Seca GmbH
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| Company type | GmbH & Co. KG |
|---|---|
| Industry | Biomedical Engineering and Life Science |
| Founded | 1840 |
| Headquarters | Hamburg , Germany |
| Products | Medical scales and measuring instruments |
| Owner | Frederik Vogel Robert Vogel |
Number of employees | > 300 |
| Website | http://www.seca.com |
seca GmbH & Co. KG. is a German company that develops, produces and sells weighing scales and measuring instruments. It's an international market leader[1] and, because of its high degree of specialisation, it is considered a hidden champion.[2] Its products are exported to more than 110 countries. The company’s headquarters is in Hamburg and it has branches in Austria, France, England, Switzerland, Japan, China, Mexico, Colombia, Finland, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Brasil and the USA.
Foundation and history[edit]
In 1840, locksmith A.C.C. Joachims set up on his own in Hamburg and began to build scales. He had acquired the necessary know-how from the Strasbourg mechanic and monk Quintenz who had invented the decimal scale in 1821. In the course of the next thirty years, the locksmith’s workshop developed into a small factory. However, the business stagnated when Joachims died in 1874. Things started to improve again when Frederik Vogel, a young businessman, purchased the scales' factory in 1888. He expanded the product range and introduced the brand name seca which he had registered in 1897.
The company survived World War I and the Great Depression in the 20th century, and then Frederik Vogel passed the management over to his son Robert. Robert Vogel steered the company through World War II and began with the successful reconstruction immediately after the end of the war. When Robert Vogel died in 1966, his son Sönke joined the company.
In 1970, Sönke Vogel decided in favour of a new corporate concept. Since then focus has been on medical measuring and weighing, on products which are needed for diagnosis and therapy purposes in medicine in order to determine the precise weight of a patient. The product portfolio has been consistently expanded and is available on all international markets. In 2010 the sons of Sönke Vogel, Robert and Frederik Vogel junior, joined the management board.[3][4]
Corporate structure[edit]
seca GmbH & Co. KG. has the following subsidiaries:[5]
- seca France, Semur-en-Auxois, France
- seca United Kingdom, Birmingham, Great Britain
- seca North America West, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- seca North America East, Hanover, MD, USA
- seca Schweiz, Reinach, Switzerland
- seca Zhong Guo, Hangzhou, China
- seca Nihon, Chiba City, Japan
- seca Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
- seca Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- seca Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brasil
- seca Suomi, Espoo, Finland
- seca Latin America, Bogotá, Colombia
- seca Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Products[edit]
The range includes:[6]
- Baby scales
- Column scales
- Flat scales
- Multifunction and wheelchair scales
- Bed and dialysis scales
- Height measuring and measuring instruments
- Medical Body Composition Analyzer
References[edit]
- ^ Rattmann, Cornelis (24 September 2006). "Hamburgs Spezialisten: Schwergewicht im Weltmarkt für Waagen" [Hamburg's Specialists: Heavyweight in the World Scale Market]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ Langenscheidt, Florian; Venohr, Bernd (2014). Lexikon der deutschen Weltmarktführer [Lexicon of German world market leaders] (in German). Cologne: Deutsche Standards Editionen. p. 552. ISBN 978-3-86936-656-2.
- ^ "Seca History". Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Die Seca-Geschichte" [The history of Seca]. www.abendblatt.de (in German). 13 October 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Seca worldwide". Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Seca product range". Retrieved 2018-09-13.
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