Wilo

Wilo SE
	Wilo SE headquarters in Dortmund
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1872
Founder	Caspar Ludwig Opländer
Headquarters	Dortmund, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Oliver Hermes (Chairman & CEO) Georg Weber, Mathias Weyers;
Products	Centrifugal Pumps; Submersible Pumps; Submersible Mixers; Aeration Systems;
Revenue	EUR 1,477.8 million (2019)[1]
Number of employees	7,749 (2019)
Parent	Wilo-Foundation (90%)
Website	www.wilo.com

Wilo SE is a European manufacturer of pumps and pump systems for the building technology, water and industrial sectors with headquarters in Dortmund, Germany. Founded in 1872 as copper and brass factory by Louis Opländer, the company has over 60 subsidiaries in more than 50 countries and employs about 7,800 people worldwide (2019 annual average).[1]

Wilo SE is the managerial holding of the WILO group, a result of a merger between Wilo-Salmson AG and Wilo GmbH in 2002. For the year 2018, the company registered a revenue of EUR 1,477.8 million with an EBIT of EUR 180.1 million. EUR 67.6 million was spent by the group for research and development in 2019. The group manufactures pumps and pump systems at 15 production facilities across Europe, Asia and America. The group produce about 10 million pumps annually.

History

Caspar Ludwig ("Louis") Opländer founded the company in 1872 as a copper and brassware factory in Dortmund. The Caspar Ludwig Opländer Foundation, founded by the Opländer family in 2011, is the majority shareholder of the WILO SE with a stake of approximately 90 percent.[2]

WILO group is managed by an Executive Board and a Supervisory Board composed of internationally recognised business leaders.

The Wilo Executive Board members include Oliver Hermes (Chairman & CEO), Georg Weber (CTO) and Mathias Weyers (CFO).[3]

Brands

WILO

Wilo is a manufacturer of pumps, submersible mixers and related intelligent control systems. The product portfolio includes complete range of centrifugal pumps starting from small circulator, inline, multistage, submersible, end-suction, split case, vertical turbine to packaged Pumping stations. Product development and manufacturing of Wilo products is based in Germany.[4]

SALMSON

Salmson is a manufacturer of pumps and pump systems for domestic and municipal applications based in France. Founded in 1890, Salmson has been a brand under Wilo group since 1984.[5] From 24 September 2018, the company has decided to dissolve Salmson and concentrate on Wilo as its sole brand. As a result, Salmson products have been replaced by Wilo products and the Salmson brand will completely disappear over time.[6]

Mather and Platt

Mather and Platt which started operations in India in 1913 is a specialist manufacturer of large capacity engineered centrifugal pumps such as Multi-stage, Vertical Turbine, Non-clog and Axial Split Case for water and sewage applications. Mather and Platt Pumps Ltd. became a part of WILO SE in the year 2005.[7] The subsidiary which was renamed as Wilo Mather and Platt Pvt. Ltd, will be known as Wilo India from 2020.

GVA

GVA is a specialist manufacturer of aeration systems and agitators for biological wastewater treatment based in Germany. WILO SE acquired GVA in January 2016 and ever since the brand has been renamed as GVA – A WILO BRAND.[8]

Timeline

1872 Foundation of the company "Messingwarenfabrik Louis Opländer Maschinenbau"
1928 Invention of the world's first circulation accelerator
1965 Wilo international: Foundation of own subsidiaries
1984 Acquisition of the French pump manufacturer Pompes Salmson
1988 Launch of Wilo "Star-E", the world's first electronically regulated circulation pump
1994 New production plant, Wilo Pumps Ltd., opened in Korea
2001 In-house electronic production, Dortmund
2003 Acquisition of the EMU Unterwasserpumpen GmbH and EMU Anlagenbau GmbH
2005 Acquisition of Mather & Platt Pumps Ltd., India
2006 Acquisition of Circulating Pumps Ltd., King's Lynn, Norfolk / England
2008 Change from WILO AG to WILO SE (Societas Europaea)
2011 Foundation of the Caspar Ludwig Opländer Foundation
2014 Formation of Wilo Salmson France SAS merging Wilo France and Pompes Salmson
2016 Acquisition of GVA Gesellschaft für Verfahren der Abwassertechnik mbH & Co.
2016 New production plant in Moscow, Russia
2019 New production plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Notes

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[Wilo_2019_Key_Figures-1] | WILO

[2] WILO History

[3] Executive Board

[4] WILO Product Finder

[5] WILO Salmson France

[6] Salmson becomes Wilo

[7] Mather and Platt pumps

[8] GVA acquired by WILO