ETL Paul Schlegel Holding GmbH

About the SCHLEGEL GRUPPE

The SCHLEGEL GRUPPE is an electrical wholesaler based in Pulheim-Brauweiler that emerged from the company Paul Schlegel, founded in Düren in 1927. The company employs over 400 staff at 25 branch offices, i.e. 28 locations across Germany, and generated annual revenue of 144 million euros. The product range comprises more than 400,000 items from over 1,200 manufacturers, of which around 80,000 are stocked items in 26 decentralised warehouses; 70 delivery vehicles enable short-notice delivery. Target groups include industry, trades and municipal authorities. In addition to expert consultancy by engineers, master electricians and lighting designers, the company offers an online shop with an OCI interface, connections to B2B marketplaces, document exchange via XCBL, OpenTrans, CSV and EDI as well as item data exchange via BMEcat and lighting design services. The company sees itself as an electrical engineering performance alliance of regional branches and companies such as Findler, Lange, Sarx and Schlegel.

Site

Pulheim-Brauweiler

Processes

Electrical wholesaling, Online shop with 400,000 items, 80,000 stocked items, 26 decentralised warehouses, 70 delivery vehicles, Short-notice delivery, Expert consultancy, OCI interface

Founded

1927

Employees

400+

Industries

Industry, Trades, Municipal authorities

1. 01

   Procurement from over 1,500 suppliers

2. 02

   Storage in 26 decentralised warehouses

3. 03

   Expert consultancy and lighting design

4. 04

   Distribution via 25 branch offices and online shop

5. 05

   Electronic integration (OCI, EDI, BMEcat)

6. 06

   Short-notice delivery with 70 delivery vehicles

Locations

Offer Areas

Inside the production

Company History

1. 1927

   Founding of the company Paul Schlegel in Düren

2. 1979

   Acquisition of the company Paul Schlegel by Erwin Loenenbach in Bonn

3. 1986

   Founding of the ETL Group

4. 1990

   Founding of ETL Schlegel GmbH Neuenhagen

5. 1993

   Founding of Digrotec GmbH

6. 1994

   Acquisition of ETL Lange GmbH & Cie.

7. 1997

   Acquisition of ETL Sarx GmbH

8. 2001

   Founding of ETL Schlegel Polska; acquisition of the company ETL Rose GmbH

9. 2007

   Acquisition of Findler & Sohn GmbH

10. 2008

    Acquisition of ETL Solka GmbH

11. 2013

    Acquisition of the company Klewer GmbH

12. 2019

    Acquisition of the company Pomp Bau- und Industrietechnik GmbH