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The Founding of WAGO

2020-Today

WAGO Drives the Energy Transition Forward

In challenging times, WAGO focuses even more intently on sustainable business activity and incorporates this approach into its vision, summarized by the motto: “We are the backbone of a sustainable and smart connected world.” To rise to this challenge, WAGO has established sustainability as a central goal in its corporate strategy. With its new SOLUTIONS business unit, WAGO relies on customer-specific solutions and focuses on applications that drive the energy transition. In 2021, the company broke €1 billion in sales for the first time. In the same year, Dr. Heiner Lang joined the company as its new CEO. Sven Hohorst switched to the advisory board of the WAGO Group.

Product Developments and Events from the 2020s

  • 2021: SOLUTIONS business unit established
  • 2021: WAGO breaks €1 billion in sales
  • 2021: Dr. Heiner Lang becomes CEO of the WAGO Group
  • 2021: WAGO Inline Splicing Connector with Levers
  • 2022: WAGO Compact Controller 100 for smaller automation solutions

Milestones in the 2020s

2021

New SOLUTIONS Business Unit

With the founding of the new SOLUTIONS business unit, WAGO relies on solutions that are tailored precisely to customer requirements and applications, simultaneously saving resources, time and money through efficiency and sustainability.

2021

Focus on the Energy Transition

With its new business unit, WAGO is expanding its portfolio to include complete system solutions for the building technology, energy distribution, infrastructure networking, mechanical and systems engineering, industrial production systems and the railway industry markets. The focus is on applications from smart energy, smart buildings and smart factories that help drive the energy transition.