Viega

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Viega Holding GmbH & Co. KG

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legal form GmbH & Co. KG
founding 1899
Seat Attendorn , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management
  • Anna Viegener (Chairwoman of the Management Board),
  • Walter Viegener (managing partner),
  • Claus Holst-Gydesen (Managing Director)
Number of employees over 4,400
sales 1.7 billion euros
Branch Sanitary engineering heating engineering
Website www.viega.com
As of December 31, 2018

  • The headquarters of Viega in Attendorn

  • The branch in Attendorn-Ennest

  • Part of the branch in Großheringen (bottom right)

The Viega Group is an internationally active family company in the field of sanitary and heating technology with 4,400 employees worldwide, including more than 150 trainees in 17 occupations. The headquarters of the administration of Viega Holding GmbH & Co. KG is Attendorn . The US subsidiary Viega LLC is based in Broomfield (Colorado) . Production takes place in the plants in Lennestadt-Elspe , Attendorn-Ennest , in Großheringen in Thuringia , in Niederwinkling in Bavaria and in McPherson (Kansas, USA). The Viega Group includes Oblamatik AG in Chur , Switzerland. Viega is also involved in the Jiangsu Jinyang Viega Plumbing Systems Co., Ltd. joint venture. ( Wuxi , China) involved.

history

Franz-Anselm Viegener founded the company in Attendorn in 1899. First he sold brass beer taps. Customers were breweries and restaurants. In 1910 the manufacture of products for sanitary and heating installation began. The first branch in Lennestadt-Elspe went into operation in 1963. In 1988, the company invested in an efficient gunmetal foundry at the Attendorn-Ennest location. In 1992 the opening of a production facility in Großheringen followed, in 2004 the purchase of the metal works Otto Dingerkus, Attendorn, and in 2006 the takeover of the Vanguard group in the USA. In the same year a new manufacturing center was opened at the Attendorn-Ennest location. In 2007 the company took over gabo Systemtechnik GmbH in Niederwinkling. In 2009 a new production facility was built in Niederwinkling. In the same year, the company opened a new plant in McPherson, Kansas. Oblamatik AG Chur, Switzerland, has been part of the group since 2011. In 2013 Viega participated in the establishment of the Jiangsu Jinyang Viega Plumbing Systems Co., Ltd. joint venture. in Wuxi, China. In Wuxi, stainless steel piping systems are manufactured for the Chinese market.

Products

The Viega product range consists of over 17,000 products from the product areas of sanitary and heating systems , piping systems , connection technology , pre-wall technology and drainage technology . According to its own information, the company is the world market leader in press connection technology . In 1995 Viega was the first manufacturer to bring press connection technology for copper onto the market. The company now offers press connectors made of various materials such as copper, gunmetal, stainless steel and steel for various media (e.g. drinking water, heating water, gas, compressed air, media containing oil or cooling water). These are installed in buildings, in production facilities, in ships and also in the ground for laying supply lines and sold under the brands Profipress, Megapress, Prestabo, Sanpress, Sanpress Inox, Raxofix and Geopress. The range also includes systems for surface heating for floors and walls. The company produces various pre-wall elements for wet and dry construction for the installation of toilets , bidets and urinals . In the drainage technology product area, the focus is on drains for bathtubs and shower trays, washbasins and bidets, sinks and sinks, toilets and urinals as well as shower channels, bathroom and floor drains.

Prizes and awards

The company's products have been awarded a number of international design awards, including the Red Dot Design Award , the IF Design Award , the German Design Award , the Design Plus Award and Focus Open. The company owners received the Thuringian Order of Merit in 2014. The company also received awards for its commitment to training.

EU proceedings for illegal price fixing

In September 2006, the EU Commission fined 30 copper processing companies in the copper fittings product area for illegal price fixing. The Commission found that from 1988 to 2004 Viega was involved in an illegal business cartel relating to price fixing, discount agreements and the setting of lower price limits. In addition, customers were split up and important and confidential business information was exchanged. The fine imposed on Viega amounted to 54.292 million euros.

Web links

Commons : Viega  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Federal Gazette : Viega Holding GmbH & Co. KG, consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c d Hermann Simon mentions Viega in his book of the same name as an example of a " hidden champion ". (Hidden champions of the 21st century: The strategies for success of unknown world market leaders. Frankfurt a. M .: Campus, 2007. - ISBN 978-3-593-38380-4 . P. 31.)
  3. ^ Viega LLC to Move US Headquarters to Broomfield, Colorado | viega.us. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Viega website, locations https://www.viega.de/xchg/de-de/hs.xsl/5448.htm
  5. ↑ a b About us. In: viega.de. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Viega: Takeover of gabo system technology. In: kunststoffweb.de. March 7, 2007, accessed April 9, 2020 .
  7. ↑ News - Products. In: viega.de. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  8. ↑ catalog. In: viega.de. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ "Red dot design awards" for Multiplex from Viega, baulinks, article from April 21, 2006, http://www.baulinks.de/webplugin/2006/0654.php4
  10. ↑ if online exhibition, http://exhibition.ifdesign.de/winner_de.html?ma_id=446
  11. ↑ DerWesten- derwesten.de: Viega shower channel received the “German Design Award”. February 24, 2013, accessed April 9, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Alfons Oebbeke: Viega shower channel Advantix: variable in length, reduced in design. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Design Center Baden-Württemberg Focus Open 2014 results. In: design-center.de. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Thuringian State Chancellery, http://www.thueringen.de/th1/tsk/aktuell/veranstaltungen/77316/
  15. ↑ Award for Viega, Südwestfalenmanager, issue 06 (June 2010), archived copy ( memento from July 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ BitSign GmbH: European Commission strikes. In: haustechnikdialog.de. September 22, 2006, accessed April 9, 2020 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 53 "  N , 7 ° 54 ′ 17.8"  E