soul group
| seele group GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1984 |
| Seat | Gersthofen , Germany |
| management | Gerhard Seele ( Managing Director ) Siegfried Goßner ( Managing Director ) |
| Number of employees | approx. 1,000 |
| sales | 148 million euros |
| Branch | Construction industry |
| Website | www.seele.com |
| As of March 31, 2017 | |
The seele Group (completely seele group GmbH & Co. KG ) is an international group of companies that specializes in the development, manufacture and marketing of components for glass and membrane architecture . It is represented in 12 countries, has production facilities in Germany and the Czech Republic and employs around 1000 people (as of March 2017). The group's headquarters are in Gersthofen near Augsburg .
history
The company was founded on January 23, 1984 by master glazier Gerhard Seele and steel construction designer Siegfried Goßner in Gersthofen. Smaller regional orders were quickly followed by major projects throughout Germany. At the same time, the two company founders developed special steel-glass facade systems and applied for a patent for them. By 1993 the turnover and the number of employees could be increased tenfold.
In 1994 the company expanded further by opening branches in Austria, France and England. Two years later, the production facility in Pilsen in the Czech Republic started operations. After the turn of the millennium, the company opened a subsidiary in the United States. The production of particularly large and high-quality glasses began in 2007. A little later, the company took over the insolvent membrane manufacturer covertex GmbH from Obing. In 2008 the production of aluminum element facades was started at the headquarters in Gersthofen.
Notable projects by the seele group include:
- King's Cross Railway Station in London
- Strasbourg train station
- European Central Bank in Frankfurt
- Glass Apple cube on 5th Avenue in New York ,
- Beijing National Stadium
- Apple Park as the new Apple headquarters in Cupertino .
Products
The company primarily develops, manufactures and markets facade and roof systems that either consist exclusively of glass or a combination of glass and steel or aluminum. A special feature in this context is the use of very large glass elements.
Furthermore, membrane structures made of plastic films and plastic fabrics are offered.
Organizational structure and subsidiaries
The two holding companies seele product holding GmbH and seele holding GmbH & Co. KG are located directly below the parent company . The soul product holding GmbH unites the components side and glass finishing area. The control of national and international project business as well as advertising and communication, on the other hand, is assigned to seele holding GmbH & Co. KG .
Further subsidiaries belonging to the seele group are (as of March 2017):
- seele administration GmbH, Gersthofen, Germany
- seele product management GmbH, Gersthofen, Germany
- seele invest GmbH, Gersthofen, Germany
- seele GmbH, Gersthofen, Germany
- iconic skin GmbH, Gersthofen, Germany
- se commerce GmbH, Gersthofen, Germany
- sedak GmbH & Co. KG, Gersthofen, Germany
- sedak Verwaltungs GmbH, Gersthofen, Germany
- se project GmbH, Gersthofen, Germany
- seele cover GmbH, Obing, Germany
- seele pilsen sro, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- seele, Inc., New York, United States
- sedak Inc., Jersey City, United States
- seele canada Inc., Moncton, Canada
- seele france SAS, Strasbourg, France
- se-austria GmbH & Co. KG, Schörfling, Austria
- se-austria GmbH, Schörfling, Austria
- seele Beteiligungs GmbH, Linz, Austria
- seele (UK) Ltd., Sunningdale, England
- seele middle east FZE, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- seele saudi arabia LLC, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
- seele hongkong Ltd., Hongkong, China
- soul (S) Pte. Ltd., Singapore
- se-project holding (Thailand) Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
- se-project services (Thailand) Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
- ooo soul rus, Moscow, Russia
Web links
- Official website
- The glazier from Gersthofen . Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 5, 2015, accessed on October 4, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b In portrait . In: Detail , 2009, ISBN 978-3-920034-31-7 , page 13.
- ↑ Tim Cook visits German supplier , Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 23, 2015.
- ↑ New Apple headquarters: The UFO has landed . In: Spiegel Online . 12th September 2017.
- ↑ Michael Kerler: Soul in Gersthofen: The man with the heart for glass. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Consolidated financial statements of the seele Group for the financial year from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 (available at www.bundesanzeiger.de )
Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 5.7 ″ N , 10 ° 51 ′ 39.5 ″ E