Carlo Gavazzi Holding

Carlo Gavazzi Holding AG is the holding company of the Carlo Gavazzi Group, headquartered in Steinhausen, Switzerland. The Group is described as an international group active in designing, manufacturing and marketing electronic equipment. Its products include sensors, monitoring relays, timers, energy management systems, solid state-relays, safety devices and fieldbus systems, providing automation solutions for the global markets of industrial and building automation. Typical customers are original equipment manufacturers of packaging machines, plastic-injection molding machines, food and beverage production, conveying and material handling equipment, door and entrance control systems, lifts and escalators, as well as heating, ventilation and air conditioning devices. The products are marketed across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific through a network of 24 own sales companies and through more than 60 independent national distributors. The company was founded in Milan in 1931 and has been publicly listed since 1984, with shares traded on the Zurich Stock Exchange.

The company was founded in Milan in 1931. In 1953 it extended its activities into instrumentation and control panels. In 1963 it founded Reactor Controls in San Jose, California, USA, described as a leader in control rod drive hydraulic systems for boiling water reactors. In 1965 it introduced in Europe electromechanical components and electronic controls of a Japanese manufacturer, followed in 1974 by a European marketing joint venture with that Japanese manufacturer. In 1984 Carlo Gavazzi went public, with shares traded on the Zurich Stock Exchange. In 1986 it acquired Mupac of Brockton, Massachusetts, a US manufacturer of electronic system packaging products, and divested its participation in the joint venture to the Japanese partner. In 1988 it strengthened its industrial base and product offering through the acquisitions of Electromatic (control components), Feme (relays and switches) and Areg (drive systems). In 1993 it implemented a structure of autonomous business units, and in 1996 began a focusing process and divestment of non-strategic businesses. In 2000 the Italian sensor company... [snippet truncated].

International group providing automation solutions for the global markets of industrial and building automation.

• Sensors

• Monitoring relays

• Timers

• Energy management systems

• Solid state-relays

• Safety devices

• Fieldbus systems

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