WILO group

WILO Group
Industry Manufacturing
Founded 1872
Headquarters Dortmund, Germany
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
  • Oliver Hermes (Chairman & CEO) Georg Weber, Mathias Weyers
Products
Revenue EUR 1,424.8 million (2017)[1]
Number of employees
 7,726 (2017)
Website www.wilo.com

WILO SE is one of the world's leading manufacturers of pumps and pump systems for the building technology, water and industrial sectors with headquarters in Dortmund, Germany. Founded in 1872 as copper and brass factory by Louis Opländer, the company has over 60 subsidiaries in more than 50 countries and employs about 7,700 people worldwide (2017 annual average).[1]

WILO SE is the managerial holding of the WILO group, a result of a merger between Wilo-Salmson AG and Wilo GmbH in 2002. For the year 2017, the company registered a revenue of EUR 1,424.8 million with an EBIT of EUR 106.3 million. The group manufactures pumps and pump systems at 13 production facilities across Europe, Asia and America.

History

Caspar Ludwig ("Louis") Opländer founded the company in 1872 as a copper and brassware factory in Dortmund. The Caspar Ludwig Opländer Foundation, founded by the Opländer family in 2011, is the majority shareholder of the WILO SE with a stake of approximately 90 percent.[2]

WILO group is managed by an Executive Board and a Supervisory Board composed of internationally recognised business leaders.

The Wilo Executive Board members include Oliver Hermes (Chairman & CEO), Georg Weber (CTO) and Mathias Weyers (CFO).[3]

Brands

WILO

Wilo is a manufacturer of pumps, submersible mixers and related intelligent control systems. Product development and manufacturing of Wilo products is based in Germany.[4]

SALMSON

Salmson is a manufacturer of pumps and pump systems for domestic and municipal applications based in France. Founded in 1890, Salmson has been a brand under Wilo group since 1984[5]. From 24th September 2018, the company has decided to dissolve Salmson and concentrate on Wilo as its sole brand. As a result Salmson products will gradually be replaced by Wilo products and the Salmson brand will disappear over time.[6]

Mather and Platt

Mather and Platt which started operations in India in 1913 is a specialist manufacturer of large capacity centrifugal pumps such as Multi-stage, Vertical Turbine, Non-clog and Axial Split Case for water and sewage applications. Mather and Platt Pumps Ltd. became a part of WILO SE in the year 2005.[7]

GVA

GVA is a specialist manufacturer of aeration systems and agitators for biological wastewater treatment based in Germany. WILO SE acquired GVA in January 2016 and ever since the brand has been renamed as GVA – A WILO BRAND.[8]

Milestones

WILO Group headquarters in Dortmund
  • 1872 Foundation of the company "Messingwarenfabrik Louis Opländer Maschinenbau"
  • 1928 Invention of the world´s first circulation accelerator
  • 1965 Wilo international: Foundation of own subsidiaries
  • 1984 Acquisition of the French pump manufacturer Pompes Salmson
  • 1988 Launch of Wilo "Star-E", the world´s first electronically regulated circulation pump
  • 1994 New production plant, Wilo Pumps Ltd., opened in Korea
  • 2001 In-house electronic production, Dortmund
  • 2003 Acquisition of the EMU Unterwasserpumpen GmbH and EMU Anlagenbau GmbH
  • 2005 Acquisition of Mather & Platt Pumps Ltd., India
  • 2006 Acquisition of Circulating Pumps Ltd., King's Lynn, Norfolk / England
  • 2008 Change from WILO AG to WILO SE (Societas Europaea)
  • 2011 Foundation of the Caspar Ludwig Opländer Foundation
  • 2014 Formation of Wilo Salmson France SAS merging Wilo France and Pompes Salmson
  • 2016 Acquisition of GVA Gesellschaft für Verfahren der Abwassertechnik mbH & Co.
  • 2016 New production plant in Moscow, Russia

Production sites

  • WILO SE, Dortmund/Germany
  • WILO SE, Oschersleben/Germany
  • WILO SE, Hof/Germany
  • WILO EMU Anlagenbau GmbH, Roth/Germany
  • Wilo Salmson France SAS, Laval/France
  • WILO Intec S.A.S., Aubigny / France
  • WILO USA LLC, Thomasville/USA
  • WILO RUS o.o.o., Moscow/Russia
  • WILO China Ltd., Beijing/China
  • WILO ELEC China Ltd., Qinhuangdao/China
  • WILO Pumps Ltd., Busan/Korea
  • WILO Mather and Platt Pumps Pvt. Ltd., Pune/India
  • WILO Mather and Platt Pumps Pvt. Ltd., Kolhapur/India
  • WILO Pompa Sistemleri A.Ş., Istanbul/Turkey

Notes

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