WIKA

WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG is a German company which manufactures pressure and temperature measuring equipment.[1]

WIKA main establishment in Klingenberg am Main

In 2017 the company employed about 10,000 people at its 43 subsidiaries and production sites worldwide. Its turnover was about 890 million euros.[2] In 2021 the company stated about 11,000 employees and a turnover of about one billion euros. The company was established in 1946 in the town Klingenberg am Main, located in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria. It is headquartered and has its main industrial establishment there since then.[3]

The name of the company "WIKA" was combined from the initial letters of the names of its founders Alexander Wiegand and Philipp Kachel. The company is still owned and chaired by a descendant of Alexander Wiegand. His son Konrad Wiegand took over in 1951. After the death of Konrad Wiegand in 1967 Ursula Wiegand, his widow, became chief of the company. Her son, who bears the same name as his grandfather, followed in 1996.[4] [5]

References
  1. Alexander Wiegand, Bloomberg profile, retrieved 11 August 2021
  2. Zahlen und Fakten: Messgerätehersteller Wika, Main Echo, 4 July 2018 (in German)
  3. WIKA celebrates 75 years Process technology online, retrieved 11 August 2021
  4. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14 March 1996: Ursula Wiegand (in German)
  5. WIKA-history at website of the company, retrieved 24 August 2021
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