| Company Development |
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Year |
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Internationalization |
| Foundation as a company of the textile industry |
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1850 |
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| Reestablishment of C. A. Weidmüller in Detmold |
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1948 |
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| First participation in the Hanover Trade Fair |
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1959 - 1985
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United Kingdom, first sales company (1959) |
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Austria (1967) |
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Italy and France (1968) |
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Australia (1971) |
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USA and Canada (1975) |
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Spain, Sweden and Japan (1978) |
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Netherlands (1985) |
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| Certification of ISO 9001 / 9002 (1993) |
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1991 - 1997
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Turkey, Poland and Hungary (1991) |
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Portugal and Czech Republic (1992) |
| Certification for environmental management |
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Mexico, Singapore and South Korea (1995) |
| ISO EN 14001 |
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Belgium (1997) |
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| Weidmüller Holding AG & Co. KGaA (1999) |
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1999 - 2003
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Switzerland (2001) |
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China, wholly owned subsidiary(2001) |
| Foundation of Weidmüller Academy (2003) |
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Russia (2002) |
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China, manufacturing company (2003) |
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2005 |
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Romania, manufacturing company |
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2006 |
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China: Laying of the foundation stone for the electronics development competence center. |
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Expansion and integration of the manufacturing sites in China and Romania |
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2007 |
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United Arab Emirates |
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| Certification for safety management system OHSAS 18001 |
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2008 |
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India |
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