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Details: Released: 13.11.2022; Last updated: 29.07.2023; Hits: 5289

The international Weidmüller Group reaches the for the first time in November 2022 turnover billion. In addition, the company continues to invest heavily in personnel, production and new technologies. The electronics company wants to shape digital technological change with Industry 4.0 products and services for intelligent industrial connectivity and the IoT. This and other news can be found below:

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Weidmüller in 2022 reaches the first billion in sales
New production building in Suzhou, China

Weidmüller reaches first billion in sales in 2022

08.11.2022 | In the current financial year at the beginning of November 2022, the Weidmüller Group achieved sales of one billion euros for the first time in the company's history. The electronics company also sees the further course of the current fiscal year 2022 optimistic and predicts positive growth of over 20% compared to the previous year.

Despite the great challenges in procurement, Weidmüller was able to successfully serve the continuously increasing order backlog. Last but not least, this resulted in record sales in the fourth quarter. "Our sales expectations were not only met, they were even exceeded," says the CEO and Chief Technology Officer Volker Biblehausen. He is optimistic about the future: "We are confident that the good order situation will continue to give us momentum despite the tense situation on the energy markets." The growth of the global player thus reflects the continuing positive trend in the electrical engineering and automation industry.

Weidmüller currently has almost 6000 employees at over 30 locations and 60 sales companies. "We are planning an ongoing systematic increase in personnel in all areas as well as further strategic investments in new technologies and markets," explains Weidmüller, CFO Andre Sombecki.

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"Our products and solutions are geared towards the needs of our customers and their individual needs to the greatest possible extent," emphasizes dr Timo Berger, Chief Sales Officer of Weidmüller. We stand by our customers as a partner and support them in developing sustainable and future-proof technologies”.

New production building in Suzhou, China

15.08.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX | Weidmüller celebrates the opening of a new production building in Chinese Suzhou. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new, state-of-the-art production facility took place in July last year. After only eight months of construction, the building was completed at the end of April. With a total of 14.000 m² of floor space and a modern reception area, the 10 m high building represents a significant improvement over the previous production facilities.

The project managers adopted many concepts from Weidmüller's other production sites, which is why the transport of goods throughout the area can be made much more flexible, faster and easier. With more 2500 m² open space At the new production site, the company has additional capacity to be able to continue to pursue and implement its ideas of lean production and sustainable development on site in the future.