Videoton (company)


Videoton, officially VIDEOTON HOLDING Ltd., is a privately owned company group based out of Székesfehérvár, Hungary, and specializing in contract manufacturing, mainly electronics manufacturing services (EMS). The company was founded in 1938 and it became well known among the Warsaw Pact/Comecon countries for supplying stadium-sized electronic scoreboards. In 1991 the company was privatized and since then Videoton has provided contract manufacturing services for its partners.
It ranks 33rd globally and 3rd in EU according to the 2021 . The estimated value of the group according to the 2022 survey of Forbes. The company has
WWW videoton.hu

History

1938-1991: The early years and the state era of VIDEOTON

The legal predecessor of VIDEOTON was founded in 1938. After World War II, the company was rebuilt, and owned by the state between 1955 and 1991. It developed, produced and sold Videoton branded consumer, computer and defense electronics. The company's named officially became VIDEOTON Electronics in 1981. After the political changes in the early 90s – especially due to the cancelled orders of the East-European market – the company got into difficult situation, causing its liquidation to begin in . The current shareholders and Hungarian Credit Bank and Euroinvest Ltd. acquired the company's assets in a public tender.

1991-1995: Consolidation and building out the contract manufacturing structure

. After the crisis management the intense market and contact building work started, and the first outsourcing projects took place mainly for entertainment-, automation- and automotive industry customers.
In connection with the IBM Slider project, the production of computer components for well-known multinational companies started, while cable assembly operations with more than 1,000 employees were implemented in Enying and Veszprém. Although TV production ceased by 1995, VIDEOTON started to manufacture industrial electronics with ABB, and the consumer electronics business also ran up thanks to its partnership with Matsushita-Bosch Video.
Meanwhile, the transformation of the Székesfehérvár site into an industrial park also started.
EUROTON-Elektronikai Kft., VIDEOTON-MECHLABOR Kft., AFL Videoton Kft. were founded.

1996-2000: Stabilization and optimization

The private owners acquired the 100% control of the company after a MBO in 1996. The consumer electronics and automotive segments continued to develop through collaborations with multinational partners such as Kenwood, Panasonic and Texas Instruments.
The Plastic business unit split from VT GALVANO PLASTIC Ltd., and today's VT Plastic Ltd. was established., where the assembly of Sanyo battery packs started. With this the company stepped into the battery-pack market. Also quality assurance improvements took place: VIDEOTON Autoelectronics Ltd. received QS 9000 and VDA 6.1 certification.
VT Transman Ltd. was established in 1998. The company entered the small kitchen appliances market. Stamping plant started in Törökszentmiklós. Also the entertainment electronics product portfolio expanded: VIDEOTON Audio Ltd. started the production of professional speaker boxes. The production of loudspeakers for automotive industry for Goodmans was newly started in Videoton's Kunhegyes site. Videoton became a regional CEM company group at the end of the millennium by buying BRG Ltd., Semilab Ltd. and DZU AD in Stara Zagora.

2000-2004: IT sector-crisis, redesign

The group, which was on growth path, tried to maintain its development with product development- and product launch services at the beginning of the 2000s. Also, VIDEOTON improved the technological level with further investments: the first BGA implantation and testing production line was put into operation. Thanks to that production of set-top-box for Bull Electronics could be started. The first Videoton-designed production line for Denso was completed. This resulted in the start of a new division in VT Informatika Ltd, which later separated as VT ASYST Ltd. Due to the many new projects, the expansion of Videoton Elektro-Mechanics started and a new electronics assembly hall was built.
VT Metal Ltd. was established by merging galvanizing and metalworking in 2002. : the production of labor-intensive consumer electronics and IBM products were lost by VIDEOTON, while consumer and industrial electronics projects became increasingly important. In addition, further collaborations that required vertical integration improved the situation, while the automotive profile was also expanding.
VT Metal Ltd. and VT Autoelectronics Ltd. obtained ISO / TS 16949 certification, and VIDEOTON EAS Kft. was established.

2005-2007: On growth path again

Following the downturn in the IT sector in previous years, thanks to the parallel increasing share of the automotive, industrial and consumer electronics industries in Videoton's portfolio, the group turned on a growth path and partnered with new multinational companies.
, and so VIDEOTON became a supplier to Suzuki Swift. The year after the 5th plant of VIDEOTON Autoelectronics Ltd. was opened, and the production of Braun irons begun in Kaposvár in a 5000 m2 new building.

2008-2011: Increasing efficiency in the recession

The sheet metal processing site in Törökszentmiklós was integrated into VT INFORMATIKA Ltd., thus formulated the present-day Videoton bought the site, and established the new Ukrainian site as well, that was involved to serve wire harness assembly for AFL.
Despite the crisis, important investment projects took place: construction of 2 new galvanic lines at VT Metal Ltd. started. Hager moved the production of hundreds of products to VIDEOTON EAS Ltd. The purchase of the first Fuji NXT line took place. The in Ukraine ramped up employing nearly 1,000 people.
Videoton opened up to new markets such as green energy, and industrial air technology at the end of the decade by acquiring and Ventifilt Ltd. Finishing of low voltage circuit breakers started at VT METAL Ltd. for Eaton / Möller. The modernization of SMD insertion capacity with FUJI NXT machines took place at

2012-2019: Dynamic growth

It is specialized in the integration of high complexity machines. VT ASYST Ltd was established also this year. The company plans and produces special machines, production equipment, testers and production lines
VIDEOTON . By this time electronics assembly represented the largest share in the portfolio. Videoton was awarded with Bisnode Reliability Award in 2014.
Production of Formlabs 3D printer was started by the company group, that required the cooperation of several group members.
The VT EAS, member company of 25-year-old „new” VIDETON founded a in 2016., and improved its assembly capacity further: production of AVM routers started by the company this year.
The growth of revenue continued further, while huge investment projects started in 2018: VT EAS Ltd. moved in.

Activity Breakdown

The contribution of production supporting services to sales revenue is also significant.

Organization Structure

The member companies of

https://www.videoton.hu/about-us/member-companies/?lang=en Manufacturing companies

PCBA & Box build assembly
  • * VIDEOTON Autoelectronics Ltd.
  • * VIDEOTON EAS Ltd.
  • * VIDEOTON EAS Bulgaria Part manufacturing & Box build assembly
  • * VIDEOTON Elektro-PLAST Ltd.
  • * VIDEOTON Battery Technologies Ltd.
  • * VT ES Ltd.
  • * VT BH d.o.o
  • * VT Mechatronics Ltd.
  • * VT Tipa Ltd.
  • * VT Asyst Ltd. Part manufacturing. & Heavy duty assembly
  • * VT Plastic Ltd.
  • * VT Bulplast d.o.o
  • * VT METAL Ltd.
  • * VT Precíziós Ltd.
  • * VT Rendszertechnika Ltd.
  • * KVJ Művek Ltd.
  • * Ventifilt Ltd. Service companies:
  • * Pannonjob Ltd.
  • * VIDEOTON Ipari Park Vállalat
  • * VT ARtrans Ltd.
  • * Pannonfacility Ltd.