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., Nova Dubnica, Slovakia

Employees as of Dec. 31, 2009

240 (Appenzell 100, Shanghai 80, Nova Dubnica 60)

Apprentices

5 (Assembly workers, electronics specialists, clerical employees)

Markets

Automotive 47.8 %
Mechanical and electrical engineering 21.8 %
Medical devices 11.5 %
Laboratory and sensor systems 10.2 %
Construction 5.0 %
Textile 2.2 %
Others 2.5 %

Export share

42 %

Coils produced annually

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