FRIWO Company Profile
Empowered by FRIWO
01 FRIWO in time lapse
1971: The beginning of a success story
Friemann & Wolf develops the world's first plug-in power supply.
FRIWO in time lapse: The milestones
- 1971: Invention of the world's first plug-in power supply unit. Used for cassette recorders - production output: 1,000 units per day.
- 1982: Acquisition by CEAG AG. Turnover: DM 73 million / Employees: 640. Europe's largest manufacturer of small power supplies and chargers. Manufacturing of 25,000 units per day.
- 1983: New corporate structures. FMP business unit sold to Flextronics. CEAG AG is taken over by VTC and renamed FRIWO AG.
- 1992: FRIWO is divided into two divisions: FRIWO Mobile Power (FMP) and FRIWO Power Solutions (FPS).
- 2002: Certification according to DIN ISO 9001. As the first company in the industry.
- 2005: Expansion. FRIWO founds its own subsidiary in India, one of the world's strongest growth markets for electric mobility.
- 2008: The "golden power supply". Production of 1,000,000,000 power supplies.
- 2013: FRIWO acts as a system provider. Digitally controllable, precisely matched power supply and drive solutions from a single source.
- 2014: Takeover of Emerge-Engineering GmbH. Developer and manufacturer of components for electric drives.
- 2016: Certification according to DIN ISO 13485. An additional quality promise for medical technology.
- 2018: Grand Opening Vietnam. Opening of a state-of-the-art production facility in Vietnam.
- 2019: A first step towards a system concept. The company starts manufacturing battery packs. Breaking through the sales barrier. FRIWO generates sales of over 100 million euros for the first time.
- 2020: High-tech supplier with a global footprint. FRIWO offers digitally controllable, precisely matched power supply and drive system solutions from a single source.
02 The company today: our range of services
Our product portfolio
Power supply systems
- Power supplies
- Chargers
- Battery packs
- LED drivers
Drive system solutions
- Motor controllers
- Service software
- Drive units
- Vehicle control units
- Displays
- Chargers
- Battery packs
Solutions for demanding future markets
- Tools
- Industrial
- Medical
- E-Mobility
What we stand for
FRIWO enables its customers to improve their products and differentiate themselves in the market.
- Highly reliable quality
- Absolute customer orientation
- Smart intelligence
- Innovativeness
Brand & Claim
Brand promise
Core competencies
Our development know-how: Power supply systems
- Highly efficient power supply solutions with up to 1,000 W power output
- Microcontroller operated charging systems with up to 500 W output power
- Medical technology solutions with ~0 µA leakage current
- Over 20 years of experience in ASIC design
- Patented primary PWM controller
- Use of ICs to protect against product piracy
Our development know-how: Drive systems
- Solutions for 48 V drive systems with up to 12 kW power output
- Modular system for the individual electrification of drive units
- Highly efficient control algorithms for hybrid synchronous machines
- State-of-the-art communication interfaces
- Robust solutions for continuous outdoor use under all climatic conditions
"Quality first"
- Own FRIWO laboratory
- In-house approbation department
- State-of-the-art development instruments
- EMC cabin
- 3D prototyping
- X-ray control
- Waterproof test
- Climatic test
- Drop test
- Pull test
- Vibration test
- DFMEA
03 Figures & facts
Key figures – financial year 2019
- 95.8 million EUR turnover
- 1,708 employees
Organization
1,708 employees as of 31.12.2019
- Chief Executive Officer: Rolf Schwirz
- Chief Operation Officer: Dominik Wüffen
- Chief Financial Officer: Ulrich Lammers
- Chief Sales Officer: Michael Wiegand
- Chief Technology Officer: Tobias Müller
- Sales Key Accounts: Michael Wiegand
- Sales Major Acc. & Distribution: Gerrit Menzel
- Sales Processing: Bianca Patzelt
- Sales E-Mobility: Peter Görtzen
- Sales Vietnam: Kien Nguyen
- Sales Controlling: Michael Wiegand
- Marketing: Lisa Skelnik
- Product Management: Frederick Balzer
- Project Management: Michael Wiegand
- Operations Ostbevern: Dominik Wüffen
- FRIWO Vietnam: Artur Petrosjan
- FRIWO China: Hobo Wei
- Global Quality: Alexander Reinker
- Global Procurement: Carsten Pott
- Accounting & Finance: Raimund Wansing
- Controlling: Petra Schwillo
- IR / Legal Matters: Ulrich Lammers
- Global IT & Digital Transformation: Jendrik Müllers
- Human Resources: Ansgar Speckmann
- R&D HPC* & Batteries: Arno Reinhard
- R&D Power Supplies & LPC**: Lothar Altemüller
- R&D Mechanical Engineering: Tobias Müller
- R&D Software: Matthias Meinigmann
- R&D Documentation: Karl-Heinz Baumeister
- R&D Vietnam Department: Linzhong Xu
- E-Mobility Division: Tobias Müller
* High Power Chargers ** Low Power Chargers
04 Our production sites: the best of two worlds
Ostbevern: highly flexible production offers shortest delivery times
FRIWO Germany
- Focus on the flexible production of power supplies and chargers in smaller quantities.
- Production centre for battery packs.
- Modern production facilities with the highest degree of automation.
- Last minute customization of standard products: shortest delivery times for European customers.
- ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and ISO 14001 certifications.
