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Siemens acquires BJC thus reinforcing its position on the Spanish market for electrical installation technology

/noticias.info/ Siemens is acquiring BJC Spain’s third-largest supplier of switches and socket-outlets in Spain. This acquisition will enable Building Technologies, a division of the Siemens-Industry-Sector, to expand its strong global position on the market for electrical installation technology. Building Technologies will also gain entry to the residential construction market and improve its access to the market for electrical installation in functional buildings in Spain. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Headquartered in Rubí near Barcelona, BJC is one of Spain’s leading suppliers of switches and socket-outlets. With a workforce of some 380 employees, BJC manufactures and distributes as one of its main tasks switches and socket-outlets, street, garden and industrial lighting as well as plug-and-socket devices for industrial applications. BJC has a very strong presence in the local electrical wholesale trade and has a nationwide sales network. The company generated sales revenues of some 54 million euros in the 2007 fiscal year.

“BJC will broaden our base on the profitable Spanish market for electrical installation technology and opens up many possibilities for us to reinforce our position further as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electrical installation material for residential and functional buildings”, comments Godehardt Schneider, CEO of the Electrical Installation Technology Business Unit at Siemens Building Technologies. “We look forward to being able to offer BJC’s customers an even wider range of innovative products in future”, he adds.

BJC has been extensively restructured by a financial investor in recent years. Siemens will acquire 100% of the company’s share capital. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. BJC will be integrated in the Electrical Installation Technol-ogy (ET) Business Unit of the Building Technologies Division. notas_de_prensa_archivo