The company SATURNUS was founded in 1921; they made packaging goods and sheet metal products for the chemical and food industries. The company started to manufacture lighting products for the automotive industry in 1948 and started to manufacture headlamps and rear lamps for European car companies such as Renault, Simca, Citroen, Peugeot and Volkswagen in the 1960's. SATURNUS wanted to diversity their production capabilities and in 1992 they split into four independent companies. One of these four companies was called Saturnus Avtooprema d.d. and this company continued to manufacture lighting equipment for the automotive industry. In 1997 Saturnus Avtooprema d.d. finished a re-privatization procedure, according to Slovenian state law. With this legal procedure Hella KG became majority owner of the company. Hella KG became the 100% owner in June 2004. At that time the company was named Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. Hella has enjoyed great success over the years designing and manufacturing lighting equipment. There are currently more than 25,000 employees working in 70 manufacturing facilities, production subsidiaries and joint ventures all over the world. More than 3,500 engineers and technicians work in research and development throughout the company. Of Hella's business, 90% of it is export business. Due to their innovative approach to the design and manufacture of their products and their overall dedication to high quality, Hella has become a name known worldwide in the automotive industry.

Hella's vision of the company for the future is to be a top automotive provider for OEM and OES lighting equipment. They know that in order to do this they need to maintain the necessary expertise to execute modern, economical and environmentally-friendly processes for light equipment manufacture and design. Hella will continue using their flexibility and creativity to turn the latest ideas in style into products that can be manufactured and sold, and thus they plan to become the primary supplier for AFS and LED light-based systems. Above all, the auto manufacturer's satisfaction and the usefulness of the product to the end customer are the main emphasis for all design activities.

Hella knows that the high quality of their products, along with customer satisfaction are critical factors to their success. Hella strategic quality principles that are part of their Total Quality Management strategy are applied in all they do. First and foremost they must ensure their customers are receiving the very best quality products and services possible at competitive prices and within agreed-upon deadlines. They realize that employee satisfaction and productivity are critical to their success as a company and so part of their TQM strategy is to ensure creative and successful work for all employees. You can be assured that Hella puts their quality principles into every part the manufacture and you can trust that quality to perform well and last for the long term. At Hella they view environmental protection and sustainability as integral parts of their corporate culture and therefore the responsibility of each employee. All Hella locations are certified according to the "ISO 14001" environmental management system.