Electrical specialist wholesaler with a full range of electrical materials, industrial supplies, lighting and building technology
Walter Kluxen GmbH
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About Walter Kluxen GmbH
Walter Kluxen GmbH is an electrical specialist wholesaler based in Hamburg that has been active in the market since 1939. The company supplies customers from retail, the electrical trades and industry with a full range of over one million items in the areas of electrical materials, industrial supplies, lighting, tools, data and network technology, household appliances, building services, multimedia as well as renewable energies and building technology. Deliveries are made from the highly modern central warehouse in Eschborn, the specialised cable warehouse in Döbeln and the central warehouse in Mittenwalde; more than 200 vehicles deliver over 24,000 order lines daily with an item availability of 99%. The company is represented at 14 locations in northern Germany and has been part of Würth Elektrogroßhandel (W.EG.) since the 2000s. In addition to trading, Kluxen offers services such as e-business interfaces to tradesman software, kanban system supplying with Würth Industrie Service, consignment warehouses, specialist seminars as well as planning and consulting services for charging points and PV systems.
- Site
- Hamburg
- Processes
- PRO.mobility: charging infrastructure planning, operational management, metrology-law-compliant, Specialist consulting by inside sales and field sales, Training and specialist seminars, Consignment warehouse, Kanban system supplying (with Würth Industrie Service), Rental containers for construction sites, Nationwide old lamp take-back service with Lightcycle, Old battery disposal
- Materials
- Own brands PROTEC.class and PROTEC.net
- Certificates
- Certificates according to website
- Founded
- 1939
- Industries
- Retail (specialist trade), Electrical trades, Industry
- 01
Procurement via manufacturer assortments
- 02
Central warehouses Eschborn and Mittenwalde and cable warehouse Döbeln
- 03
Picking and dispatch
- 04
Route management with over 200 vehicles nationwide
- 05
Consulting and support via inside sales, field sales and branches
- 06
Digital processing via online shop and e-business interfaces
Range and Services
Own brands PROTEC.class and PROTEC.net
Own quality brands with over 5,800 active items for tools, electrical installation materials, lighting systems and network components for retail, trades and industry.
Locations
Hamburg
DEHead office with collection shop
Product Areas
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality
Walter Kluxen GmbH is part of Würth Elektrogroßhandel and ensures quality through its own quality brands (PROTEC.class, PROTEC.net) as well as optimised processes together with UNI ELEKTRO.
| Evidence | Hamburg |
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| Certificates according to website |
History
- 1939
Walter Kluxen founds his company for radio equipment on 01.07.1939 in the Chilehaus in Hamburg.
- 1940er
Specialisation in the distribution of components for industrial electronics and electrical engineering.
- 1950er
Walter Kluxen takes over his former training company Hans F. Wilke and merges the two companies.
- 1960er
Move into the new company building on Nordkanalstraße with what was then 200 employees.
- 1970er
Uwe Kluxen takes over the company after the death of his father.
- 1980er
Expansion of the company headquarters with computerised workstations and introduction of data processing software.
- 1990er
Sale by the Kluxen family, switch to SAP, construction of a new office and logistics complex and relocation to Hamburg-Rahlstedt.
- 2000+
Acquisition by Würth; Kluxen becomes a member of the Würth Group. Supply from the central warehouses in Mittenwalde and Döbeln.
- Aktuell
Head office including collection shop in Hamburg-Wandsbek; 14 locations in northern Germany (timeline lists 12 locations).