Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze is a supplier of electronic wire harnesses and components for the international automotive industry. With its Headquarter in

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's he ...

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, the company employs approx. 40,000 individuals in 14 countries.

Operations

Among the customers are companies of the automotive industry, in particular the

Volkswagen Group Volkswagen AG (), known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The company designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial ...

with the brands VW,

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, SEAT,

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, Bugatti und Porsche. The product portfolio comprises wiring harness systems, main-, motor-, door-, seat-, and high-voltage wiring harnesses. ''Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze'' accompanies vehicle projects from concept development through production to the sequence-specific delivery of products to the customer also having a specific process and testing technology as well as its own sample and prototype construction facility.

History

''Sumitomo ElectricS Bordnetze SE'' is a member of the Sumitomo Electric Industries Group. The group consists of some 340 subsidiaries, and affiliates in a wide range of sectors spread over more than 30 countries, mainly in Asia, North America and Europe. In total,

Sumitomo Electric Industries is a manufacturer of electric wire and optical fiber cables. Its headquarters are in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The company's shares are listed in the first section of the Tokyo, Nagoya Stock Exchanges, and the Fukuoka Stock Exchange Fukuoka ...

employs more than 200,000 people worldwide. ''Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze'' was founded in 1986 as a joint venture between

Volkswagen AG Volkswagen AG (), known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The company designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial ...

and

Siemens AG Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

, and given the name ''Volkswagen Bordnetze GmbH''. In the beginning of the 1990s the first international locations were built up, among others in Turkey (1990), Poland (1992), Slovakia (1996). In 2003 the formation of the joint venture ''Changchun Volkswagen Bordnetze Co., Ltd.'' in Changchun/

PRC China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

followed entering the Chinese market for the first time. In 2006 ''Volkswagen AG'' and ''Siemens AG'' were selling the ''Volkswagen Bordnetze GmbH'', the company was acquired by ''Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.'' and ''Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.''Website ''Sumitomo Wiring Systems''
/ref> and since has been operating as ''Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze''.

References

Auto parts suppliers of Germany German companies established in 1986 German companies established in 2006 Sumitomo Group