DELO Industrial Adhesives
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| GmbH & Co. KGaA | |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | Windach, Germany |
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| Products | Industrial adhesives, UV lamps |
| Revenue | €80.0 million (FY 2015/2016) |
Number of employees | 500 (03/2016) |
| Website |
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DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA (inherent spelling: DELO) was founded in Munich in 1961 and was taken over in 1989 by Espe Dental AG. In the course of a management buy-out in 1997, DELO was converted into an independent, owner-managed company and moved from Landsberg am Lech to Windach in 2007. DELO develops, produces and sells products in the field of polymer chemistry. The focus is on industrial adhesives and other products of chemical joining technology including application systems, dispensing units and curing lamps. The company operates worldwide and has subsidiaries in the USA, China and Singapore, and a representative office in Taiwan.
Products
DELO’s products are used in electronics, especially microelectronis, chip cards and smart labels, automotive, mechanical engineering, plant construction, and in metal, glass and plastic processing. The company is the market leader in smart card bonding. In addition, every second mobile phone containers DELO adhesives.[1][2][3] DELO also develops LED curing lamps. The product range includes special lamps for process-reliable curing and short cycle times in production.
Timeline
- 1961 Foundation in Munich
- 1994 Relocation to Landsberg
- 1997 In the course of a management buy-out, DELO becomes an independent company managed by Wolf-Dietrich Herold and Sabine Herold
- 2004 Establishment of a representative office in Shanghai/China
- 2005 Establishment of a representative office in Singapore
- 2007 Relocation of the entire company to Windach
- 2008 Foundation of a subsidiary in Boston, USA - DELO Industrial Adhesives LLC
- 2012 Foundation of a subsidiary in Singapore - DELO Industrial Adhesives (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- 2013 Foundation of a subsidiary in Shanghai, China - DELO Industrial Adhesives (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
References
- ↑ Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Technologie: BAYERNS BEST 50 - Preisträger 2012
- ↑ Hermann Simon erwähnte DELO in seinem gleichnamigen Buch als Beispiel für einen „Hidden Champion“. (Hidden Champions des 21. Jahrhunderts : Die Erfolgsstrategien unbekannter Weltmarktführer. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-593-38380-4, S. 24).
- ↑ Florian Langenscheidt, Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexikon der deutschen Weltmarktführer. Die Königsklasse deutscher Unternehmen in Wort und Bild. Deutsche Standards Editionen, Köln 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2.