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Our Purpose

Moving billions of people every day, we are passionate about the vertical transportation industry. Our technology makes elevators work safely. Our industry leading range of products, combined with our ability to innovate, means we provide our partners with solutions on which we can build the future of our industry together.

Who we are

865 Mio€
REVENUE 2023
4700+
EMPLOYEES 2023
13
PRODUCTION SITES
7
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRES
50+
COUNTRIES COVERED
BY OUR SALES NETWORK
600+
WORLDWIDE PATENTS
WITH 126 UNIQUE INVENTIONS
 

Our Global Production Footprint.

 

Our Plants

Discover all Wittur plants all over the world. We share the same processes and quality to achieve the final product.

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Our Unique Selling Proposition

 

Wide Range of Solutions

High product reliability

Co-development with customers

Global coverage, local expertise: advice, train, onsite support.

Our Values

Values

Code of Conduct

At Wittur, we expect everyone to conduct their business with integrity, respect and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, both internal and external to the company.

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Our modus operandi

We strive to achieve excellent quality through flawless execution.

 
Q-System

 
Process

 
Improvement Culture

 

 

 

Sustainability, Environment Health & Safety and Quality

 

  • Wittur is committed to protect People and the Environment;
  • Wittur aims to increase environmental and social positive impact of its operations;
  • Wittur engages its supplier and strives to create a value delivering supply chain;
  • Wittur complies with all legal, regulatory and other requirements;
  • Wittur develops the Best People based on competence, awareness and motivation;
  • Wittur is committed to always improve customers’ and stakeholders’ satisfaction;
  • Wittur actively operates to prevent illnesses and injuries;
  • Wittur minimizes adverse impacts to the Environment;
  • Wittur continually improves the effectiveness of its management system;
  • Wittur is committed to guarantee business continuity to its stakeholders.

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Executive Management Team

 
Our Story

Our roots

Wittur was founded in 1968 in Miesberg near Munich (Germany), and has been...

 

  • 1968

     
    Foundation

    Horst Wittur founded Wittur-Aufzugteile GmbH in Miesberg & Co. near Munich (Germany).

  • 1977

     
    Parma, Italy

    New production plant in Italy.

     
    Almere, Netherlands

    New sales office in the Netherlands.

  • 1980

     
    Saragoza, Spain

    New production plant in Spain.

  • 1987

     
    Paris, France

    New sales office in France.

  • 1991

     
    Sydney, Australia

    New sales office in Australia.

     
    New Headquarter

    a Wiedenzhausen, close to Munich (Germany).

  • 1993

     
    Istanbul, Turkey

    New production plant in Turkey.

     
    Hong Kong

    New sales office in Hong Kong.

  • 1995

     
    Shanghai, China

    New production plant in China.

  • 1997

     
    Chester, UK

    New sales office in UK.

  • 1999

     
    Dresda, Germany

    New production plant in Dresden.

  • 2000

     
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Scheibbs, Austria

    New production plants in Argentina and Austria.

     
    Cambè

    New production plant close to Sao Paolo.

     
    Warsaw, Poland

    New sales office in Poland.

  • 2001

     
    Spånga, Sweden and Singapore

    New sales offices in Sweden and Singapore.

  • 2006

     
    New Ownership

    Cerberus, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse acquired Wittur Group.

  • 2009

     
    Krupina, Slovakia

    New production plant in Slovakia.

  • 2010

     
    Tamil Nadu, India

    New production plant in India.

     
    Triton and Capvis acquired Wittur Group

    Triton and Capvis acquire Group ownership from Cerberus, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.

  • 2015

     
    Londrina, Brazil

    New production plant in Brazil.

     
    Funds managed by investment fund Bain Capital acquired the Wittur Group

    Funds managed by the investment fund Bain Capital acquire the Wittur Group from Triton and Capvis.

  • 2016

     
    Sematic Acquisition

    in Italy, Mexico, China and Hungary.

     
    Acquisition Sematic Sales offices

    and Service Center in Twinsburg (USA).

     
    Wittur acquired Sematic

     

  • 2018

     
    Anniversary

    50 Anniversary

     
    Global

    Global certification of the integrated management system.

  • 2019

     
    Funds managed by PSP Investimenti acquire 32% of the Wittur Group

    PSP Investimenti acquires 32% of the Wittur Group from investment fund Bain Capital

  • 2021

     
    Environmental, Social & Governance topics included in the strategy

  • 2022

     
    Sustainability

    First Sustainability Report Published

  • 2023

     
    Sustainability;

    Silver Award 2023 by EcoVadis.

  • 2024

     
    Wittur is indirectly owned by funds, clients and accounts managed and advised by KKR.