Witte Automotive
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1899 |
| Seat | Velbert , Germany |
| management | Rainer Gölz, Christian Kaczmarczyk |
| Number of employees | 5,200 (2017) |
| sales | 670 million euros (2017) |
| Branch | Automotive supply industry |
| Website | www.witte-automotive.de |
WITTE Automotive is a company for locking, handle and hinge systems for automobile doors, flaps and seats.
With its headquarters in Germany, WITTE Automotive (formerly: WITTE-Velbert GmbH & Co. KG ) is the European part of the Vast Alliance , a global automotive supplier alliance for manufacturers of vehicle access systems.
history
Witte was founded in 1899 by Ewald Witte for the production of case locks. After the Second World War, the family company began to manufacture locks and fittings for the automotive industry . The rapid growth then began at the end of the 1980s and in 1992 led to the establishment of the subsidiary WITTE Nejdek, spol. s ro In 1993 a license agreement was signed with Great More, Taiwan .
In 1995 the opportunity arose to acquire a majority in Riewer Kunststoffe in Bitburg . And in 1996 the offer came to take over Krosta Metalltechnik in Velbert. At the urging of a large customer, the PRINZ WITTE GmbH joint venture was founded with the Prinz Group in Stromberg in 1999 .
Also in 1999, the then Witte-Velbert and Strattec Security Corporation , Milwaukee founded the Vast Automotive Group (VAST = Vehicle Access Systems Technology), which in 2006 also joined Adac Automotive , Grand Rapids .
In 2008 the Velbert-based company Friedr. Fingscheidt GmbH with approx. 300 employees taken over. In addition to the headquarters on Friedrichstrasse in Velbert, Fingscheidt also had a production site in Wülfrath . At this production site, u. a. also the Mercedes star manufactured for Mercedes-Benz cars. This company was merged with Krosta Metalltechnik and has been called WITTE Niederberg GmbH since October 2011
Also in 2008 there was the opportunity to take over the Power Products division from Delphi .
In October 2008, a new WITTE Automotive location was founded in the Bulgarian city of Russe (also Ruse): WITTE Automotive Bulgaria EOOD . In May 2010 the production of vehicle components started in Rousse. Due to the positive development, WITTE decided very soon to expand production capacities at the Ruse site. After a plot of land was acquired at the beginning of 2013, the foundation stone for the new production hall was laid on October 11, 2013 in the presence of Bulgarian President Rossen Plewneliew . This plant was officially opened on October 1st, 2014 by Rossen Plewneliew, Plamen Stoilow, the mayor of Russe, Manfred Püschel, chairman of the advisory board of WITTE Automotive GmbH u. v. a. m.
On May 13, 2016, another plant was opened in [Ostrov], in which exterior door handles are manufactured.
structure
In addition to the headquarters in Velbert with the areas of sales, research and development and assembly, WITTE Nejdek in the Czech Republic is another large part of WITTE Automotive. The location in Nejdek includes both assembly and development. Other companies belong to WITTE Automotive:
In Germany:
- WITTE Niederberg in Wülfrath , is the unit for stamped products and zinc die-casting as well as for components with high-quality surfaces,
- WITTE Bitburg (previously Riewer Kunststoffe or Riku; Bitburg ) supplies plastic components
In Europe:
- WITTE Nejdek has a development office in Pilsen and Prague
- WITTE ACCESS TECHNOLOGY, sro and WITTE Paint Application, sro in Ostrov
- WITTE Automotive Bulgaria EOOD in Russia
- WITTE Automotive Sweden AB in Gothenburg
Worldwide:
With VAST, Witte expanded the global activities started in 1993, which were carried out with joint ventures in
- Brazil,
- China,
- Japan,
- Korea and
- India
were expanded.
Production focus
Production focuses on locking and locking systems, vehicle access systems and seat security systems. In addition, there is the technology for flaps, such as flap modules, safety hoods, locks, closing aids, safety catch hooks, strikers, multifunctional handle strips, actuators, hinges, hinge drives, disk locks, as well as technology for doors: door modules, outside door handles, bearing brackets, inside actuators, key / lock sets, Keyless / Passive Entry, Passive Go, locks, closing aids, strikers, door stops / brakes, hinges and technology for seats, such as backrest locks, multi-position backrest locks, kinematics assemblies, seat bottom locks, lockable locks, actuations (with indication), locking bars.
Another mainstay is the WITOL - the Witte tolerance compensation system
Others
In 2013, WITTE Automotive received the Volkswagen Group Award, which recognizes the 21 best suppliers in the Volkswagen Group every year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Change in management . September 23, 2014, accessed September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ a b On the road to success: again record values and award as a TOP employer. February 1, 2018, accessed June 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Members. (Members of VAST). Retrieved September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Witte company history . Retrieved September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ A famous star from Wülfrath. November 19, 2012, accessed October 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Bundled competence under one name. November 28, 2011, accessed September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ WITTE Automotive starts production in Bulgaria. May 2010, accessed September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Bulgarian President lays the foundation stone for the new WITTE plant in Ruse . October 11, 2013, accessed September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Another milestone: WITTE Automotive opens a new plant in Bulgaria. October 1, 2014, accessed August 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Outside door handle factory opened in the Czech Republic. May 14, 2016, accessed September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ WITTE is expanding its commitment in China through VAST. October 2011, accessed September 30, 2016 .
- ^ New Joint Venture in India: Minda VAST Access Systems. April 30, 2015, accessed September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Volkswagen Group honors its best suppliers with the Group Award 2013. June 21, 2013, archived from the original on July 4, 2014 ; accessed on September 30, 2016 .