tebau gmbh type gmbh industry electronics founded 1971 headquarters ostbevern germany key people lothar schwemm martin schimmelpfennig products chargers battery packs power supplies led drivers e ms owner friwo ag slogan energy for life website www.friwo.com friwo ger tebau gmbh is a german company headquartered in ostbevern germany . since the development of the first power supply unit in 1971 1 the company manufactures battery chargers battery packs power supplies and led drivers . the company also provides electronic design and manufacturing services e ms in europe . contents 1 business 2 history 3 standards and guidelines 4 references business edit the friwo equipment manufacturing gmbh a subsidiary of the general standard listed friwo ag develops manufactures and sells drivers power supplies and chargers under the brand name friwo led . other products include led lighting technology electric mobility power tools consumer equipment medical devices and industrial automation machinery . the principal shareholder of friwo ag is a subsidiary of vtc industry holding gmbh & co. kg munich . 2 history edit friwo traces its roots back to 1881 when carl wolf founded the company friemann & wolf in the west saxon town of zwickau . friemann & wolf became one of the first global companies in germany with the invention of gasoline safety miner s lamp wolf lamp for the coal industry towards the end of the nineteenth century . citation needed after the second world war the company was expropriated without compensation in the soviet occupation zone . the company was reformed in west germany in 1971 as friwo equipment manufacturing gmbh fwgb developing and producing power supply units . in 1981 the company reached total sales since inception of 20 million plug in power supplies and battery chargers with a market share of 60 percent . 3 in 1983 the company was purchased by ceag . in 1990 friwo continued expanding overseas by establishing friwo north america in the united states and friwo far east ltd. with manufacturing facilities in shenzhen china . in 2001 it opened offices in tokyo japan and s o paulo brazil . citation needed annual sales increased from around 48 million dm in 1986 to 100 million dm in 1992 . in 1993 friwo introduced the first charger for its nimh line of batteries . 4 in 2002 friwo equipment manufacturing gmbh was divided into two divisions friwo mobile power fmp and friwo power solutions fps . the friwo mobile power division was sold in 2008 then the company acquired cardea holding gmbh a subsidiary of vtc industry holding gmbh . 5 standards and guidelines edit din en iso 9001 din en iso 14001 iso ts 16949 6 references edit friemann & wolf zwickau friwo . friemann & wolf zwickau manufacturer in d model types from . radiomuseum.org . retrieved 1 november 2014 . der fast schon unheimliche kursanstieg der friwo aktie . boersengefluester.de . retrieved 1 november 2014 . weltmarktfhrer die grten globalisierungsgewinner manager magazin . manager magazin . 13 november 2007 . retrieved 1 november 2014 . hidden champions des 21 . jahrhunderts . retrieved 1 november 2014 . ceag verkauft gesch ftseinheit friwo mobile power . finance magazin.de . retrieved 1 november 2014 . about friwo gmbh . led drivers & power supplies . retrieved 1 november 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title friwo ger tebau gmbh & oldid 730849883 categories companies established in 1971hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 12 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view