uvex
| UVEX WINTER HOLDING GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1926 |
| Seat | Fuerth , Germany |
| management | Rainer Winter (Chairman), Michael Winter (Deputy Chairman and Managing Partner), Georg Höfler ( CFO ) |
| Number of employees | 2,630 (as of 2017/2018) |
| sales | EUR 475.2 million (2018/2019) |
| Branch | Protective clothing / equipment |
| Website | uvex-group.com |
The Uvex Winter Holding GmbH & Co. KG is an internationally active German company with companies uvex safety group, uvex sports group and group Filtral . The company produces and sells protective and security products in the professional, sports and leisure sectors. It operates 48 subsidiaries in 22 countries and produces mainly in Germany, where 70% of the total of 2,630 employees are employed.
history
In 1926, Philipp M. Winter founded the Philipp M. Winter Optical Industry Institute in Fürth-Poppenreuth and initially traded in all kinds of protective goggles . In 1936 the company moved to its headquarters in downtown Fürth . In 1962 the company was transformed into the Winter Society for Optics and Eye Protection, and Winter's son, Rainer Winter, took over the management. He also invented the brand name uvex, an acronym for “ u ltra v iolet ex cluded”, based on the sunglasses feature UV protection.
From 1970 the company expanded internationally with its own production and sales. In 1994 the current holding structure was introduced.
In 1999 Michael Winter became managing partner of uvex Winter Holding.
In 2009, the headquarters in Fürth was expanded and the business areas were expanded to include additional product groups, e.g. for equestrian sports .
Web links
- Interview in Handelsblatt with managing director Michael Winter
- Contribution from the Black Forest Ski Association V. ( Memento from October 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Sonja Schön: Emeralds from Franconia , in: Die Welt am Sonntag, February 22, 2004.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Key personnel figures , accessed on February 4, 2020
- ↑ Business figures , accessed on February 4, 2020
- ↑ Market success and medals won by the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry via UVEX, 2002.
- ↑ With quality against the crisis . Article in Handelsblatt, December 2009
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 3.1 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 29.5 ″ E
