Progress plant in Oberkirch

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Progress-Werk Oberkirch AG

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legal form Corporation
ISIN DE0006968001
founding 1919
Seat Oberkirch , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management
  • Volker Simon ( CEO )
  • Bernd Bartmann ( CFO )
  • Johannes Obrecht ( COO )
Number of employees 3426
sales 485 million euros (2018)
Branch Automotive supplier
Website www.progress-werk.de
As of December 31, 2018

The Progress-Werk Oberkirch AG (short: PWO ), established in Oberkirch (Baden) is a metal processing automotive supplier . PWO manufactures electronics and motor housings, structural components, module carriers, seat adjusters, shielding plates and similar parts.

The company was founded in 1919 and has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 1978 . In addition to the main plant in Oberkirch, it operates production facilities in the Czech Republic, Mexico, Canada and China.

PWO mainly works with forming technology and processes steel , stainless steel and aluminum . The entire value chain from product and process development through tooling to mass production is located directly in the company.

Progress-Werk Oberkirch AG is a member of the trade association for industrial companies in Baden .

Business data

year Sales (€ million) Employees approx. As of
December 31
1990 78 925
1995 77 710
2000 148 1040
2005 220 1380
2010 264 2290
2015 404 3050
2016 409 3229
2017 461 3404
2018 485 3426

(Source: Hoppenstedt Aktienführer )

literature

  • Stephan Baum, Robert Kieselbach, Christoph Laugs: Thinking ahead 100 years - PWO: The book for the anniversary 1919–2019 . August Dreesbach Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-96395-011-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Key Performance Indicators , accessed on August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Hoppenstedt Aktienführer 2009, page 926
  3. Factsheet ( Memento from July 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), www.progress-werk.de, accessed on July 17, 2016
  4. wvib - trade association for industrial companies in Baden e. V. - member companies. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '19.8 "  N , 8 ° 2' 2.4"  E