Weidmuller Corporate History Milestones

Company Development Year Internationalization
Foundation as a company of the textile industry 1850  

Reestablishment of C. A. Weidmüller in Detmold 1948  

First participation in the Hanover Trade Fair 1959 - 1985
United Kingdom, first sales company (1959)
 
Austria (1967)
    Italy and France (1968)
        Australia (1971)
    USA and Canada (1975)
    Spain, Sweden and Japan (1978)
    Netherlands (1985)

Certification of ISO 9001 / 9002 (1993) 1991 - 1997
Turkey, Poland and Hungary  (1991)
    Portugal and Czech Republic (1992)
Certification for environmental management   Mexico, Singapore and South Korea (1995)
ISO EN 14001   Belgium (1997)

Weidmüller Holding AG & Co. KGaA (1999) 1999 - 2003
Switzerland (2001)
    China, wholly owned subsidiary(2001)
Foundation of Weidmüller Academy (2003)   Russia (2002)
    China, manufacturing company (2003)

  2005 Romania, manufacturing company

  2006 China: Laying of the foundation stone for the electronics development competence center.
    Expansion and integration of the manufacturing sites in China and Romania

  2007 United Arab Emirates

Certification for safety management system OHSAS 18001 2008 India