Oasis (company)
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| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1949 |
| Seat | Hörstel , Germany |
| management | Thorsten Muck (CEO) Birgit Kempe-Heeger (CFO) Michael Koch (COO) |
| Number of employees | approx. 750 |
| sales | 146 million euros (2016) |
| Branch | Manufacturer of pond, garden and aquarium accessories |
| Website | www.oase.com |
The Oase Group ( spelling OASE ), headquartered in Hörstel (North Rhine-Westphalia), has around 750 employees worldwide and production facilities in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands and China in two business areas, the consumer business (products for water gardens, aquariums and Drainage and irrigation) and the commercial business (Fountain Technology and Lake Management).
history
The company was founded in 1949 as a repair shop for agricultural machinery. It was not until 1960 that pumps were first developed (for agricultural use). In 1966 the company developed the first small fountain and underwater pumps. In 1969 the company was renamed "OASE-PUMPEN August Wübker Söhne GmbH & Co Maschinenfabrik". In 2003, the private equity investor Cognetas bought the company from the owner Josef Wübker. In 1993 branches were opened in France and Great Britain, in 1994 in the USA and in 2007 in Turkey and China. In 2009, Oase opened its own innovation center at the Hörstel location, which is used, among other things, for product training and seminars (from basic to expert knowledge for pond construction through to knowledge about the correct water quality). In 2011 there was a change of investor. From this year onwards, Equistone PE supported the Oase Group in its growth strategy. This was successfully implemented through the takeover of Eden Srl (Italy) in 2013, the purchase of Geo Global Partners (USA) in 2014 and the takeover of the biOrb brand (Great Britain) in 2016. In 2017 Equistone sold Oase to Argand Partners and the management. In 2018 the company Atlantiv Water Gardens from the USA was taken over and in 2019 the company Söll Ltd. from Hof (Germany).
Business areas
The Oase Group is active in two business areas; the consumer business and the commercial business.
In the consumer business (water gardens and aquaristics), pumps, filters and equipment for private garden or swimming ponds, streams and water features have been the focus for decades. Here the company is the global market leader and, as an innovation and quality leader, is the benchmark for the industry. With acquisitions (Eden, biOrb) and innovative new products, OASE is now also one of the market leaders in the aquarium business. Since 2016, OASE has also been selling a professional range of pumps for irrigation and drainage.
In the commercial business (Fountain Technology and Lake Management), Oase has carried out numerous major projects around the world, such as For example, the water garden in Istanbul, the dancing cranes in Singapore, the multimedia fountain system in front of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur or the installation on the Banpo Bridge in Seoul have been realized.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swimming pool + sauna professional (Ed.): Company portrait: Water specialist Oase GmbH . 3 / 4-2017 edition. Fachschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Fellbach 2017, p. 30-31 .
- ^ Association of German Associations for Aquarium and Terrarium Studies, Association of Austrian Aquarium and Terrarium Associations in DATZ: Aquariums Terrariums , Volume 56 Verlag Eugen Ulmer 2003, p. 44.
- ↑ OASE acquires EDEN. In: soll-galabau.de: trade journal for gardening and landscaping. May 2, 2013, accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ↑ OASE GmbH: OASE company history - OASE. Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
- ↑ OASE GmbH: Management - OASE. Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Watergarden Ataşehir to Open on July 29th. In: realestatenewsturkey.com (English). Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Swimming pool + sauna 3 / 4-2017, p. 211, Fachschriften Verlag 2017.