Vitronic inspires Europe
Vitronic was identified as one of the 1000 companies by the London Stock Exchange Group that inspired Europe. In order to be included in the list of 1000, the companies had to record a steady and strong sales growth over a period of at least three years, thus clearly outperforming their competitors.
At the beginning of 2018, the number of Vitronic employees worldwide rose to 1,000, 800 of them at the headquarters in Wiesbaden. Over the last five years, staff have grown by more than 10 percent each year.
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Vitronic Dr.-Ing. Stein Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbHHasengartenstraße 14
65189 Wiesbaden
Germany
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