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Data and facts to provide you with an overview of Fronius as a company. Of course, this is not enough to give you a full picture of Fronius, as it is difficult to put mathematical figures on so-called soft facts, such as our position as a leading innovator. However, factsheets such as this one give a good initial overview.

Facts and figures 2007
 
Fronius International GmbH

Proprietors
Private Trust Friedl and Günter Fronius (since 1999), founded in 1945

Management
Elisabeth Engelbrechtsmüller-Strauß, Klaus Fronius, Heinz Hackl, Volker Lenzeder, Herbert Mühlböck, Brigitte Strauß

Company - Technology in a leading hand
Fronius converts energy and is recognised as a technology leader in three sectors.

  • In battery charging Fronius is the trailblazer for energy- and cost-saving charging technology.
  • In the field of welding technology, Fronius is a competent partner to the international automotive industry and other metalworking industries where high quality is a major concern.
  • Its superior know-how has also established Fronius in the field of photovoltaics, where it produces high-quality solar electronics.


Locations
Austria: Thalheim/Wels, Wels, Pettenbach, Sattledt; Czech Republic: Krumau; Ukraine: Kiev

Distribution network
Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy (only Solarelectronics), Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Slovakia, Ukraine, USA;

Battery charging systems - since 1945
Professional battery charging systems for use in workshops and industrial applications / Direct marketing; 23 sales partners and international wholesalers and customers

Welding technology - since 1950
Arc welding systems for crafts, trade and industry for manual and fully automatic welding applications / Direct marketing; 82 representatives worldwide

Solar electronics - since 1993
Inverters and machine monitoring systems for network-coupled photovoltaic systems / 3-stage marketing; 66 sales partners in 35 countries

 

 Overview for the Year 2007    
   2007   2006
 Turnover  298.5 m €  235.12 m €
 Export  88.2 %  85.5 %
 Rate of investment  16.8 %  18.5 %
 R&D percentage

 6.8 %

 9.4 %
 Employees  2221 (1661 AUT)  1831 (1370 AUT)
 Trainees (AUT)  90  79
 Active patents  469  410
 Results  Below 200 KSV points  

 

 
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