Amica (company)

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Amica S.A.
Company type Joint-stock company
WSE:  AMICA
ISIN PLAMICA00010  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Industry Home appliance
Founded1945;79 years ago (1945)
Headquarters
Wronki
,
Poland
Area served
 Europe
Key people
Jacek Rutkowski (president)
Revenue681,000,000 Euro (2018)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
26,600,000 Euro (2018)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Number of employees
3,000 (2024) [1]
Website www.amica.pl
www.amica-group.com

Amica is a global manufacturer of household appliances headquartered in Wronki in western-central Poland. The company produces refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, electric stoves and kettles for kitchens under the brands Hansa, CDA, Gram.

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History

Amica was founded in 1945 under the names Predom-Wromet Heating Equipment Factory [2] and Wromet Kitchen Products Factory. [3]

In the 1980s, products were exported to the GDR. [4] In 1992, the company was privatized and renamed Amica. [5] In the same year, Amica football club of the same name was created. [6] In 1997 it was listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. [7]

In 2001, Amica acquired the Danish rival Gram Domestic and the following year the German Premiere Hausgerätetechnik GmbH. [8]

The main sales markets for Amica are in Poland, Germany, Great Britain and Scandinavia. [9]

In 2010, Samsung Electronics bought two Amica factories in the Polish cities Poznań and Wronki for the production of refrigerators and washing machines. [10] [11]

In 2012 and 2015, the company received international Red Dot Design Awards for its products in 2012 and 2015 as well as iF Product Design Award in 2015. [12] [13]

The Amica Group brand portfolio also includes foreign brands: Gram, Hansa and CDA. [14] Gram is a Danish brand that has existed since 1901, acquired by Amica in 2001 and known in Scandinavia. [15] Hansa is a brand that can be found in the markets of Eastern Europe. CDA is a UK brand acquired in 2015 and recognized in distribution channels such as kitchen furniture studios. [16] In 2017, Amica bought a 60.71% stake in Sideme SA Societe Industrielle d'Equipement Moderne, one of the distributors of home appliances in France. [17] After purchasing 39.29% of the shares in August 2015, Amica already owns 100% of Sideme. The total purchase price of all shares of the French company was 5.4 million Euros, which were financed from own funds. [18] [19]

In 2017, the company opened Poland's largest high-bay warehouse with height of 46 meters and an area of 6,500 square meters. [20]

As of 2024, the company was present in 70 countries around the world and produced 4 million household appliances annually. [1]

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  9. ↑ "Poland's Amica accelerates shift to W Europe as Russia sales slump". Reuters. 22 August 2014.
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