HellermannTyton

HellermannTyton is a British registered company with affiliated companies in 40 countries manufacturing and supplying products for fastening, fixing, identifying and protecting cables and their connecting components. The company employs worldwide over 3,800 people.[4] It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Delphi Automotive in December 2015. Delphi has since renamed and separated the part of its business that is focused on automated driving and electrification, calling the new entity Aptiv.[5]

History

The company was founded by Paul Hellermann and Jack Bowthorpe in Croydon as Hellermann Electric, a subsidiary of Goodliffe Electric Supplies, in 1938.[6] It moved to a new manufacturing site at Crawley

Operations

Manufacturing sites

Three production facilities are located in the UK (Manchester, Plymouth, Northampton). The others are located in Poland (Kotunia, within Słupca County),[23] France (Trappes), Germany (Tornesch), South Africa (Johannesburg), Singapore (Yishun), China (Wuxi), Japan (Hyogo), Korea (Incheon), USA (Milwaukee),[24] Mexico (General Escobedo) and Brazil (Jundiai).[16]

Processed materials

The materials processed are usually engineering plastics: PA 6.6 (in different condition, like heat stabilised, UV-resistant, weather resistant, impact modified, glass filled, mineral filled, coloured); PE, PP with different modifications; POM; PA 11, PA 12; PEEK; ETFE (Tefzel); PA 46; other technical thermoplastics; Chloroprene Rubber.[25]

Sectors and divisions

The company produces for diverse markets and industries including Original equipment manufacturers for passenger cars, rail carriages, aircraft and ships[26] as well as products used in electronics, telecommunication equipment,[27] appliances or on construction sites.[28]

Product sales are categorised into the following segments:

Electrical: products for Original equipment manufacturers, electrical wholesalers, contractors acting on behalf of diverse end-users, panel builders assembling electrical panels for end-markets, resellers to end-markets such as catalogue companies and sales to the mass transit, defence, alternative energy, products used for application offshore in wind farm and electronics end-markets.[29]
Automotive: comprises sales to manufacturers of cars, trucks and other heavy vehicles as well as to their suppliers (Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers).

New parts development

The company develops products based on customer requirements. e.g. custom-made automotive wiring harnesses for passenger cars, for ship and aircraft manufacturers and other industries such as "white goods". Products are designed using design programs, known as CAD systems, in 3D. The designs are produced in a small series of prototypes sent to the customer for installation in vehicles, machinery etc. for testing purposes. After testing the part, corresponding quantities are made using injection moulding.[34]

foundation	1935‡R1R‡
industry	Electrical/Electronics
products	cable management products
revenue	€596.9 million (2014)‡R2R‡
operating income	€83.0 million (2014)‡R2R‡
net income	€51.0 million (2014)‡R2R‡
num employees	5,400 (2019)‡R3R‡
parent	Aptiv PLC
homepage	www.hellermanntyton.com