Mennekes
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MENNEKES Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a leading manufacturer of industrial plugs and connectors with headquarters in Kirchhundem
/Sauerland
region and in Neudorf/Erzgebirge.
The MENNEKES company was founded in 1935 when Aloys Mennekes received the master craftsmen senior electrician certificate and set up his own business. Today MENNEKES has over 800 employees worldwide and generates a consolidated revenue of about 100 Million Euros|. The headquarters of Mennekes are still in Kirchhundem
in the south of Sauerland
with additional factories in Neudorf
/Erzgebirge (Sehmatal
) and Nanjing
(China). Mennekes tries to be in close contact to the industry with 16 offices in Germany, 80 offices worldwide and a number of international cooperations. The owner and current managing director is Walter Mennekes who is also board member of the Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie .
The roots of the factory business live in the "Glühauf" invention (a wall-mounted lighter) made after the war that allowed to open the first manufacturing factory in 1948. Shortly later in 1951 an aluminium casting metalworks was added, which functioned as foundation of a fabric that nowadays manufactures over 11,000 different products – including all standardized plugs and various industrial variants.
The Mennekes company is currently notable for their compliant Electric vehicle car recharging connector developed by Mennekes with requirements from RWE
and Daimler
. This has been standardized by VDE according to VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2 and is said to correspond with the international standard from the upcoming version.
Kirchhundem
Kirchhundem is a community in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It belongs to the Olpe district.- Location :The community of Kirchhundem lies in the Olpe district’s southeast in the south Sauerland and belongs to the so-called Bilsteiner Bergland...
/Sauerland
Sauerland
The Sauerland is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited...
region and in Neudorf/Erzgebirge.
The MENNEKES company was founded in 1935 when Aloys Mennekes received the master craftsmen senior electrician certificate and set up his own business. Today MENNEKES has over 800 employees worldwide and generates a consolidated revenue of about 100 Million Euros|. The headquarters of Mennekes are still in Kirchhundem
Kirchhundem
Kirchhundem is a community in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It belongs to the Olpe district.- Location :The community of Kirchhundem lies in the Olpe district’s southeast in the south Sauerland and belongs to the so-called Bilsteiner Bergland...
in the south of Sauerland
Sauerland
The Sauerland is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited...
with additional factories in Neudorf
Neudorf
There are communes and places that have the name Neudorf :-In Austria:*Neudorf bei Staatz, in the district of Mistelbach, Lower Austria*Wiener Neudorf, in the district of Mödling, Lower Austria*Neudorf bei Parndorf, in Burgenland...
/Erzgebirge (Sehmatal
Sehmatal
Sehmatal is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany, which was created in 1999 through the union of Neudorf, Cranzahl and Sehma. The three villages are located along the Sehma river, aligned in a north-south direction...
) and Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
(China). Mennekes tries to be in close contact to the industry with 16 offices in Germany, 80 offices worldwide and a number of international cooperations. The owner and current managing director is Walter Mennekes who is also board member of the Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie .
The roots of the factory business live in the "Glühauf" invention (a wall-mounted lighter) made after the war that allowed to open the first manufacturing factory in 1948. Shortly later in 1951 an aluminium casting metalworks was added, which functioned as foundation of a fabric that nowadays manufactures over 11,000 different products – including all standardized plugs and various industrial variants.
The Mennekes company is currently notable for their compliant Electric vehicle car recharging connector developed by Mennekes with requirements from RWE
RWE
RWE AG , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe...
and Daimler
Daimler
- Daimler with reference to motor vehicles :refers to:* Gottlieb Daimler , German automobile inventor- Business co-founded by Gottlieb Daimler :...
. This has been standardized by VDE according to VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2 and is said to correspond with the international standard from the upcoming version.