The Preh history

1919-1945

FOUNDING YEARS WITH
INGENUITY

Founder: Jakob Preh | Manufacturing of
electrical installation parts and accessories
Innovation: Preh radio

Founding of company in Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale on March 11, 1919, by Jakob Preh under the trade name Jakob Preh, jun. Electrical installation parts and accessories are manufactured in an old restaurant. The age of radios begins. Jakob Preh is one of the first German manufacturers to develop the “Preh Funk” radio receiver. The young company has 200 employees.

1954 - 1988

THE RADIO AND TV ERA

Quality supplier to the electronics industry | Plug-in connectors | Computer keyboards

Preh Potentiometer for radio sets, “Prehomat” and “Prehostat” TV channel selectors and a wide range of plug-in connectors set the industry standard for quality and reliability. In 1969, the company’s 50th anniversary, Preh posts record sales of 92 million German marks. In 1988, Preh enters the field of automotive electronics.

1988 - 1993

BREAKING INTO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Heating and climate control systems | Controls for on-board computers |  Potentiometric sensors 

Early products include mechanical /electronic heating and climate control systems, controls for the first on-board computers and potentiometric sensors for controlling the throttle valve position.

1993 - 2003

INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS SOLUTIONS

Rheinmetall Berlin AG acquires controlling interest Climate control systems | Infotainment systems

In 1993, Rheinmetall Berlin AG acquires the controlling interest in the Preh plants. By 2000, Preh has a turnover of €220 million and already employs 1,970 employees in Germany and abroad. The focus is on intelligent mechatronic solutions.

2003 - 2012

GLOBALIZATION

Preh locations in China, Mexico, and Romania | Deutsche Beteiligungs AG

Following the expansion to the USA, a new production site for the automotive division opens in Monterrey (Mexico), in 2005. In 2009, a new plant opens in Romania and in 2010, the joint venture begins with the present majority shareholder Joyson Investment Holding Co., Ltd., based in Ningbo (China). 

2012 - 2018

GLOBALIZATION AND SALES
OF 1 BILLION EUROS

New parent company: Joyson Electronics

Since 2012, the Liaoyuan Joyson Electonic Corp., a listed company at the Shanghai stock exchange, is the sole shareholder of Preh. 2016 Preh takes over Technisat Automotive (Preh Car Connect) and generates sales of more than 1 billion Euros. 2017 the PIA division is placed separately, outside the stock exchange listed Joyson automotive group. 2018 Preh acquires Kongsberg Automotive’s E-Power division (Preh Schweden AB).

2019

100 Years Preh

New record sales in the 100th anniversary year

In its 100th anniversary year Preh Group achives new record sales of 1.5 billion Euro. The location at Dippach in Thuringia, originally part of Preh Car Connect, remains within Preh Group whereas the PCC locations at Dresden and in Poland become part of a completely new division within the Joyson Automotive Group by 31 December 2019.