FORVIA HELLA Worldwide
€ 8.1 billion sales
Fiscal Year 2024
1899
marks the beginning
of FORVIA HELLA
36,500
employees
(at 31 December 2024)
+125
locations in around 35 countries
FORVIA HELLA at a Glance
FORVIA HELLA is a listed, international automotive supplier. We are a company of the FORVIA Group, the world's seventh largest supplier of automotive technologies. As a global market leader in high-growth areas, FORVIA employs over 150,000 people worldwide. FORVIA HELLA therein stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, we cover a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles with our Business Group Lifecycle Solutions.
Facts & Figures
36,500
Employees
(as of 31 December 2024)
€8.1 billion sales in
Fiscal Year 2024
€803 million
R&D expenditure
in Fiscal Year 2024
+125 Locations
35 Countries
3 Business
Groups
Management Board
Bernard Schäferbarthold
CEO of FORVIA HELLA since 1 January 2024. Many years of experience in the automotive industry. Previously Chief Financial Officer at HELLA, CFO at Nordex SE as well as auditor and tax consultant for the auditing and tax advisory firm Warth & Klein.
Vita
Yves Andres
Member of the FORVIA HELLA Management Board since 15 April 2022 and therein responsible for the Business Group Lighting. Previously at Faurecia (since 2007) in various management positions in the areas of finance, production, sales, program management, most recently responsible for the Business Group Clean Mobility.
Vita
Stefan van Dalen
With HELLA since 2016. As of 1 April 2023 Member of FORVIA HELLA Management Board and therein responsible for the Business Group Lifecycle Solutions. Previously, he was leading our international spare parts and workshop business. Before HELLA, he held various management positions in supply chain management at Robert Bosch.
Vita
Stefanie Rheker
Member of the HELLA Management Board since 1 March 2024 and responsible for global HR management. Many years of experience and leadership qualities in HR, most recently as Chief Human Resources Officer at Arvato.
Vita
Philippe Vienney
Member of the HELLA Management Board as Chief Financial Officer since 1 March 2024. Has held various management positions in Finance & Controlling within the FORVIA Group for 25 years, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of the Clean Mobility Business Group.
Vita
Jörg Weisgerber
With HELLA since 2016. As of 1 April 2023 Member of FORVIA HELLA Management Board and therein responsible the Business Group Electronics. Previously, he was responsible for the electronics business in North and South America. Before HELLA, he held various management positions at IEE S.A., an international sensor specialist.
Vita
Bernard Schäferbarthold
CEO of FORVIA HELLA since 1 January 2024. Many years of experience in the automotive industry. Previously Chief Financial Officer at HELLA, CFO at Nordex SE as well as auditor and tax consultant for the auditing and tax advisory firm Warth & Klein.
Vita
Yves Andres
Member of the FORVIA HELLA Management Board since 15 April 2022 and therein responsible for the Business Group Lighting. Previously at Faurecia (since 2007) in various management positions in the areas of finance, production, sales, program management, most recently responsible for the Business Group Clean Mobility.
Vita
Stefan van Dalen
With HELLA since 2016. As of 1 April 2023 Member of FORVIA HELLA Management Board and therein responsible for the Business Group Lifecycle Solutions. Previously, he was leading our international spare parts and workshop business. Before HELLA, he held various management positions in supply chain management at Robert Bosch.
Vita
Stefanie Rheker
Member of the HELLA Management Board since 1 March 2024 and responsible for global HR management. Many years of experience and leadership qualities in HR, most recently as Chief Human Resources Officer at Arvato.
Vita
Philippe Vienney
Member of the HELLA Management Board as Chief Financial Officer since 1 March 2024. Has held various management positions in Finance & Controlling within the FORVIA Group for 25 years, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of the Clean Mobility Business Group.
Vita
Jörg Weisgerber
With HELLA since 2016. As of 1 April 2023 Member of FORVIA HELLA Management Board and therein responsible the Business Group Electronics. Previously, he was responsible for the electronics business in North and South America. Before HELLA, he held various management positions at IEE S.A., an international sensor specialist.
Vita
FORVIA Business Portfolio
A comprehensive portfolio: six international Business Groups with differentiating product lines
FORVIA HELLA Business Groups
LightingElectronicsLifecycle Solutions
Since its foundation as a small lamp factory in 1899, FORVIA HELLA has long become a leading supplier of vehicle lighting, including headlamps and rear combination lamps as well as car body and interior lighting. Our development activities currently focus on features and technologies expected to be especially important in the future, generating benefits that customers can see and touch, such as light-based driver assistance systems, LEDs and design elements.
Lighting Website
The number and complexity of the electronic components used in vehicles has increased tremendously over the past few years. Although we first started out in lighting electronics, we have now become an expert supplier of all kinds of vehicle electronic solutions. Our product portfolio ranges from complex body electronics such as central control units and access systems to various electronic components, including sensors and vacuum pumps. We are also active in the rapidly growing energy management and driver assistance systems segments, where we offer a wide range of attractive innovations.
Electronics Website
Within the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, we develop, produce and distribute products for the independent parts trade and for workshops. We also serve a wide range of further target groups in this area, from agricultural and construction machinery manufacturers to municipalities and small series manufacturers with innovative lighting and electronic products. The systematic transfer and appropriate application of technology, process and quality know-how from the automotive sector form the basis for the high competitiveness in innovation and costs.
Tech World
Partner World
Special Original Equipment Website
Our History: 10 Milestones
1899
Founded as "Westfälische Metall Industrie AG"
1908
First Acetylene headlamp "System Hella": HELLA becomes a trademark
1961
Start of internationalisation with first factory abroad
1965
Entering electronics business: first fully electronic flasher unit
1986
Brand HELLA now also included in the company’s name (HELLA KG Hueck Co.)
2010
Start of production of the first DC/DC converter, 4 million voltage converters produced since then
2013
World's first LED matrix technology
2014
HELLA goes public
2020
Launch of 77 GHz radar sensors as an essential key technology for automated driving
2022
Faurecia takes over majority share: FORVIA, the 7th largest supplier for automotive technologies worldwide emerges
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