Mennekes Elektrotechnik GmbH＆Co。KG是工业插头和连接器的领先制造商，总部位于Kirchhundem / Sauerland地区和Neudorf / Erzgebirge。

Mennekes曼奈柯斯公司成立于1935年，当时Aloys Mennekes获得了工匠高级电工证书并开办了自己的公司。今天，Mennekes曼奈柯斯在全球拥有800多名员工，总收入约为1亿欧元。该公司的总部仍位于Sauerland南部的Kirchhundem，并在Neudorf / Erzgebirge（Sehmatal社区）和南京（中国）设有工厂。Mennekes曼奈柯斯在德国设有16个办事处，在全球设有80个办事处，并开展了多项国际合作。所有者兼现任总经理是Walter Mennekes，他也是Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie的董事会成员。

Mennekes曼奈柯斯工厂的起源在于战后制造的“Glühauf”发明（壁挂式打火机），于1948年开设了第一家制造工厂。1951年不久，又增加了铝铸造金属制品作为基础。Mennekes曼奈柯斯目前生产超过11,000种不同产品 - 包括所有标准化插头和各种工业变体。

尽管Mennekes曼奈柯斯公司几十年来一直是工业领域的知名制造商，但是Mennekes曼奈柯斯公司因其符合RWE和戴姆勒要求的合规电动车充电连接器而更为人所知。 Mennekes曼奈柯斯在基于IEC 60309标准（CEEform插头）的充电耦合器设计方面具有背景，包括包括附加信号线的CEEplus等变体。在2009年的初始演示中，新连接器在其创建者和唯一制造商之后被引用为“Mennekes design”插头。 VDE在VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2出版物中正式公布了实际规范。两年后，该规范被国际IEC 62196接管为“Type 2”连接器，但最初的昵称保留在非正式对话中。由于Mennekes Connector这个术语含糊不清，Mennekes曼奈柯斯本身在新闻报道中使用了这个词，并将澄清称为“Type 2”

随着英国首批电动汽车的推出，他们最初能够使用3针国内插座或“Type 1”连接连接到电网，因为它是在美国开发的SAE J1772。然而，ACEA（欧洲汽车制造商组织）选择了“2型”连接器，允许访问3相电网。英国运输部同意充电站的位置和资金支持2型连接器。许多充电点制造商开始在其产品上添加“Type 2 Mode 3”（Mennekes曼奈柯斯型）插座以及国内3针插座。

Mennekes Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a leading manufacturer of industrial plugs and connectors with headquarters in Kirchhundem/Sauerland region and in Neudorf/Erzgebirge.

The Mennekes company was founded in 1935 when Aloys Mennekes received the master craftsmen senior electrician certificate and set up his own business. Today Mennekes has over 800 employees worldwide and generates a consolidated revenue of about €100 million. The company's headquarters are still in Kirchhundem in the south of Sauerland with additional factories in Neudorf/Erzgebirge (Sehmatal community) and Nanjing (China). Mennekes has 16 offices in Germany, 80 offices worldwide and a number of international co-operations. The owner and current managing director is Walter Mennekes who is also board member of the Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie .

The roots of the factory business live in the "Glühauf" invention (a wall-mounted lighter) made after the war that allowed to open the first manufacturing factory in 1948. Shortly later in 1951 an aluminium casting metalworks was added, which functioned as foundation of a fabric that nowadays manufactures over 11,000 different products – including all standardized plugs and various industrial variants.

Although being a well known producer in the industrial sector for decades, the Mennekes company became better known to general public for their compliant Electric vehicle car recharging connector developed by Mennekes with requirements from RWE and Daimler. Mennekes had a background in the design of charging couplers based on the IEC 60309 standard (CEEform plugs) including variants like the CEEplus that included additional signal wires. During the initial presentations in 2009 the new connector had been referenced after its creator and only manufacturer as the "Mennekes design" plug. The actual specification was published formally by VDE in the VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2 publication. Two years later the specification was taken over by the international IEC 62196 as "Type 2" connector but the original nickname is kept in informal conversations. As the term Mennekes Connector is ambiguous Mennekes itself uses the term in press coverage along with a clarification as "Type 2"

With the introduction of the first electric cars in the UK they were initially able to connect to the electricity grid with using a 3-pin domestic socket or a "Type 1" connection as it was developed in the USA as SAE J1772. The ACEA (organisation of European automobile makers) however settled on the "Type 2" connector that allows access to the 3-phase power grid. The UK Department for Transport agreed with the position and funding for charging stations favours the Type 2 connector. Many charging point manufacturers are beginning to include a "Type 2 Mode 3" (Mennekes type) socket in addition to a domestic 3-pin socket on their products.