Murrelektronik GmbH

The specialist for decentralized automation technology

Murrelektronik specializes in decentralized electrical automation technology and develops, produces, and distributes installation systems for machines and systems that bring signals, data, and power directly to the process, making control cabinets redundant. The portfolio includes connectors and cables (connectivity), passive and active distributors, I/O systems such as MVK and Cube67, power supplies, network technology, and the cabinet-free module system Vario-X. In addition, the company offers digital services for installation, commissioning, and maintenance, network planning, EMC testing, as well as custom cable and connector specifications. The Murrelektronik Group employs over 3,200 people in more than 50 countries and operates four global production and logistics sites with over 32,000 m² of production and logistics space. Customers come from industries such as automotive, food & beverage, intralogistics, robotics, machine tools, packaging, mobile applications, and renewable energy. The Austrian branch at Vienna Airport (Schwechat) serves as a hub for Central and Eastern Europe.

Site

Vienna Airport (Schwechat)

Processes

Digital services for installation, commissioning, and maintenance, Consulting/expert advice on installation concepts, Network planning and design, EMC testing services (EMC test center Oppenweiler), Custom cable/connector specification and special development, MEX express production according to customer requirements

Materials

Metal-housing modules, Plastic-housing modules, Cable types

Certificates

ISO 9001:2015, EcoVadis Gold Medal, ISO 9001, EcoVadis Gold, EMC test center, 100 % tested connectors

Founded

1975

Employees

3,200

Industries

Automotive, Food & Beverage, Intralogistics, Mobile Applications, Robotics, Machine Tools

1. 01

   Engineering & network planning

2. 02

   Development of the installation systems

3. 03

   Production at four global sites

4. 04

   Quality inspection (including 100 % tested connectors, EMC test center)

5. 05

   Sales & logistics

6. 06

   Digital services for installation, commissioning, and maintenance

Products & Technologies

Production and Logistics Sites

Oppenweiler

DE

Headquarters, competence center fieldbus systems, production

• EMC test center

Stollberg

DE

Competence center connectors, production

Stod

CZ

Murr CZ s.r.o. – development and production

Vienna Airport (Schwechat)

AT

Austria branch, CEE hub

Products & Systems

Inside the production

Processes & technical limits

Quality & Certificates

Quality assurance includes, among other things, 100 % tested connectors and an EMC test center at the headquarters in Oppenweiler. The management system is certified to ISO 9001:2015; the EcoVadis Gold Medal was received in 2026.

History

1. 1975

   Founded by Franz Hafner in Oppenweiler; first product RC-S01/220

2. 1976

   First foreign representation in Switzerland

3. 1978

   Interface technology becomes the second major product area; 30 employees

4. 1983

   Establishment of the China branch

5. 1985

   Start of automation technology; 148 employees

6. 1989

   Move into a new building (270 employees); entry into fieldbus technology

7. 1993

   Acquisition of the company KSG in Stollberg

8. 1994

   Establishment of the USA branch

9. 1995

   Establishment of the Brazil branch

10. 2001

    Murrelektronik Group reaches 1,000 employees; MVK Plastic is launched

11. 2002

    Start with SAP; market launch of MVK Metal

12. 2004

    Cube67 wins the Automation Award

13. 2008

    Branch in Schwechat (Austria) established

14. 2012

    Subsidiary founded in Hungary

15. 2016

    Subsidiary founded in Slovakia