Corporate History

Company Development

Year

Internationalization

• Foundation as a company of the textile industry

1850

• Reestablishment of C. A. Weidmüller in Detmold

1948

• First participation in the Hanover Trade Fair

1959 – 1985

• United Kingdom, first sales company (1959)
• Austria (1967)
• Italy and France (1968)
• Australia (1971)
• USA and Canada (1975)
• Spain, Sweden and Japan (1978)
• Netherlands (1985)

• Certification of ISO 9001 / 9002 (1993)
• Certification for environmental management ISO EN 14001

1991 – 1997

• Turkey, Poland and Hungary (1991)
• Portugal and Czech Republic (1992)
• Mexico, Singapore and South Korea (1995)
• Belgium (1997)

• Weidmüller Holding AG & Co. KGaA (1999)
• Foundation of Weidmüller Academy (2003)

1999 – 2003

• Switzerland (2001)
• China, wholly owned subsidiary(2001)
• Russia (2002)
• China, manufacturing company (2003)

2005

• Romania, manufacturing company

2006

• China: Laying of the foundation stone for the electronics development competence center
• Expansion and integration of the manufacturing sites in China and Romania

2007

• United Arab Emirates

• Certification for
  safety management system OHSAS
  18001

2008

• India

2010

• Russia (foundation in progress)