2003–2004
2003
Official opening of two new LEONI plants in China: LEONI Special Cables (Changzhou) Co. Ltd., producing special cables, and LEONI Wire (Changzhou) Co. Ltd., producing wire and stranded conductors.
LEONI one of the first companies in the world to issue a “Declaration on Social Rights and Industrial Relations”, short “Social Charter”.
In the Ukrainian city of Stryi the so far biggest LEONI plant ever built will be inaugurated as well as the second Romanian wiring systems site in Bistrita which has been erected in record time. Both plants produce cable harnesses for the automotive industry.
2004
In two separate production areas covering a total area of 25,000 m2, series production of cable harnesses starts at the new facility in Bistrita, Romania.
LEONI acquire the Ettlingen, Germany based company Klink+Oechsle, special cable assembly.
The activities of LEONI Group in the field of fiber optics are consolidated in LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH, GermanySeries production of customised cable harnesses for BMW’s new 3 Series starts at the new facility in Ilava, Slovakia with about 18,000 m2 of space.
