previously bitzer k hlmaschinenbau gmbh & co. holding kg founded 1934 headquarters sindelfingen germany key people peter schaufler senator h. c. christiane schaufler m nch rainer gro e kracht j rgen kleiner helmut meyer christian wehrle products products for refrigeration and air conditioning reciprocating compressors screw compressors scroll compressors pressure vessels revenue 657 million euro 2014 number of employees 3 400 2014 website bitzer.de bitzer se societas europaea is one of the leading companies in the area of refrigeration and air conditioning technology . in 2014 the company which is headquartered in sindelfingen germany earned sales of 657 million . bitzer se has more than 40 operating subsidiaries on all five continents and as of 2014 had approximately 3 400 employees worldwide . contents 1 history 2 products 3 external links 4 references history edit martin bitzer founded what would later become bitzer in 1934 as apparatebau f r k ltetechnik . the company started out by manufacturing expansion valves and 2 cylinder dc piston compressors . by 1959 martin bitzer had expanded his company to 206 employees and was exporting his products to 56 countries . in 1961 graduate engineer ulrich schaufler took over the bitzer k hlmaschinenbau gmbh company . he remained as its head until his death in 1979 when he was succeeded by his son peter schaufler . the company had 270 employees and earned sales of 30 million german marks dm . in the following years peter schaufler founded over 40 subsidiaries on all five continents including production locations in germany portugal china australia south africa brazil indonesia and the united states . bitzer is active shareholder in various companies and most recently acquired denmark based control solutions manufacturer lodam electronics a s in 2007 the transport cooling division of the finnish company lumikko in 2011 and most recently the long standing company armaturenwerk altenburg gmbh in 2013 . in all of its subsidiaries bitzer insists on an environmental policy that conserves resources and the company has earned a wide variety of certifications . peter schaufler senator h. c. currently serves as the company s ceo and chairman of the administrative board . in 2008 the parent company was restructured as a european corporation bitzer se . products edit the company manufactures components for refrigeration and air conditioning technology reciprocating compressors screw compressors scroll compressors pressure vessels external links edit bitzer se official website http www.bitzer.de lodam electronics a s official website http www.lodam.com lumikko technologies oy official website http www.lumikko.com armaturenwerk altenburg gmbh official website https www.awa armaturenwerk.de references edit news about the reorganization of bitzer k hlmaschinenbau gmbh & co. holding kg into bitzer se in the magazine ki k lte luft klimatechnik september 17th 2008 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bitzer se & oldid 729087884 categories german brandsmultinational companies 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 deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 july 2016 at 20 10 . 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