Manufacturer, mail-order retailer and specialist publisher for electronics products, kits and smart home solutions with in-house development in Leer.
ELV Elektronik AG
Leer (DE) · Zhuhai (CN)New on Amplifa
About ELV Elektronik
ELV Elektronik AG, headquartered in East Frisian Leer, has been active since 1978 as a manufacturer, electronics mail-order retailer and specialist publisher. The company develops electronics products in-house – including smart home components, security technology such as alarm systems and smoke detectors, time recording systems, as well as measuring technology and workshop equipment. Manufacturing takes place at the 100 % group-owned plant eQ-3 Electronics Co. Ltd. in Zhuhai (southern China), while design and development take place exclusively at headquarters in Leer. Via its online shop and mail-order business, ELV distributes around 6,000 products, complemented by telephone technical advice before and after purchase as well as a repair service. As publisher of the ELVjournal and ELV catalogs and provider of kits in finished-device quality, the company serves areas such as smart home, security technology, multimedia, automotive/outdoor technology, measuring technology and time recording. Within the group, eQ-3 AG (smart home, spun off in 2007) also belongs to the corporate group.
- Site
- Leer
- Processes
- Product development and in-house development of electronics products, Mail-order retail and online shop, Telephone technical advice before and after purchase, Repair service / returns and complaints, Publication of ELVjournal and ELV catalogs, Time recording systems (ELV-TimeMaster / Timemaster), Production at group-owned plant in Zhuhai, In-house development of alarm systems and smoke detectors, smoke chamber within the group
- Materials
- Electronics development
- Founded
- 1978
- Industries
- Smart Home / Home Automation, Security Technology, Consumer Electronics, Electronics Kits and Hobbyist Supplies, Multimedia / Audio-Video Technology, Computer and Network Technology
- 01
Product development and design in Leer
- 02
Manufacturing at the group-owned plant eQ-3 Electronics Co. Ltd. in Zhuhai
- 03
Mail-order retail and online shop
- 04
Technical advice and repair service
- 05
Specialist publications (ELVjournal, catalogs)
Development and Manufacturing
Electronics development
In-house development of electronics products, hardware for time recording, alarm systems and smoke detectors including the group's own smoke chamber.
Locations
Leer
DEHeadquarters, development, mail-order retail, publishing
Zhuhai
CNProduction and manufacturing (eQ-3 Electronics Co. Ltd.)
Example Products
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Industries
Additional services
History
- 1978
Founded as Elektronik Literatur Verlag GmbH by Heinz-Gerhard Redeker
- 1991
Publication of the first ELV catalog (164 pages, incl. traded goods)
- 1992
Market launch of the in-house development ELV-TimeMaster (personnel time recording)
- 2000
Conversion into a public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft), new name ELV Elektronik AG
- 2007
Spin-off of eQ-3 AG (smart home) from ELV Elektronik AG
- 2014
ELV-Kompetenzbuch awarded “Best Catalog 2014” (B2C) at Neocom
- 2017
Release of the browser-based time recording system Timemaster
- 2023
Spin-off of Timemaster GmbH from ELV Elektronik AG
- 2024
ELVjournal published fully digitally since issue 1/2024