Zumtobel Lighting Group
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| Aktiengesellschaft | |
| Traded as | WBAG: ZAG |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Headquarters | Dornbirn, Austria |
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Key people
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Ulrich Schumacher (CEO), Alfred Felder (COO), Karin Sonnenmoser (CFO), Jürg Zumtobel (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
| Products | Lights, light fittings and components |
| Revenue | €1.228 billion (2010/2011) |
| €76.0 million (2010/2011) | |
| Profit | €51.0 million (2010/2011) |
| Total assets | €1.020 billion (April 2011) |
| Total equity | €378.7 million (April 2011) |
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Number of employees
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7,810 (FTE, April 2011) |
| Website | www.zumtobelgroup.com |
The Zumtobel Group (also known as Zumtobel AG) headquartered in Dornbirn, Austria, is a manufacturer of professional indoor and outdoor lighting, lighting management systems and lighting components as well as LED and OLED technology. The Zumtobel Group includes the subsidiaries of Zumtobel, Thorn, Tridonic, acdc and Reiss.
The present-day Zumtobel Group originated as "Elektrogeräte und Kunstharzpresswerk W. Zumtobel KG", which was founded in Dornbirn / Vorarlberg in 1950. For more than 50 years the Zumtobel family, represented initially by the founder Dr. Walter Zumtobel then by his two sons Jürg and Fritz Zumtobel.
In 1950, Dr. Walter Zumtobel founded "Elektrogeräte- und Kunstharzpreßwerk W. Zumtobel KG" in Dornbirn, Austria; the company produced Electrical ballast for the newly introduced fluorescent light fittings.
The company's international expansion began in 1976 when Zumtobel was listed as stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) and acquired a minority stake in the British company Tridonic Ltd. (the remaining shares were acquired in 1983).
The very first painting robot in Austria was used at Zumtobel AG’s Plant II in Dornbirn in 1981. In 1986, the world's first electronic ballasts that are compatible with argon and krypton fluorescent tubes were manufactured by Zumtobel.
In 1991, the company was restructured into two divisions; Lighting Solutions (Zumtobel Licht GmbH) and Lighting Components (Tridonic-Bauelemente GmbH) as independent sub-groups. In the same year the Zumtobel Licht Toolmaking division began working on stereolithography. At the time, the system was one of five installed in Europe and the only one of its size in Austria. Zumtobel Licht is one of the first Austrian companies to be awarded ÖQS certification and then complies with the requirements of standard DIN ISO 9001, breaking new ground in the lighting industry.
The second major international acquisition took place in 1993 when Zumtobel bought 51% stake in the Staff Group of Lemgo, Germany (the remaining shares were acquired in 1994).
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