Certina Holding AG is a holding company for niche manufacturers, specialised construction and IT companies with its headquarters in Grünwald near
Munich
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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 (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
;
* 1999: Hannemann GmbH;
Düsseldorf
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;
* 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 language, Bavarian: ''Däiz'') is a Town#Germany, 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 Tö ...
from
Pfleiderer;
* 2004: COI Consulting für Office und Information Management GmbH,
Herzogenaurach
Herzogenaurach (; vmf, Herziaura) is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is best known for being the home of the major international sporting goods companies Adidas and Puma, as well as the large car parts m ...
from
Schaeffler Group
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, also known as Schaeffler Group (''Schaeffler-Gruppe'' in German), is a German manufacturer of rolling element bearings for automotive, aerospace and industrial uses. It was founded in 1946 by brothers Dr. ...
;
* 2005: Thyssen-Krupp Stahlbau GmbH,
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
from
ThyssenKrupp
ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and h ...
; sold in 2007 to
Eiffel
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* Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France, designed by Gustave Eiffel
* Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni, M ...
/
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 com ...
;
* 2006: Maqsima GmbH,
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west 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 ...
, Joint Venture together with
TÜV Saarland;
* 2007: AFT-Group, Schopfheim from
Kardex AG,
Zürich
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;
* 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 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 up a potte ...
;
* 2010: Domino S.r.l. (Italy) from finish wellness concern
Sanitec
Sanitec was a large European producer of sanitaryware. It was based in Helsinki, owned by the Swedish private equity firm EQT (has been owning 77.5% of Sanitec since 2009, 100% before) and owned several European ceramics brands with 18 production ...
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 Inc.
* 2019: Wegener + Stapel, Germany.
* 2020: Pricol Wiping Systems (today PAL Wiping Systems Czech s.r.o) from
Pricol
Pricol Limited (founded as Premier Instruments and Controls Limited) is an automotive components and precision engineered products manufacturer based in Coimbatore, India. It was founded in 1972 by the late V.N. Ramachandran and N.Damodaran, but ...
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 Group.
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External links
webpage Certina
References
Companies based in Bavaria