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History

From the beginning

Our roots

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

 
  • 1968

     
    Foundation

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

  • 1977

     
    Parma, Italy

    Start of production activities in Italy.

     
    Almere, the Netherlands

    Opening of sales office in the Netherlands.

  • 1980

     
    Zaragoza, Spain

    Start of production activities in Spain.

  • 1987

     
    Paris, France

    Opening of sales office in France.

  • 1991

     
    Sydney, Australia

    Opening of sales office in Australia.

     
    New Group Headquarters

    in Wiedenzhausen, near Munich (Germany).

  • 1993

     
    Istanbul, Turkey

    Start of production activities in Turkey.

     
    Hong Kong

    Opening of sales office in Hong Kong.

  • 1995

     
    Shanghai, China

    Start of production activities in China.

  • 1997

     
    Chester, U.K.

    Opening of sales office in United Kingdom.

  • 1999

     
    Dresden, Germany

    Start of production activities in Dresden.

  • 2000

     
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Scheibbs, Austria

    Start of production activities in Argentina and Austria.

     
    Warsaw, Poland

    Opening of sales office in Poland.

  • 2001

     
    Spånga, Sweden and Singapore

    Opening of sales office in Sweden and Singapore.

  • 2006

     
    New owners

    Cerberus, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse acquire Wittur Group

  • 2009

     
    Krupina, Slovakia

    Start of production activities in Slovakia.

  • 2010

     
    Tamil Nadu, India

    Start of production activities in India.

     
    Triton and Capvis acquire Wittur Group

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

  • 2015

     
    Londrina, Brazil

    Start of production activities in Brazil.

     
    Funds managed by Bain Capital acquire Wittur Group

    Funds managed by Bain Capital acquire Wittur Group from Triton/Capvis

  • 2016

     
    Acquisition of Sematic plants

    in Italy, Mexico, China and Hungary.

     
    Acquisition of Sematic

    sales and service center in Twinsburg (USA).

     
    Wittur acquires Sematic

     

  • 2018

     
    50th anniversary
  • 2019

     
    Funds managed by PSP Investments acquire Wittur Group

    PSP Investments acquires a 32% stake in a parent company of Wittur International Holding GmbH from a company controlled by Bain Capital Private Equity