Weidmüller, Enercity and Wallbe form alliance

Electromobility

Günter Herkommer, 13.09.2019, 08:10

Weidmüller, Enercity and Wallbe form alliance

Weidmüller Mobility Concepts, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Weidmüller Group, has acquired a 25.1% stake in Paderborn-based Wallbe GmbH from Hanover-based Enercity AG. Wallbe is a full-service provider of e-mobility charging solutions.

Pleased about the future cooperation after signing the contract: Thomas Kriete (Weidmüller), Lars Ulbricht (Wallbe), Klaus Holterhoff (Weidmüller), Dr. Dominik Freund (Wallbe), Jan Trense (Enercity) and Ingo Krogmann (Enercity) (from left to right)

Wallbe manufactures charging stations for electric vehicles, offers cloud-based operating services and develops intelligent payment and billing functions. The Paderborn-based company began as a start-up a few years ago, employs around 50 people and generated revenue of EUR 5.2 million in 2018. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Klaus Holterhoff, Managing Director of Weidmüller Mobility Concepts, comments: "Together with Wallbe and Enercity, we will continue to develop innovative charging infrastructure solutions in Europe. To this end, we are contributing our established expertise in direct current technology, solutions for the Internet of Things as well as product management, development and electrotechnical production. Together, we want to help shape the future of electromobility with safe and calibration-compliant charging station technology."

Dr. Susanna Zapreva, CEO of Enercity: "As part of Wallbe's further strategic alignment, we have gained Weidmüller Mobility Concepts as a shareholder with proven expertise in the field of industrial technology. Thanks to the expertise of the new group of shareholders, Wallbe is very well positioned to assert itself in the rapidly growing e-mobility market." The Hanover-based Enercity Group is a provider of intelligent energy solutions with more than 2,800 employees. With a turnover of around 2.4 billion euros, the Group is one of the largest municipal energy service providers in Germany.

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