HELLA is a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier that operates under the FORVIA umbrella brand. Within this de facto group, HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics. At the same time, with its Lifecycle Solutions business group, the company covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. HELLA has 36,000 employees at over 125 locations worldwide. Since the company was founded in 1899, innovation and technology leadership has been an essential part of HELLA’s strategy. Every year, HELLA invests around 10 percent of its sales in the development of new future technologies; more than 8,000 employees work in research and development worldwide. Together with Faurecia, HELLA operates under the overarching umbrella brand FORVIA. As a de facto group, they form the world’s seventh largest supplier of automotive technology and a global market leader in high-growth technology fields. Faurecia currently holds just over 80 percent of the shares in HELLA. Under the FORVIA umbrella, both companies therefore work closely together as independent, listed entities with their own supervisory bodies and management teams.
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Founded as „Westfälische Metall-Industrie AG“
First acetylene headlamp „System Hella“: HELLA becomes a trademark
Start of internationalization: HELLA’s first foreign factory
Entry into the electronics business: first fully electronic flasher unit
„Hella“ becomes the company name
World’s first LED matrix technology
HELLA goes public
Majority takeover by Faurecia; foundation of FORVIA
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