Leadec is a global industrial service provider for planning, installation, automation, maintenance and facility management of factories.
Leadec Holding BV & Co. KG
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About Leadec
Leadec is an internationally active service provider for factories throughout their entire life cycle. The service portfolio includes factory planning and optimization, electrical and mechanical installation including steel and metal construction projects, automation and Production IT, machine relocation, maintenance of production equipment, technical cleaning (including paint shops, dry ice and high-pressure cleaning), fluid management, intralogistics, value added services such as wheel and tire assembly as well as pre-assembly of vehicle components, technical and infrastructural facility management, and Green Factory Solutions. The digitalized service processes are mapped via the company's own platform Leadec.os. Customers come from industries such as automotive, commercial vehicles, aerospace, e-commerce/parcel, food & beverage, consumer goods, high-tech and battery production. Leadec employs around 22,500 people at more than 380 locations in 16 countries on four continents; the group headquarters is located in Stuttgart. Since 2016, the company has belonged to the investment firm Triton.
- Site
- Stuttgart
- Processes
- Production Equipment Maintenance (Servicing, Inspection, Preventive Maintenance), Fluid Management (industrial lubricants, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance), Automation (robot programming, instrumentation and control, Industry 4.0 solutions), Production IT (in-house software solutions, MES, intelligent production control), Integrated Facility Management (technical and non-technical services, HVAC, cranes, forklifts etc.), Technical Facility Management (operation, maintenance, inspection, repair of technical facilities), Intralogistics (warehouse management, spare parts logistics, line feeding, fleet management), Value Added Services: Wheel & Tire Assembly (storage, assembly, JIT/JIS line-side delivery)
- Materials
- Steel/Metal (steel or metal construction projects), Steel/Metal
- Certificates
- Certificates according to sources
- Founded
- 1962
- Employees
- ca. 22,500 worldwide
- Industries
- Automotive (passenger cars & light trucks), Commercial vehicles & buses, Off-Highway (agricultural/construction machinery), Aerospace, E-Commerce & Parcel, Food & Beverage
- 01
Factory planning and optimization
- 02
Electrical and mechanical installation (incl. steel/metal construction)
- 03
Automation and Production IT
- 04
Commissioning and ramp-up
- 05
Maintenance, fluid management and technical cleaning
- 06
Intralogistics and value added services
- 07
Facility Management
Materials and Processes
Steel/Metal
Material for steel and metal construction projects, which Leadec realizes from planning through fabrication to assembly.
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production Equipment Maintenance (Servicing, Inspection, Preventive Maintenance)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fluid Management (industrial lubricants, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Automation (robot programming, instrumentation and control, Industry 4.0 solutions)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly | – | – | – | – | Stahl |
| Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Production IT (in-house software solutions, MES, intelligent production control)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Surface | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Integrated Facility Management (technical and non-technical services, HVAC, cranes, forklifts etc.)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Technical Facility Management (operation, maintenance, inspection, repair of technical facilities)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Intralogistics (warehouse management, spare parts logistics, line feeding, fleet management)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Value Added Services: Wheel & Tire Assembly (storage, assembly, JIT/JIS line-side delivery)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Value Added Services: Pre-assembly of car parts (axles, subframes, battery components)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
Leadec works with standardized processes, digital documentation via Leadec.os, as well as condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for high equipment availability. No publicly listed certificates are available.
| Evidence | Stuttgart |
|---|---|
| Certificates according to sources |
History
- 1962
Foundation of the boiler cleaning company Reichenberger & Co. in Munich
- 1985
Renaming to Deutsche Industriewartung GmbH & Co. KG (DIW)
- 1986
Acquisition of DIW by Salamander and Voith
- 2000
Transfer into the group division Voith Industrial Services
- 2005
Expansion into North America through acquisition of the Premier Group, Cincinnati (USA)
- 2006
Majority acquisition of Hörmann Industrietechnik, Kirchseeon
- 2009
Expansion into Asia through the founding of a company in China
- 2013
Acquisition of thyssenkrupp Services, UK
- 2014
Acquisition of Helix Systems, Bessemer (USA)
- 2016
Sale of the Voith industrial services division to Triton Partners; split into Leadec and Veltec
- 2017
Introduction of the Leadec brand
- 2019
Acquisition of IPO.Plan; revenue approx. €900 million
- 2020
Acquisitions of IVG Göhringer, AVI GmbH and Diversified Automation (USA)
- 2021
Acquisitions of Schulz&Reichl Elektrobau, Partners in Hygiene, Industrial Maintenance & Services of Belton and Meiners Electric; first food & beverage customer Liotécnica in Brazil
- 2022
Acquisitions of Elmleigh Electrical Systems (UK) and Castrol Industrie und Service GmbH
- 2023
Foundation of Leadec France SAS; acquisition of FISS Automatika Kft. (Hungary)
- 2024
Start of business operations in Spain and Portugal
- 2025
Acquisition of Servycat/Electro Servycat (Spain); 1 million wheels assembled for MAN; revenue >€1.35 billion