THIN KIN GA HEAD 80 Years of Electric Advancement Almost a century of new solutions, global connections, and innovative technologies. All of this keeps us moving, and drives us forward. Thinking ahead, developing ahead, acting ahead and all that out of conviction – for ideas of the future and the perfect power. We can be proud of what we have achieved and look to the future with confidence. After all, we will shape it with you. With ideas that save Lars Ullenboom Lars Ullenboom Managing DirectorDirector Finance, Managing Finance, Controlling Controlling Jens Scheffelmeier Jens Scheffelmeier resources,...

MOT 0RBL OCK The Joy of Discovery From entrepreneur to enterprise Founded in 1939, the company’s history is closely linked with its owner and CEO, Wolfgang Reichelt, who acquired the Alfred Block company in 1971. Reichelt had started here at Block a good 15 years before, and after a few other positions he returned to where it all began. His entire life has been dedicated to the art of engineering and a fascination for electronics. In a sense, the building blocks for this were found outside on the streets: “You could find all sorts of things in the woods after the war”, says Wolfgang Reichelt....

BL OCKHO USE Built for the Future BLOCK is continually expanding and changing its premises to suit its needs. Just two years after acquiring the company, Wolfgang Reichelt built a new unit next to the railway, which is still used for BLOCK production purposes today. It has always been important to the CEO that all production phases take place in-house so that the company is not dependent on third parties. However, by 1987 the company had outgrown these premises too and relocation to the industrial area on MaxPlanck-Straße was inevitable. With an eye on the future, this location offered plenty...

WESTB LOCK “The investment in Kunshan is a strategic maneuver for BLOCK. Local customers can now be supplied more flexibly and quickly with high-quality products designed in Germany and ‘Made in China’.” Udo L. Thiel, Managing Director Welcome to America Since 2000, BLOCK has also been supplying optimum power in the US. With its own 2,500 m² (27,000 ft²) production unit in Franklin Park, Chicago, BLOCK USA, Inc. now sells transformers, power supplies, electronic circuit breakers, reacors and EMI filters ‘Made in USA‘ in the Midwest. There it also has a company warehouse. German engineering with...

product is a PCB transformer and is already more than 100 years old. It is shown here in approx. 1:1 scale. BLOCK has 4,000 customers from 60 countries BLOCK supplies over 50 industries 80,000 products developed over 80 years biggest product is called the TT3C1000-40400, weighs over 2.7 tons and has a rated power of 1 MVA. It is so big that we can only show the connection terminal here in 1:1 scale.

More than apprentices have successfully completed their apprenticeships with BLOCK Links to the region Company owner Wolfgang Reichelt is also involved in various social and cultural projects in the Verden area. The business owner gets involved wherever he can, whether this is to support the local Tafel foodbank, fund the sound system in Verden Cathedral, or as chairman of Verden’s Economic Roundtable: “I want to give something back because I feel closely connected to the region.” The BLOCK Kinderhaus With the in-house day care center, BLOCK has been actively Into the future with BLOCK promoting...

Sascha Langfermann, Advanced Research BLOCK Development Center A medium-sized enterprise with powerful research capabilities Innovative research projects are regularly being launched through partnerships with science and industry. BLOCK is constantly working toward technical and scientific progress, whether through collaborative robots, wide-bandgap semiconductors, 3D printing, or new product ideas. More than 60 engineers and technicians are currently working on development at the company, with ten of these working on advanced research. Engineers at BLOCK are continuously producing innovative...

Department managers Christian Kliesch and Sandro Perthel oversee the development of new medium-frequency and high-frequency products in BLOCK C3. CoCreationCenter The new innovative development department Going back decades, the in-house Development Center has been the main focus. BLOCK carries out advanced research here in close contact with universities and also trains its own postgraduate students. It is one of the fundamental bases for the company’s success and represents a crucial safeguard in ensuring its future viability. The company has developed the innovative “BLOCK C3” CoCreationCenter...

BLOCK Products on the Path to Success Be it a transformer, circuit breaker, switched mode power supply, reactor or EMI filter, no requirement is too much and no technology too complicated. Together BLOCK develops and manufactures the best possible products to supply customers with the perfect power. Over the years, BLOCK has developed some real BLOCKbusters for which the customers line up at the door. Powerful Future Winding technology Excellent design BLOCK‘s switched mode power Extraordinary transformerreactor solution The Future Winding technology supplies are not only powerful, designed by...

Success needs Know-how There is know-how aplenty in the modern production halls. Work steps are only automated where it makes sense to do so. No matter what the order is: one-off items, customer-specific products or serial production items, it is not only the machines and tools that need to be flexible. It is only with well-trained staff that one can produce reliable products and keep customers happy. The aim to be no. 1 increases all staff’s identification with the company. BLOCK will continue to work on achieving this each and every day. Alica Bogner, Purchas

ADVERTIS INGB LOCK There from the start BLOCK exhibited at a trade fair for the first time in 1976. The Hannover Messe is one of the most important industry trade fairs in the world and it takes place in Germany. Wolfgang Reichelt has been on the advisory board shaping the future since 1996. The global popularity of German trade fairs is used to win new markets and customers. Marlis and Wolfgang Reichelt talking to future German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder In addition to its online presence, BLOCK also knows the importance of direct contact with customers.