corporate form gmbh & co kg founded 1951 company headquarters minden westphalia company management managing directors sven hohorst axel b rner ulrich bohling employees 5800 sales approx . eur 500 million industry electrical connectors automation web site www.wago.com wago kontakttechnik gmbh & co. kg is a german company that manufactures components for electrical connections and electronic components for decentralized automation . the company is especially well known for its cage clamp and push wire connector products particularly the 280 series and the 273 series often referred to as wago clamps . contents 1 company 2 history 3 organizational structure 4 wago foundation 5 cooperation agreements 6 sources 7 external links company edit wago is headquartered in minden a town in germany s state of north rhine westphalia . founded in minden as a family company in 1951 wago has been under the long time guidance of wolfgang hohorst managing director with sole power of representation for the wago group . in 2004 the company was certified according to iso 14001 in recognition of environmental management standards . the company has approximately 4700 employees ; of these 2600 are employed in germany at either the minden or sondershausen thuringia facility . 1 in addition to the central location in minden the wago group has manufacturing plants in sondershausen thuringia domdidier switzerland noida india tianjin peoples republic of china wroc aw poland and germantown united states . wago is subdivided into 35 wago companies and free commercial agencies worldwide . in 2010 it achieved worldwide consolidated sales of eur 500 million . 2 history edit wago was founded on april 27 1951 by friedrich hohorst and heinrich nagel as wago klemmenwerk gmbh . before this came the purchase of the first patent for a spring clamp . at the time the quality of available raw materials prevented the clamps from adhering to this principle while being manufactured properly . this led to the creation of the screwless clamp known today as the spring clamp . spring clamps have become recognized worldwide as an industrial standard for wire connection . wago 221 series compact splicing connector several types of wago connectors organizational structure edit wago consists of two business divisions electrical interconnections and automation . wago foundation edit the wago foundation recognizes the best achievements of trainees on the final examinations in both locations in minden and sondershausen as well as in nearby towns and cities by awarding them prizes . due to its exemplary encouragement of trainees the current chair of the wago foundation wolfgang hohorst was awarded the german federal cross of merit on november 8 2006 by the thuringian minister president dieter althaus . cooperation agreements edit since 2000 there has been a cooperation agreement between wago kontakttechnik and the besselgymnasium high school in minden . sources edit wago kontakttechnik gmbh & co. kg sps zeitschrift f r automatisierungstechnik external links edit home page of wago kontakttechnik gmbh & co. kg wago s building technology portal german iplc the best android to wago plc app tested on 750 881 wago plc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wago kontakttechnik & oldid 743821826 categories manufacturing companies of germany 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 13 15 . 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