Seca

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seca gmbh & co. kg.
Type	GmbH & Co. KG
Founded	1840
Headquarters	Hamburg, Germany
Industry	Biomedical Engineering and Life Science
Products	Scales and measuring instruments which determine the physical condition of a person on the basis of that person’s weight and height. They are used above all in doctor’s surgeries and in hospitals for diagnosis and therapy purposes and for nutrition consultation, for babies, children and adults. They are also used in veterinary medicine.
Employees	> 300
Owner	Sönke Vogel, managing owner
Slogan	seca - Precision for health
Website	http://www.seca.com

seca gmbh & co. kg. is looked upon as being the leader in the sector of medical weighing and measuring. seca develops, produces and sells scales and measuring instruments. Its products are exported to more than 110 countries. The company’s headquarters is in Hamburg and it has branches in Austria, France, England, Switzerland, Japan, China, Mexico and the USA.

1 Foundation and history
2 Corporate structure
3 Products
4 External links

[edit] Foundation and history

In 1840, locksmith A.C.C. Joachims set up on his own in Hamburg and began to build scales. He had acquired the necessary know-how from the Strasbourg mechanic and monk Quintenz who had invented the decimal scale in 1821.In the course of the next thirty years, the locksmith’s workshop developed into a small factory. However, the business stagnated when Joachims died in 1874. Things started to improve again when Frederik Vogel, a young businessman, purchased the scales factory in 1888. He expanded the product range and introduced the brand name seca which he had registered in 1897.

The company survived World War One and the Great Depression in the 20th century and then Frederik Vogel passed the management over to his son Robert. Robert Vogel steered the company through World War Two and began with the successful reconstruction immediately after the end of the war. When Robert Vogel died in 1966, his son Sönke joined the company.

In 1970, Sönke Vogel decided in favour of a new corporate concept. Since then focus has been on medical measuring and weighing, on products which are needed for diagnosis and therapy purposes in medicine in order to determine the precise weight of a patient. The product portfolio has been consistently expanded and is available on all international markets. Initially, seca was a supplier among many but is now market leader for these products.