Anvis (Antivibrationssystems) is a global business group that specialises in antivibration systems to decouple vibrating parts in motor vehicles. The company's head office is located in

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Company

Anvis Group GmbH operates 13 business sites around the world. Its 2,500 employees generate annual turnover of more than €300 million. In 2013, the company was acquired by the Japanese Sumitomo Riko group from the

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. The product range of the Anvis Group was significantly expanded as a result of the simultaneous acquisition of Dytech, an Italian company that makes special fluid-handling products.Christian Otto
Globales Wachstum: Anvis setzt ersten Meilenstein
Automobil Industrie, June 26, 2015, accessed on March 25, 2016. Together, the business group generates turnover of nearly €3 billion. The customer structure comprises Original Equipment Manufacturer (

OEM An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces non-aftermarket parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer. It is a common industry term recognized and used by many professional or ...

) like the

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, BMW,

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, Renault-Nissan,

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and

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and first-tier companies (the direct suppliers to OEMs) like

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. Anvis Industry SAS, a subsidiary of the Anvis Group, also supplies solutions and products to the railroad industry, among others. The ''AVS Holding 2 GmbH'' owns 100 percent of shares in ''Anvis Netherlands B.V.'', which holds all foreign subsidiaries.

Products

The Anvis Group's products include vibration control solutions for automotive and industrial applications. The foundation of the products is its processing of

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, synthetic

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and

plastics Plastics are a wide range of synthetic polymers, synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their Plasticity (physics), plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be Injection moulding, moulded, Extrusion, e ...

. The Anvis Group holds more than 160 patents in this area.

History

Kléber-Colombes, a company specialising in elastomers and expansion joints, was established in 1910. Nearly 50 years later, in 1956, the automotive supplier Woco Industrietechnik GmbH went into operation. In 1980, Woco entered the antivibration sector. Its work soon resulted in the first automotive parts that used a rubber-metal combination that could reduce vibration and driving noise in cars. The basis of these parts was innovations in the area of natural-rubber, plastic and metal adhesion technology.

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acquired the Kléber Group in 1982, established CMP Kléber Industry and also worked in the area of rubber processing for vehicles. At the turn of the millennium, the knowledge acquired in this work flowed into a

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set up by Woco and Michelin. Under the name Woco Michelin AVS, the company made its products at its base in Bad Soden-Salmünster and locations around the world. In 2007, Olaf Hahn joined with the financial investor Arques Industries AG to acquire the joint venture and gave the company the name that it uses today, Anvis Group GmbH. Olaf Hahn became managing director, a position that he still holds today. With the complete takeover by the Japanese Sumitomo Riko Company Limited, a strategic investor from the relevant industry acquired the company in 2013.{{cn, date=September 2018

References

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