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| Type | GmbH & Co. KG |
|---|---|
| Industry | Biomedical Engineering and Life Science |
| Founded | 1840 |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany |
| Products | Medical scales and measuring instruments |
| Owner(s) | Frederik Vogel Robert Vogel Thomas Wessels |
| Employees | > 300 |
| Website | https://www.seca.com |
seca GmbH & Co. KG. is looked upon as being the leader[citation needed] in the sector of medical weighing and measuring. seca develops, produces and sells weighing scales and measuring instruments. Its products are exported to more than 110 countries. The company’s headquarters is in Hamburg and it has branches in Austria, France, England, Switzerland, Japan, China, Mexico and the USA.
Foundation and history [link]
In 1840, locksmith A.C.C. Joachims set up on his own in Hamburg and began to build scales. He had acquired the necessary know-how from the Strasbourg mechanic and monk Quintenz who had invented the decimal scale in 1821. In the course of the next thirty years, the locksmith’s workshop developed into a small factory. However, the business stagnated when Joachims died in 1874. Things started to improve again when Frederik Vogel, a young businessman, purchased the scales factory in 1888. He expanded the product range and introduced the brand name seca which he had registered in 1897.
The company survived World War I and the Great Depression in the 20th century and then Frederik Vogel passed the management over to his son Robert. Robert Vogel steered the company through World War II and began with the successful reconstruction immediately after the end of the war. When Robert Vogel died in 1966, his son Sönke joined the company.
In 1970, Sönke Vogel decided in favour of a new corporate concept. Since then focus has been on medical measuring and weighing, on products which are needed for diagnosis and therapy purposes in medicine in order to determine the precise weight of a patient. The product portfolio has been consistently expanded and is available on all international markets. Initially, seca was a supplier among many but is now market leader for these products.
Corporate structure [link]
seca GmbH & Co. KG. has the following subsidiaries:
- seca France, Semur-en-Auxois, France
- seca United Kingdom, Birmingham, Great Britain
- seca Schweiz, Reinach, Switzerland
- seca Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
- seca North America West, Diamond Bar, USA
- seca North America East, Hanover, USA
- seca Nihon, Chiba City, Japan
- seca Zhong Guo, Hangzhou, China
Products [link]
The range includes:
- Baby scales
- Column scales
- Flat scales
- Multifunction and wheelchair scales
- Bed and dialysis scales
- Height measuring and measuring instruments
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Secaș
Coordinates: 45°53′N 21°49′E / 45.883°N 21.817°E
Secaș (Hungarian: Temesszékás) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Checheș (Lippakékes), Crivobara (Krimárvára), Secaș, and Vizma (Vizma).
References
SECA
SECA, SecA or Seca may refer to:
- The SECA Art Awards granted by this Society
SecA
The SecA protein is a cell membrane associated subunit of the eubacterial Sec or Type II secretory pathway, a system which is responsible for the secretion of proteins through the cell membrane. Within this system SecA has the functional properties of an ATPase and is required to empower the movement of the protein substrate across the translocon channel.
The translocase system encompasses an array of proteins which are functionally centred on the translocon channel which mediates the export of proteins across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane and the insertion of membrane proteins into it. Regardless of the chosen targeting route, preprotein eventually reach the cytoplasmic membrane and make contact with the translocase. This translocase consists out of the peripheral membrane ATPase SecA and the translocon membrane channel composed out of the proteins SecY, SecE, and SecG. Conformational changes within the SecA structure are the effect of its ATP-hydrolyzing behaviour and possibly lead to the stepwise export of the preprotein substrate through the SecYEG channel.
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (pronounced [gəˈzɛlʃaft mɪt bəˈʃʁɛŋktɐ ˈhaftʊŋ], abbreviated GmbH [geː ʔɛm beː haː], in Austria also GesmbH or Ges.m.b.H.), which is German for "company with limited liability", is a type of legal entity very common in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The name of the GmbH form emphasizes the fact that the owners (Gesellschafter, also known as members) of the entity are not personally liable for the company's debts.GmbHs are considered legal persons under German and Austrian law. Other variations include mbH (used when the term Gesellschaft is part of the company name itself), and gGmbH (gemeinnützige GmbH) for non-profit companies.
The GmbH has become the most common corporation form in Germany, since the AG (Aktiengesellschaft), the other major company form corresponding to a stock corporation, was much more complicated to form and operate until recently.
History
The laws governing this type of legal entity were adopted in Germany in 1892, and in Austria in 1906. The concept of limited liability created by these laws inspired the legal establishment of the limited liability company form in other countries, although the concept of a limited liability company already existed in the United Kingdom.
