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The East Thuringian company ILB Industrielackierung Biedermann GmbH has now been awarded as the newest member of the Thuringian Hidden Championscampaign. With the Hidden Champions campaign (hidden champions) in Thuringia, the Free State and its state development company (LEG Thüringen) honor world market and technology leaders based here. ILB can now also call itself such a “champion”. For the handover of the certificate of appointment, representatives of LEG Thüringen visited the company headquarters in Unterwellenborn on Wednesday, April 23. According to its own information, the company is an industrial paint shop that offers customers versatile solutions. The areas that make ILB strong on the markets are wet painting and powder coating. With its powder-coated aluminum membranes for parking assistance sensors in the automotive industry, the company supplies customers all over the world.
The product portfolio is broad. It includes, among other things, high-quality paint surfaces in medical technology, the automotive sector, mechanical engineering, steel and metal construction, as well as many other industries. In addition, ILB offers further process steps, including blasting of components, assembly and finishing, screen printing, and logistics. The company's history dates back to 1991; today ILB employs around 100 people and generates an annual turnover of approximately 15 million euros.
The company joins a group of nearly 100 outstanding companies that together employ more than 14,000 people and generate around 8 billion euros in revenue. Among them are internationally known corporations such as Carl Zeiss and Jenoptik as well as Hidden Champions like Häcker Automation and Askion.
Background:
Thüringen operates at the top of the world – with high-performing medium-sized companies that have achieved market leadership or technology leadership through innovative products and services as well as leading technologies. Nearly one hundred such Thuringian companies rank among the best in their respective fields on the global market. The Free State of Thuringia aims to increase the visibility of these Hidden Champions through its campaign, not least to make Thuringia better known as a place to work and live.
Further information at: https://www.hidden-champions-thuringia.de/