Dong Nai: European manufacturing know-how meets attractive production conditions in Asia
FRIWO Vietnam
- Competence centre for the production of complex chargers and power supplies.
- Production according to European standards under German management.
- Focus on production of higher quantities.
- Modern quality department on site.
- Own training center for employees.
- Certification according to SA 8000, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
Highest quality thanks to European equipment
- Modern nitrogen wave soldering machines from German manufacturer.
- Own nitrogen generator and air compressor from German manufacturer.
- Fully automated varnish line.
- Full temperature and humidity control inside warehouse and production.
- ESD floor in the entire production.
Vertical integration in Vietnam: Maximum supply security and highest quality control
Sourcing
THT assembly
SMT assembly
Manual assembly & test
Wave soldering
In-circuit test
Automated test system
Typical distribution of components:
- PCB: 5%
- Transformer: 17%
- Cable: 19%
- Housing: 10%
- Others: 49%
Own transformer production (2017)
Own cable assembly (2018)
Own injection moulding machines (2019)
Our factories in Vietnam
Plant I
- Production of power supplies and chargers
- THT & SMT
- Competence center for wave soldering
- Total area: 10,827 m²
- Production: 3,000 m²
- Warehouse: 1,000 m²
- Office: 1,025 m²
- Available production hours per month (single shift): 140,000 h
- Available production hours per month (two shifts): 270,000 h
Plant II
- Production of transformers, chokes and coils
- Total area: 7,500 m²
- Production: 5,000 m²
- Warehouse: 1,000 m²
- Office: 400 m²
- Available production hours per month (single shift): 180,000 h
- Available production hours per month (two shifts): 320,000 h
Plant III
- Production of DC cables and wires
- Production of housings and plastic bobbins
- Warehouse for raw materials and finished products
- Total area: 11,000 m²
- Production: 3,200 m²
- Warehouse: 4,000 m²
- Office: 400 m²
- Available production hours per month (single shift): 100,000 h
- Available production hours per month (two shifts): 170,000 h
Organization Vietnam
1,550 employees as of 30.04.2020
- General Director: Artur Petrosjan
- Deputy General Director: Niklas Hirsch
- Controlling: Niklas Hirsch
- Chief Financial Officer: Calvin Nguyen
- Supply Chain Manager: Amy Nguyen
- Operations
- Equipment Maintenance: Kayden Vu
- Head of Quality: Kodi Nguyen
- SMD Manager: Henry Pham
- Transformer Production: Cris Do
- Production Planning Manager: Heike Nguyen
- Warehouse Manager: Danny Vu
- Process & CIP Transformer: Horse Nguyen
- Operations Coordinator
- Head of HR: Vivian Le
- Head of R&D: Linzhong Xu
- Head of Plastic Eng.: Rio Nguyen
- Cable Production: Cherry Le
- Process & CIP Cable: Marc Nguyen
- Assistant: Jolie Nguyen
- IT Manager: Artur Petrosjan
- Head of Sales: Kien Nguyen
- Prep. and Material Control: Nancy Lam
- Power Supply Production: Cherry Le
- Process & CIP Power Supply: Rio Nguyen
05 Extract: current portfolio highlights
Design meets technology: FOXNEO
A standard product that sets new standards
6W
12W
18W
30W
FOXNEO
- Flexibility thanks to high configurability
- Unique design
- Wide range of interchangeable adapters
- 3 years warranty
- Conformity: EN/IEC 62368-1, Medical 4th edition, VO EG 278/2009
- Customization by laser printing
Maximum availability: 48 hours delivery time EXW Ostbevern (GER) after order confirmation
This delivery time only applies to orders placed via www.NEOconfigurator.com and depends on quantities: 250 pcs: 48 hours, 1,000 pcs: 14 days.
Compact e-bike charger as optimal travel companion
- Shortest charging times thanks to high currents: Two power classes available with 4 A or 6 A.
- 5 V / 50 mA output for battery electronics.
- Variety of communication options, e.g. CAN-Bus.
- With PFC and resonant circuit.
- Fanless design for noiseless charging.
- Closed housing without any ventilation slots.
- Surface temperature of max. 65°C.
- Safety: integrated temperature protection, timer, current limiting.
FRIWO Systems
Digitally controllable power supply and drive system solutions from one source
Example: E-Scooter
- Display
- Vehicle control unit
- Drive unit
- Motor controller
- Battery pack
- Charger
- Service software
Emerge 6000: best-in-class motor controller
- 6 kW power with boost function
- Communication via Bluetooth and CAN
- Highest possible efficiency
- Control via smartphone app
- Field-oriented control incl. field weakening
- Automatic teach-in function
- 4 driving mode settings
- Reverse gear
- Small form factor
Our standard battery pack: a detailed view
- Samsung INR 18650 35E cells
- 14S/12P cell layout
- Nominal voltage 50.4 V
- Energy 2216 Wh
- Continuous current 50 A
- Peak current 65 A
- Standby < 0.1 mA
- CAN bus communication
- Diagnostic interfaces: USB, CAN
The alternative: our high power pack
- Samsung INR 18650 30Q cells
- 14S/12P cell layout
- Nominal voltage 50.4 V
- Energy 1814 Wh
- Continuous current 140 A
- Peak current 180 A
- Standby < 0.1 mA
- CAN bus communication
- Diagnostic interfaces: USB, CAN
