Electronics and connection technology company Weidmuller has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal for its exceptional commitment to sustainability for the second consecutive year.
The Weidmuller Group is expanding its first management level as of 01/10/2024: Dr Sebastian Durst, previously Chief Operations Officer, is taking over the newly created position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Furthermore, Weidmuller is relying on continuity and experienced, internal personnel to fill the other Executive Board positions.
Weidmuller announces that the Hamburg-based Joachim Herz Foundation has acquired a stake in the company as part of a capital increase. The foundation now holds approximately 20 percent of the shares in the family-owned company. This investment aims at long-term corporate development and accelerated growth.
Weidmuller has been recognized by RWTH Aachen University for its global production management as a Successful Practice Company. Key factors behind the award included the high level of internal networking between the family-owned company’s worldwide plants and its sustainable production processes.
The Weidmuller Group, headquartered in Detmold, achieved a turnover of €1.102 billion in the challenging 2023 fiscal year. The company is setting itself up for the future with record investments of €99 million and new solutions for electrification, automation and digitization.
Weidmuller, the electronics and connection technology specialist, has been honored with the EcoVadis Gold Medal for its commitment to sustainability. With this achievement, Weidmuller ranks among the top 3% of companies in its industry rated by EcoVadis.
Weidmuller was awarded the German Brand Award 2023 for its public forum “Weidmuller World.” The experiential space created in Detmold’s pedestrian zone offers exhibitions and events that explore all the technologies and solutions offered by the electronics and connectivity company.
The Detmold-based Weidmuller Group expands its existing sales, development and production center in Richmond, Virginia, USA. The official ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of the North American headquarters took place on May 18 in the presence of the Governor of the State of Virginia
The Detmold-based Weidmüller Group has officially opened its new logistics centre in the municipality of Hörselberg-Hainich. With the Weidmüller Distribution Center (WDC), the globally active electronics and electrical connectivity company is strengthening its sustainable local-for-local alignment and optimising its Central European logistics processes.
The Weidmüller Group, headquartered in Detmold, looks back on a successful 2022. For the first time, the turnover mark of one billion euros was exceeded in the current fiscal year. In total, Weidmüller achieved a turnover of 1.175 billion euros in 2022.
The German electronics and connectivity technology company Weidmuller is expanding its activities on the Chinese market. A new manufacturing site will be built in the city of Suzhou. With this project, Weidmuller is strengthening its commitment in China and investing in local, sustainable and more efficient capacities for production, R&D and logistics. Completion of the new site and start of production are scheduled for July 2025.
Both Weidmuller and Eplan are dedicated to improving production efficiency and quality in control cabinet building. To achieve this goal, both companies are working on the best possible integration of their interfaces and data models. This has resulted in a technology partnership that was sealed in 2022 as part of the Eplan Partner Network and has now been announced at the Hannover Messe.
The Detmold-based electronics company is a founding member of the new “Estainium” network for the determination and secure disclosure of carbon footprints along the supply chain.
The Weidmuller company was awarded the German Design Award for its product “PV Next”. The corporate film “From Detmold with Love” also received a German Design Award, having already won a German Brand Award last year.
Detmold. The Executive Board of the Weidmuller Group is getting an additional member. As of the 1st of April 2023, Dr. Sebastian Durst will become the Company’s COO (Chief Operations Officer). The expansion of the Executive Board is part of the growth course that Weidmuller has taken in areas such as production and logistics.
The electronics company exceeds the billion euro mark in the current fiscal year
Weidmuller celebrate 10 years of membership in the Climate Protection Companies Association
Weidmuller welcomes 46 new trainees and 13 dual study students
Weidmuller has been supporting UPBracing Team with professional tools for over ten years.
The High Tech Software Cluster is a partnership of over 30 innovative software companies, research organizations and educational institutions that helps industrial companies find their way in digitization.
Weidmuller celebrates receiving the “German Innovation Award” once again at the Hermannsdenkmal.
Detmold-based electrical engineering company Weidmuller will be working with RealPars, the world’s largest online learning platform for automation engineers.
Weidmuller Australia celebrates its 50-year anniversary with large group of guests in Sydney
The Detmold company is donating tens of thousands of euros to the tree planting project of the Landesverband at the Hermannsdenkmal (Hermann’s monument). Customers and business partners are receiving tree sponsorships.
Weidmuller achieved sales of €960 million in 2021 and looks back on an outstanding year
Weidmuller and the Peter Gläsel Foundation invite visitors to explore
Ceremony including panel discussion and tour of the new premises.
Jana Ahlheit and Jannis Hecke were honored for their outstanding performance in their final exams, TWG was pleased to receive the “Outstanding Training Company” award.
The Design Council has honored the Detmold family-owned company with the “German Design Award” for two of its products – the “PrintJet Connect” high-performance inkjet printer and the compact “Cutfix Pro” cable cutting machine.
The team and capabilities of Emphatec will supplement the solutions portfolio of Klippon Engineering
Weidmuller has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance
High-performance inkjet printer PrintJet CONNECT receives innovation award from German Design Council
Weidmuller founding member of the “AquaVentus” sponsoring association
Klippon Engineering UK Limited: New group company in the UK
With the largest single investment in the company’s history, Weidmuller is sharpening its logistics profile
Flexible control system for automation and digitization wins over the jury at the important innovation award.
The technology partnership between Phoenix Contact, Weidmuller, Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), Fluke Networks, and Telegärtner for the Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) has progressed to create the SPE System Alliance.
Weidmuller, Komax, Zuken and Armbruster Engineering set up the “Smart Cabinet Building” initiative for new solutions in the field of control cabinet building