EGU Elektro Großhandels Union Rhein-Ruhr GmbH & Co. KG

About EGU

EGU Elektro Großhandels Union Rhein-Ruhr is a family-owned, mid-sized electrical wholesaler with its central headquarters and central warehouse at Heßlingsweg 44 in Dortmund-Brackel. The company was founded in 1998 by four electrical specialist wholesalers and supplies customers through a network of 37 locations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as affiliated houses. EGU offers industrial customers practical procurement solutions, including C-parts management, key account management and e-procurement with interfaces such as OCI/Punchout, BMEcat, EDI/XML and ZUGFeRD/XRechnung. Around 180,000 items are available in the virtual warehouse; three million active product data records from more than 3,000 suppliers are maintained. Delivery takes place within 24 to 48 hours, in addition to around 170 branch outlets nationwide. More than 600 employees across the corporate network serve industries ranging from steel and metal to mechanical engineering, the electrical industry and the energy sector, through to aerospace and the healthcare industry. No in-house production takes place; EGU acts exclusively as a trading and service partner for electrical and industrial goods.

Site

Dortmund

Processes

C-parts management, Key account management / key account concept, E-procurement (OCI/Punchout, BMEcat, EDI/XML, ZUGFeRD/XRechnung), Connection to marketplaces (Simple System, Mercateo/unite, SAP/ARIBA, Onventis), 24–48 hour delivery, Virtual warehouse (180,000 items)

Certificates

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001

Founded

1998

Industries

Steel and metal, Construction industry, Electrical industry, Energy sector, Food industry, Healthcare industry

1. 01

   Procurement from more than 3,000 suppliers

2. 02

   Central warehouse Dortmund

3. 03

   Distribution to locations and outlets

4. 04

   E-procurement and C-parts management

Locations

Inside the production

Quality and certification

EGU is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001; a dedicated management team oversees the integrated management systems.

Company history

1. 1998

   Foundation of EGU Elektrogroßhandels Union Rhein-Ruhr by Elektro Brisch, eit Bochum, Lubin & Hiller and Ruhr Elektro-Handel; partnership agreement ratified in December

2. 1999

   Entry in the commercial register at the Dortmund local court; S+S Elektro-Fachgroßhandlung joins as 5th limited partner

3. 2001

   Purchase of the building at Hannöversche Straße 32 in Dortmund as a focus warehouse; acquisition of the electrical specialist wholesaler Dressel (renamed Dressel EGU)

4. 2004

   Opening of the 1st central warehouse on Hannöversche Straße in Dortmund-Wambel

5. 2009

   4 of 5 partners transfer their business activities to EGU; Brisch remains connected as an affiliated house via a partner agreement

6. 2010

   Purchase of today's company headquarters at Heßlingsweg 44 in Dortmund-Brackel with a large central warehouse

7. 2025

   Merger of the subsidiaries EGU Industrievertriebs GmbH and G. Möhle Elektrogroßhandel GmbH into EGU