- Business
- Leoni AG, headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, and founded in 1917, serves as a leading global provider of products, solutions, and services for energy and data management primarily in the automotive industry. The company develops and produces complex wiring systems, including complete wiring systems with integrated electronics, conventional and preformed cable harnesses, flat cable technology harnesses, engine harnesses, battery cables, high-voltage harnesses for hybrid and electric vehicles, power distribution components such as zonal controllers, intelligent power distribution switches and modules, power distribution boxes, pre-fuse boxes, system integrated data cables, module and device connectors, rigid aluminum busbars, Y/X splitters, instrument wiring, adapter cables, prefabricated modules, cable sets for HVAC and HV batteries, cable channels, grommets, battery junction boxes, battery cell connectors, cables for electric charging systems, glow plug connectors, axle connectors, power Y-splitters, and ultra-thin automotive cables; it also offers wiring system components like cable leadthroughs, ducts, fasteners, mounts, fuse boxes, harness attached parts, and special connectors, alongside high-voltage battery solutions, charging cables such as LEONI EcoSense Nxt and Nxt+, and the fully recyclable LIMEVERSE product line. Leoni operates through a global network of production facilities, sales offices, and development sites in 21 countries across Western and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Americas, and Asia, targeting major OEMs in passenger cars, commercial vehicles, e-mobility, and related sectors with around 87,000 employees and EUR 5 billion in 2024 consolidated sales. In recent developments, Luxshare-ICT acquires a 50.1% majority stake in Leoni AG and its Wiring Systems Division in July 2025, while its subsidiary TIME Interconnect takes full ownership of the spun-off Automotive Cable Solutions division, enhancing market access, technological innovation, supply chain efficiencies, and financial stability following a 2023 restructuring that included debt reduction and a EUR 150 million capital increase; the company opens a new digitally optimized plant in Agadir, Morocco, in January 2025 for commercial vehicle wiring systems, creating over 3,000 jobs, completes relocation to its Factory of the Future in Roth, Germany, in 2024, launches sustainability initiatives like the ReWire program aiming for climate neutrality by 2045 and a 50% product CO2 footprint reduction by 2030, and extends CEO Klaus Rinnerberger's tenure through 2027 with a streamlined executive board.