About KUK

Facts and Figures

Year of establishment

1990

Founders

Hansueli Koster and Bruno Koster

Legal form

Stock company (AG) with a capital stock of CHF 240,000. Members of company management and management staff hold 100% of all shares.

Headquarters

Appenzell (Switzerland)

Affiliated company

KUK (China) Ltd., Shanghai, China
KUK COILS Slovakia s.r.o., Nová Dubnica, Slovakia

Employees

330 (Appenzell 150, Shanghai 100, Nová Dubnica 80)

Apprentices

5 (Assembly workers, electronics specialists, clerical employees)

Markets

Automotive 47 %
Mechanical and electrical engineering 22 %
Medical devices 12 %
Laboratory and sensor systems 10 %
Construction 5 %
Textile 2 %
Others 2 %

Export share

42 %

Coils produced annually

100 million coils / year
1 million printed circuit boards / year<