Murrelektronik

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Murrelektronik GmbH

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founding 1975
Seat Oppenweiler , Germany
management Executive Director:
  • Stefan Grotzke
  • Ulrich Viethen
  • Jürgen Zeltwanger
Number of employees over 3030 (2019)
sales 354 million euros (2018)
Branch Automation technology
Website www.murrelektronik.com
Status: 2019

The Murr Elektronik GmbH is a German company with headquarters in Oppenweiler (Baden-Württemberg). Murrelektronik develops, produces and sells products in the field of electrical and electronic automation technology .

history

The company was founded in 1975 by Franz Hafner and has developed into a nationally and internationally leading company in this branch. On June 1, 1993, the former GDR operation KSG in Stollberg / Erzgeb. , which produces contact components, was taken over by the Treuhandanstalt . Here are connectors produced.

Companies

In addition to the administration and logistics center, one of five production sites is located at the Oppenweiler headquarters. Products are also manufactured in Stollberg (Saxony) , Stod (Czech Republic), Atlanta (United States) and Shanghai (China). The company employs around 2050 people worldwide (as of 2016), around 600 of them in Oppenweiler and 490 in Stollberg / Erzgeb.

International agencies

Independent branches and distributors are located in Argentina, Australia, Belgium / Luxembourg, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, India, Italy, Canada, Kenya, Croatia, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Pakistan, Poland , Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary, USA and the United Arab Emirates.

Products

The four main fields are:

  • Electronics in the control cabinet - power supplies, line filters and interference suppression technology, buffer and redundancy modules, current monitoring systems, interface technology
  • Interfaces - switch cabinet bushings, signal lights, switch cabinet couplings
  • Connection technology - circular connectors, passive distribution systems
  • I / O systems - fieldbus distributors and modular fieldbus systems

The products are mainly used in the following sectors: machine tool construction, automotive industry, plant construction, assembly & handling technology, logistics and conveyor technology, airport industry and offshore industry.

social commitment

The company is committed to various regional and international projects. The company has been the main sponsor of the local handball club TV Oppenweiler for over 30 years and has made a significant contribution to the private children's aid project Casa do Zezinho in Brazil.

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