Headquarters 

Kassel/Niestetal, Germany 

Founded 

1981 

Number of employees 

more than 2600 

Sales (2007) 

approximately 300 Mio. Euro 

Business Divisions 

Solar Technology
Communication & Control
Railway Technology
Innovative Energy Systems 

Managing Board 

Dipl.-Ing. Günther Cramer (CTO, Development)
Dipl.-Ing. Peter Drews (COO, Operations)
Dipl.-Ing. Reiner Wettlaufer (CFO, Finance)
Dipl.-Kfm Pierre-Pascal Urbon (CMO, Sales & Marketing) 

Supervisory Board 

Dr. jur. Erik Ehrentraut
Prof. (em) Dr.-Ing. Werner Kleinkauf
Dipl. Soz. Jürgen Dolle
Dipl. Math. Sabine Weber
Dipl. Ing. Johannes Häde
Dr. Winfried Hoffmann 

Subsidiaries 

SMA Italia S.r.l., Italy (Solar Technology)
SMA Ibérica Tecnología Solar, S.L., Spain (Solar Technology)
SMA France S.A.S., France (Solar Technology)
SMA Hellas AE, Greece (Solar Technology)
SMA America, Inc., USA (Solar Technology)
SMA Technology Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia(Solar Technology)
SMA Beijing Commercial Company Ltd., China (Solar Technology)
SMA Technology Korea Co., Ltd, Korea (Solar Technology)
Changzhou SMA Electronics Co., Ltd., China (Railway Technology) 

Awards 

2006: winner of "Entrepreneur 2006 - Industry Category", nominated for "World Entrepreneur of the Year 2007"

2006: Great Place to Work® Europe: in the top 5 of Europe's Best Employers in the "Companies With More Than 1,000 Employees" category, and awarded a special prize for "Best Practices for Involvement of Employees in Corporate Social Responsibility Activities"

2006: 2nd place in "Great Place to Work", in the category "Companies with 501 to 5,000 employees", and a special prize for "Life-long Learning"

2005: Innovation Prize (awarded by the SPD - the Social Democratic Party of Germany)

2004: finalist for "Entrepreneur of the Year"

2002: Hidden Champion (awarded by the Hessian state government)

2002: finalist for "Entrepreneur of the Year"

2000: Großer Preis des Mittelstandes (prize awarded to Germany's most successful medium-sized enterprise)

1999: Innovation Prize of the District of Kassel

1999: Förderpreis Innovativer Mittelstand (Promotional Award for Innovative Medium-sized Enterprises)