WILO AG
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Wilo SE, headquartered in Dortmund
, Germany
, is a manufacturer of pumps and pumping systems for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning
technology, water supply, sewage disposal and wastewater treatment. Founded in 1872 as copper and brass factory by Louis Opländer, the company now has subsidiaries in about 70 countries and employs about 6.000 people worldwide (yearly average).
Wilo SE is the managerial holding of the Wilo group, a result of a merger between Wilo-Salmson AG and Wilo GmbH in 2002. In 2009, a turnover of 926 million EUR was achieved.
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, is a manufacturer of pumps and pumping systems for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning
HVAC
HVAC refers to technology of indoor or automotive environmental comfort. HVAC system design is a major subdiscipline of mechanical engineering, based on the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer...
technology, water supply, sewage disposal and wastewater treatment. Founded in 1872 as copper and brass factory by Louis Opländer, the company now has subsidiaries in about 70 countries and employs about 6.000 people worldwide (yearly average).
Wilo SE is the managerial holding of the Wilo group, a result of a merger between Wilo-Salmson AG and Wilo GmbH in 2002. In 2009, a turnover of 926 million EUR was achieved.
Company history
- 1872 Foundation of the company "Messingwarenfabrik Louis Opländer Maschinenbau"
- 1965 Wilo international: Foundation of own subsidiaries
- 1984 Acquisition of the French pump manufacturer Pompes Salmson
- 2000 Foundation of Wilo-LG Pumps Ltd., Korea
- 2001 In-house electronic production, Dortmund
- 2003 Acquisition of the EMU group, Hof/Bavaria
- 2005 Acquisition of Mather & PlattMather & PlattMather & Platt is a large engineering firm, which originated in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England, where they were formerly a major employer....
Pumps Ltd. and Mather & Platt Fire Systems Ltd., Pune, India - 2006 Acquisition of Circulating Pumps Ltd., Kings Lynn, Norfolk / England
- 2008 Change from WILO AG to WILO SE (Societas Europaea)