
| Seat | Ergersheim |
| management | Susanne Lang, Heinrich Lang (managing partners), Dr. Werner Lang, Volker Tichy (Managing Director) |
| Number of employees | 2,930 |
| sales | EUR 365 million (2018) |
| Branch | Automotive supplier |
| Website | www.mekra.de |
| Status: 2018 | |
MEKRA Lang GmbH & Co. KG is a manufacturer of mirror systems for the automotive industry with a focus on commercial vehicles (trucks, buses, agricultural machines, construction machines) as well as mirror replacement systems and camera monitor systems for automotive applications.
The MEKRA Lang Group produces around 8 million exterior mirrors for commercial vehicles per year. The company is based in Ergersheim in Middle Franconia in the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district . Today the company is represented at 14 locations in 9 countries. Around 2,930 employees work for MEKRA Lang worldwide, around 1,480 of them in Germany.
history
In 1932, the MEKRA Lang company was founded in Fürth by the married couple Hans and Frieda Lang . In the early years, silver slips were made from glass. The sons of the company founders, the brothers Heinrich Lang and Günter Lang, who became managing directors in 1960, specialized in the production of small mirrors. The family company is in the third generation with Susanne Lang, the daughter of Heinrich Lang, as managing partner and her husband Dr. Werner Lang as managing director.
Business areas
- Vision systems for commercial vehicles
- Mirror systems
- Camera monitor systems
Locations
The MEKRA Lang Group as a global system supplier is represented with locations in North and South America, Asia and Europe. The current locations at a glance:
- Europe: Fürth , Ergersheim ( Germany ), Pilsen ( Czech Republic ), Ankara ( Turkey ), Ulyanovsk (Russia)
- North America: Columbia ( USA ), San Nicolás de los Garza ( Mexico )
- South America: Sorocaba ( Brazil )
- Asia: Shanghai , Changchun , Qingdao , Nanchang , Foshan ( People's Republic of China ), Iksan ( South Korea )
Awards
- Top employer 2017 award "Germany's best jobs with a future"
- IF DESIGN AWARD 2017 for the Genius Cab
- Winner of the medium-sized company award for the sustainable fastest growing medium-sized companies in Bavaria “Bavaria's Best 50” 2016
- Award "Germany's Top 100 Growth and Earning Stars" 2015 & 2016
- Award "The 15 most innovative German medium-sized companies" 2016
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MEKRA Lang - locations. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
- ↑ PresseBox (c) 2002-2017: MEKRA Lang repeatedly recognized as a top employer. Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
- ↑ MEKRA Lang as a member of the Concept Cab Cluster receives the iF DESIGN AWARD 2017 for the Genius Cab. Accessed on June 14, 2017 .
- ^ Neustadt / Aisch: State Ministry selects the best medium-sized companies - Neustadt / Aisch - nordbayern.de. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .
- ↑ MEKRA Lang among Germany's “Top 100 Growth and Earning Stars” 2016. Accessed on June 14, 2017 .
- ↑ From trolley cases to headphones: The 15 most innovative German medium-sized companies. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .