KEBA

Keba AG
stock corporation
Industry Automation
Founded 1968
Headquarters Linz, Austria
Key people
 Gerhard Luftensteiner (CEO), Franz Höller (CTO)
Revenue 189,5 Mio. €
Number of employees
 940
Website www.keba.com

Keba AG is an international market player that develops and manufactures automation solutions for the industrial, banking, services and energy automation areas. The Austrian company was founded in 1968 and is privately owned.[1] The company has annual sales revenues of €189.5 million of which 80% are obtained in export markets.[2][3]

KEBA Group headquarters are located in Linz (Austria) and it is represented by its own subsidiaries in China, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Romania, South Korea, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Turkey and the USA.[4]

Areas of activity

KEBA Zentrale Linz

In the industrial automation area KEBA focuses on solutions for

In the banking and services automation sector, the focus is on

In its newest business area, energy automation, KEBA offers solutions in the e-mobility that include charging stations and control and operating systems for alternative heating systems.

History

The company was founded in 1968 by Gunther Krippner, who was joined by Karl Kletzmair in 1970. 1984 saw the concentration on the industrial, banking and sawmill automation sectors. In 1990 KEBA Deutschland GmbH was founded as a fully owned subsidiary. In 1994 KEBA obtained DIN ISO 9001 certification. In 1998, the KEBA US Corp. was founded. In 1999 KEBA AG achieved sales revenues of ATS 1 billion for the first time. The main emphasis was on industrial and banking automation. In the same year, the legal form of the company was altered to that of a stock corporation. In 2003, the company moved into a new headquarters building in Linz. In 2004 a subsidiary was founded in China and this was followed by two further Chinese locations. In 2006, KEBA Automation S.R.L. was launched in Romania and in the same year a holding was taken in agimatec GmbH.[6] In 2007, the CBPM-KEBA joint venture in Beijing was founded with the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation, the world’s largest banknote printing house.[7] In 2008, the branch in Taiwan was opened. In 2009 further branches were launched in Turkey, China and Italy. In the same year, the energy automation field was entered with charging stations. In 2010, the area of heating control systems for alternative energy forms was opened up and KEBA also opened a branch in Japan. In 2012, a branch was founded in South Korea. In 2013, KEBA purchased a majority holding in the Dutch automation company DELEM.[8] In 2013, the KePol LS logistics solutions, which was specially designed for indoor applications was launched onto the market. In 2013 KEBA opened a second production site in Linz, Austria.[9]

Awards

Individual references

  1. ↑ "Facts" (in German). KEBA AG. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  2. ↑ OÖ Nachrichten 24. Juni 2015
  3. ↑ Wirtschaftsblatt 24. Juni 2015
  4. ↑ "Facts" (in German). KEBA AG. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  5. ↑ "Facts" (in German). KEBA AG. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  6. ↑ KEBA Präsentation GJ10, Seite 7
  7. ↑ Elektrotechnik, 9. August 2007
  8. ↑ Magazin Produktion, 17. Juni 2013
  9. ↑ "Facts" (in German). KEBA AG international. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  10. ↑ WKO
  11. ↑ leadersnet.at 10. Juni 2014
  12. ↑ "Facts" (in German). postal technology international. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  13. ↑ knewledge.at
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