- Mennekes
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MENNEKES Type GmbH & Co. KG Founded 1935 Headquarters Kirchhundem, Germany Area served Worldwide Key people Walter Mennekes, Volker Lazzaro, Andreas Sprecker Products Industrial plugs and connectors Net income In the last financial year 2009 the MENNEKES-group generated consolidated revenue of about 100 Million Euros Employees 800 worldwide Website www.mennekes.de 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.[1] The owner and current managing director is Walter Mennekes who is also board member of the Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie . [2]
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.
References
- ^ Mennekes/Company. Website of MENNEKES Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co. KG . Accessed on 13. Oktober 2010.
- ^ ZVEI: Board. Website of ZVEI - Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V.. Accessed on 13. Oktober 2010.
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