FORVIA HELLA celebrates 125 years

From local lamp manufacturer to global tech supplier

FORVIA HELLA celebrates 125 years

FORVIA HELLA is celebrating its 125th anniversary this week. Founded in the Westphalian town of Lippstadt, Germany, as a specialised manufacturer of lamps, lanterns and ball horns for carriages, bicycles and the first automobiles, FORVIA HELLA has grown into a global enterprise with around 37,500 employees at over 125 locations worldwide, generating sales of €8 billion for the first time last year.

“125 years of FORVIA HELLA is something we can be very proud of together. We are very grateful to all current and former employees for allowing us to celebrate this milestone in our company’s history. They have all played a key role in supporting, shaping and developing the company,” says Bernard Schäferbarthold, CEO of FORVIA HELLA.

The company’s journey began on 11 June 1899, when entrepreneur Sally Windmüller registered the “Westfälische Metall-Industrie Aktien-Gesellschaft (WMI)” in the business register of the Lippstadt district court. Since then, FORVIA HELLA has been known for its innovation and adaptability to change in the industry.

In 1908, just nine years after WMI was officially founded, the first outstanding product innovation, the acetylene lamp ‘System Hella’, was launched. This marked the beginning of a development that started with lamps and lanterns and has reached the latest milestones in the SSL | HD digital spotlight system and the FlatLight | µMX.

FORVIA HELLA has also been active in the electronics business for almost sixty years, starting with the production of a fully electric flasher unit in 1965. Today, they generate sales of more than €3 billion in the electronics business and are a leader in many autonomous driving and electromobility products.

Since 2022, FORVIA HELLA has been part of the FORVIA Group, the world’s seventh-largest supplier of automotive technologies, with more than 150,000 employees across the globe.

CEO Bernard Schäferbarthold said:

“Thanks to the cooperation within the FORVIA Group, we are significantly larger, more broadly positioned and exposed to fewer risks. We can improve our processes because we learn from each other and act stronger together in the market. This gives us even more opportunities for the future as FORVIA HELLA.”

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