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suggestions . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message schleuniger to be precise . industry wire processing founded 1975 headquarters thun switzerland key people christoph sch pbach ceo calvin grieder chairman bod products cutting stripping crimping sealing and marking machines for wire cable & tubing of all types services installation training repair calibration number of employees 640 fte parent metall zug group website www.schleuniger.com www.schleuniger na.com schleuniger pronounced shloi ni ger is a globally active technology company and a leading supplier in the wire processing industry . customers of the schleuniger group primarily supply the automotive entertainment and information industries as well as the communication sector . development and production are located in switzerland germany and china . there are four sales and service companies in the us germany china and japan and more than 40 distributors worldwide . the schleuniger group represents the business unit wire processing of the listed metall zug group and has about 640 employees worldwide . history edit the history of the schleuniger group as it is known today started in 1991 when dr. gerhard jansen chairman bod until 2009 and martin strehl ceo until 2009 acquired sutter electronic ag located in thun switzerland . at that time sutter electronic ag had 30 employees and generated a revenue of 5 million chf with wire processing machines and other processing equipment . in 1993 the new owners acquired schleuniger productronic ag which had been originally founded in solothurn switzerland . this company also produced wire processing machines but additionally had access to the international market . both companies were then integrated into a group under the already internationally established name schleuniger . in 1999 the schleuniger group took over their previously independent distributor l h kabeltechnik and secured direct access to germany its most important european market . taking over the swiss based kirsten ag in 2000 opened the crimping market for the schleuniger group and two years later schleuniger entered the market for plastic optical fiber pof and flat foil cables ffc fpc with the foundation of schleuniger flexon ag in 2002 . another 2 years later schleuniger took over the activities of the german grote hartmann engineering gmbh ghwe from the american lear corporation inc. and developed fully automatic crimping machines which are now produced by schleuniger automation gmbh in radevormwald germany . having been active in china through an independent representative for many years schleuniger opened a representative office in shanghai in 2005 which was transformed into a trading company in 2007 . in 2008 the swiss metall zug group took over the schleuniger group . the same year schleuniger took over pawo systems ag which became schleuniger solutions in 2009 . in august 2009 christoph sch pbach succeeded martin strehl as ceo and calvin grieder succeeded gerhard jansen as chairman in november 2009 . a substantial investment was made in 2013 with the acquisition of the former tianjin haofeng electrical equipment co. ltd. headquartered in tianjin china . the new owners integrated the newly founded schleuniger haofeng tianjin machinery co. ltd. into the schleuniger group . schleuniger haofeng produces high quality machinery for the wire processing industry . prior to their acquisition tianjin haofeng electrical equipment s 2012 posted sales were the equivalent of approx . 5 million swiss francs . another acquisition was completed in spring 2015 when the cirris solutions gmbh headquartered in jettingen germany became part of the schleuniger group . due to its fully automated testing systems cirris solutions is one of the global leaders in the field of applied testing technology and testing automation . cirris solutions gmbh has approximately 40 employees and generated translated sales of 7.2 million swiss francs in 2014 currency exchange rate from dec. 31 2014 . dates edit 1975 foundation of sutter electronic ag thun switzerland 1991 acquisition of sutter electronic ag thun switzerland by gerhard jansen and martin strehl 1993 acquisition of schleuniger productronic ag solothurn switzerland with operations in switzerland usa and japan 1993 formation of the schleuniger group under the roof of schleuniger holding ag with schleuniger ag thun switzerland schleuniger inc. manchester usa and schleuniger japan co. ltd. tokyo japan 1999 acquisition of l h kabeltechnik gmbh neuhausen enzkreis germany company renamed schleuniger gmbh in 2001 2000 acquisition of rawyler ag bruegg switzerland and merger with schleuniger ag 2000 acquisition of kirsten ag welschenrohr switzerland renamed schleuniger crimptec ag in 2001 2002 foundation of schleuniger flexon ag horgen switzerland 2004 acquisition of grote & hartmann engineering gmbh activities and foundation of schleuniger automation gmbh radevormwald germany 2005 merger of schleuniger flexon ag and schleuniger crimptec ag with schleuniger ag 2005 opening of a representative office in shanghai china 2007 foundation of schleuniger trading shanghai co. ltd. shanghai china 2008 metall zug group zug switzerland takes over the schleuniger group 2008 acquisition of pawo systems ag unter geri switzerland company renamed schleuniger solutions ag in 2009 2009 christoph sch pbach succeeds martin strehl as ceo of the schleuniger group 2009 calvin grieder succeeds gerhard jansen as chairman of the board of directors of schleuniger holding 2010 merger of both schleuniger companies in germany schleuniger automation ag in radevormwald and schleuniger gmbh in heimsheim . the new schleuniger gmbh is headquartered in radevormwald 2012 schleuniger acquires 35 % of diit ag disconsult information technology headquartered in krailing germany . diit is the leading provider of mes software for wire harness production 2012 j rg werner becomes ceo of metall zug ag and chairman of the board of directors of schleuniger holding 2012 schleuniger ceo christoph sch pbach is elected as a member of the senior management of metall zug ag 2013 schleuniger solution ag becomes the business unit solution of schleuniger ag 2013 the assets in tianjin haofeng electrical equipment co. were purchased and transferred to the newly founded schleuniger haofeng tianjin machinery co. ltd. 2013 schleuniger and telsonic ultrasonics bronschhofen switzerland agree on strategic cooperation . telsonic is a leader in ultrasonic technology 2014 schleuniger and emdep ali tarragona spain agree on strategic cooperation . emdep is a leading supplier of control equipment and test boards for automobile wiring 2015 schleuniger acquires cirris solutions gmbh headquartered in jettingen germany . cirris solutions specializes in the production of testing applications for the field of sensor and data transmission cables and for electromechanical components . 2015 schleuniger and cirris systems corp salt lake city usa agree on strategic cooperation . cirris systems provides a range of testers software adapters and other tools to fulfill electrical cable testing needs . external links edit www.schleuniger.com www.schleuniger na.com www.metallzug.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title schleuniger & oldid 680981922 categories manufacturing companies of switzerlandhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from april 2013all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking sources from april 2013all articles lacking sourcesorphaned articles from september 2014all orphaned articles 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 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