Certina Holding AG is a holding company for niche manufacturers, specialised construction and IT companies with its headquarters in Grünwald near
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
in
Germany
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, growing organically and through acquisitions.
The name "Certina" is taken from the Latin "certus", meaning "assured", "certain".
Certina was founded by the Wehrmann family. The Familie is listed in the Who is Who of German entrepreneurs as one of the 1.000 most important families. In the list of German family business Certina is ranked 684.
Acquisition history
* 1997: Waldemar Pruss Armaturen GmbH,
Hanover
Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...
;
* 1999: Hannemann GmbH;
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
;
* 2000: Kreuzstromwerk, Hagen (2002 Integration of these 3 companies into Pruss Armaturen AG);
* 2000: Hornglass AG, Plössberg
* 2003: Moralt Tischlerplatten,
Bad Tölz
Bad Tölz (; Bavarian: ''Däiz'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany and the administrative center of the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district.
History
Archaeology has shown continuous occupation of the site of Bad Tölz since the retreat of the gla ...
from
Pfleiderer;
* 2004: COI Consulting für Office und Information Management GmbH,
Herzogenaurach
Herzogenaurach (; ) is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is home to two major international sporting goods companies, Adidas and Puma, and Schaeffler Group, a car parts manufacturer.
Geography
Herzogenaura ...
from
Schaeffler Group
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, also known as the Schaeffler Group (''Schaeffler-Gruppe'' in German), is a German manufacturer of rolling element bearings for automotive, aerospace and industrial uses, including the FAG brand. It was fo ...
;
* 2005: Thyssen-Krupp Stahlbau GmbH,
Hanover
Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...
from
ThyssenKrupp
ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. It resulted from the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters in Duisburg and E ...
; sold in 2007 to
Eiffel
Eiffel may refer to:
Places
* Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France, designed by Gustave Eiffel
*:* Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel station, Metro station serving the Eiffel Tower
* Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni, Moldova, designed by Gustave Eiffel
* Eiffel Bri ...
/
Eiffage
Eiffage S.A. () is a French civil engineering construction company. it was the third largest company of its type in France, and the fifth largest in Europe.
History
The company was formed in 1992 through the merger of several long standing comp ...
;
* 2006: Maqsima GmbH,
Saarland
Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in ...
, Joint Venture together with
TÜV
TÜVs (; short for , ) are internationally active, independent service companies from Germany and Austria that test, inspect and certify technical systems, facilities and objects of all kinds in order to minimize hazards and prevent damages. T ...
Saarland;
* 2007: AFT-Group, Schopfheim from
Kardex AG,
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
;
* 2007: CAM Systems GmbH from French software conglomerate CS Systemes in Le Plessis Robinson;
* 2010: Vitaviva Srl. (Italy) from German wellness conglomerate
Villeroy & Boch
Villeroy & Boch (, ) is a French-German manufacturer of ceramics, with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Saarland.
History
The company began in the tiny Lorraine village of Audun le Tiche, where the iron master François Boch set ...
;
* 2010: Domino S.r.l. (Italy) from finish wellness concern
Sanitec Group including the brands "Albatros" und "Revita";
* 2012: Rebhan FPS Kunststoff-Verpackungen GmbH in Stockheim, Germany from
Bayern LB Capital Partners. 2012 erfolgt ebenso die Übernahme von SCV S.r.l..
* 2015: Qualiform France from French Groupe Pochet (
Pochet du Courval).
* 2017: Papierfabrik Meldorf from
Panther Packaging. mit Sitz in Bergen.
* 2017: Hermann Koch, Germany.
* 2018: Demm S.r.l., Bologna, Italy.
* 2019: Pibiviesse S.r.l., Milano, Italy from
CIRCOR International
Leslie Controls, Inc., part of the Thermal Fluid Division of Circor International, Circor International Inc., is a manufacturer of industrial water heating, water heaters, control systems and regulators headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
It is on ...
Inc.
* 2019: Wegener + Stapel, Germany.
* 2020: Pricol Wiping Systems (today PAL Wiping Systems Czech s.r.o) from
Pricol India um.
* 2020: Trassl Polymer Solutions Germany.
* 2021: United Salon Technologies Germany from German
Wilh. Wehrhahn KG.
* 2021: Sodexo SCS GmbH in a carve-out-Prozess of the educational catering branch of French
Sodexo
Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance) is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. It has 522,000 employees as of 2023, operates in 55 countries and serves 100 million custome ...
Group.
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External links
webpage Certina
References
Companies based in Bavaria