Company type | Publicly traded limited company |
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SIX: LAND | |
Industry | Electronics |
Founded | 1896Zug, Switzerland | in
Founder | Richard Theiler Adelrich Gyr |
Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Andreas Umbach (Chairman) Werner Lieberherr (CEO) |
Products |
|
Revenue | US $1.4 Billion |
Number of employees | 5,000 |
Website |
www |
Landis+Gyr is a publicly listed, multinational corporation operating in over 30 countries and headquartered in Cham, Switzerland. Landis+Gyr makes meters and related software for electricity and gas utilities.
Landis+Gyr was founded in 1896 as Theiler & Co. in Zug, in the canton of Zug, Switzerland, by technician Richard Theiler and entrepreneur Adelrich Gyr. [1] It began by manufacturing electricity meters that were developed by Theiler. [1] Heinrich Landis joined the business in 1903, [2] acquired it in 1904 and introduced Karl Heinrich Gyr as a partner in 1905, renaming it Landis & Gyr. [1] The company benefited from the rise of the electronics industry and expanded abroad over the following years. [1] By 1914, when it was made a joint-stock company, it was the largest employer in the canton of Zug, with over 800 employees. [1]
In the 1920s, Landis & Gyr opened offices in New York City and Australia and took over competitors to form a global technology group. [1] [3] From the 1930s, the company diversified with telemetry and remote control products. [1] After leadership struggles in the 1950s, a new management reorganized the financing and accounting and converted Landis & Gyr into a holding company. [1] The range was expanded to include service machines, air conditioning and ventilation products. [1] Landis & Gyr increased its personnel, with 14,000 employees around 1970 (5,200 of them in Zug). [1]
From the mid-1970s and especially after 1984, the group was frequently restructured. [1] In 1987, Landis & Gyr was acquired by Stephan Schmidheiny, who sold it to Elektrowatt in 1995. [1] It is today a part of Siemens Building Technologies. The company was also known for producing optical phone cards until 2006. Landis+Gyr phone cards were used in many countries such as Israel, Belgium, Switzerland and more. [3]
Various utilities have worked with Landis+Gyr in meeting their consumers' demand for energy management tools by rolling out smart meters. Below are some of the utilities that have worked with Landis+Gyr in deploying smart metering technology to energy consumers.
Company type | Publicly traded limited company |
---|---|
SIX: LAND | |
Industry | Electronics |
Founded | 1896Zug, Switzerland | in
Founder | Richard Theiler Adelrich Gyr |
Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Andreas Umbach (Chairman) Werner Lieberherr (CEO) |
Products |
|
Revenue | US $1.4 Billion |
Number of employees | 5,000 |
Website |
www |
Landis+Gyr is a publicly listed, multinational corporation operating in over 30 countries and headquartered in Cham, Switzerland. Landis+Gyr makes meters and related software for electricity and gas utilities.
Landis+Gyr was founded in 1896 as Theiler & Co. in Zug, in the canton of Zug, Switzerland, by technician Richard Theiler and entrepreneur Adelrich Gyr. [1] It began by manufacturing electricity meters that were developed by Theiler. [1] Heinrich Landis joined the business in 1903, [2] acquired it in 1904 and introduced Karl Heinrich Gyr as a partner in 1905, renaming it Landis & Gyr. [1] The company benefited from the rise of the electronics industry and expanded abroad over the following years. [1] By 1914, when it was made a joint-stock company, it was the largest employer in the canton of Zug, with over 800 employees. [1]
In the 1920s, Landis & Gyr opened offices in New York City and Australia and took over competitors to form a global technology group. [1] [3] From the 1930s, the company diversified with telemetry and remote control products. [1] After leadership struggles in the 1950s, a new management reorganized the financing and accounting and converted Landis & Gyr into a holding company. [1] The range was expanded to include service machines, air conditioning and ventilation products. [1] Landis & Gyr increased its personnel, with 14,000 employees around 1970 (5,200 of them in Zug). [1]
From the mid-1970s and especially after 1984, the group was frequently restructured. [1] In 1987, Landis & Gyr was acquired by Stephan Schmidheiny, who sold it to Elektrowatt in 1995. [1] It is today a part of Siemens Building Technologies. The company was also known for producing optical phone cards until 2006. Landis+Gyr phone cards were used in many countries such as Israel, Belgium, Switzerland and more. [3]
Various utilities have worked with Landis+Gyr in meeting their consumers' demand for energy management tools by rolling out smart meters. Below are some of the utilities that have worked with Landis+Gyr in deploying smart metering technology to energy consumers.