ABB Niessen: 100 years of history
09 April 2014
ABB Niessen factory celebrates its 100 years of activity since the young Wilhelm Niessen started the business in 1914 in Rentería (Gipuzkoa). Back then manufactured household electromechanical mechanisms as plugs, switches, sockets and other similar items. After the golden age of the factory, in the 50s, Niessen ceased to be a family business in the late 70s and joined the multinational ABB in 1996.
Through the innovation of their products can be felt the evolution Niessen lived during this time. As stated in the press release of the company, the design has been the differentiator and the value added of the Niessen product. Always an own and local design, created by an ambitious, demanding and nonconformist team. A group that has always looked for differentiation and innovation, where prestigious industrial designers have taken part to incorporate the most current design trends and the most advanced technical solutions.
A clear example is the participation of ADN DESIGN, who collaborated on the design of Communication and Access Control Systems and then on Niessen Centralization Systems, a complete range of Workstations and Centralizations, which resolve the surface installations as well as the flush mounted switches.
