• 2003 February 07

Company Description

Voith GmbH provides systems, products, and industrial services for the energy, oil and gas, paper, transportation, and automotive markets.

Founded in 1867, Voith employs more than 39,000 people, generates € 5.3 billion in sales, operates in about 50 countries around the world and is today one of the biggest family-owned companies in Europe. Voith sets standards in the markets energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transportation & automotive. Voith is a globally active engineering company. With its broad portfolio covering plants, products and industrial services, Voith supplies essential markets: energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. The holding company is Voith GmbH based in Heidenheim/Brenz (Germany). Voith GmbH is 100% family-owned. The advisory committee and the regulatory body are the Shareholders' Committee and the Supervisory Board. The latter is also the controlling authority for the Management Board. The operative business is pooled in four Group Divisions: Voith Hydro, Voith Industrial Services, Voith Paper and Voith Turbo. The activities of the subsidiaries of the Group Divisions are steered by a legally independent holding company.