From humble beginnings

The company started its activities with the sale of an innovative electronic (capacitive) level sensor imported from England and the first company premises was a converted bedroom. Despite humble beginnings, the level sensor soon became a success, and the founders quickly began building up their own production facilities. From then on, the company was set for continuous growth.

Sales were concentrated in southern Germany in the early years, but were quickly extended to the whole of Germany and then to neighbouring countries. Level sensors with different measurement principles were added to the capacitive sensors.

Expanding into new areas

Later, sensors and devices for other physical variables such as pressure, flow, analysis, temperature and technical components were also developed, produced and sold, with sales and services expanded over the whole of western Europe. The first overseas branch offices opened in Japan andthe USA in the 1970s.

In the 1980s the company started a campaign to meet the 'challenge of microelectronics' and to take over the technological lead. The transition from signal-oriented to information-oriented process automation forced Endress+Hauser to seek active participation in various fieldbus initiatives; today the company ranks as global market leader.

In 1995, Dr h.c. Georg H Endress, passed the leadership of the company to his son, Klaus Endress, who had previously acted as the group's Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Over the past ten years, the Swiss Group evolved continuously from being a manufacturer of sensors for the process automation industry to becoming an international provider of automation solutions mainly for the process industries, offering a multitude of sensors suited for industrial processes.

Endress+Hauser today

Today, Endress+Hauser offers a broad range of services along with the most comprehensive array of industrial sensors on the market. Endress+Hauser owns subsidiaries on all six continents and, more than 50 years after its foundation, employs a workforce of over 7,000 employees in production, sales and services worldwide.