1953 |
The company L Hauser KG is founded in Lörrach, Germany, on 1 February 1953. It sells the Tektor and Telstor level meters made by the British company Fielden Electronics. |
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| 1955 |
Georg H Endress begins developing his own measuring instruments. He registers his first patent with the Swiss Confederate Office for Intellectual Property. |
| 1956 |
Launch of Nivotester and Silometer. The devices are produced in a former joiner's shop and surrounding buildings in Lörrach, jokingly named the 'United Shed Factory' by the employees. |
| 1957 |
The young company is renamed Endress+Hauser GmbH. Sales exceed 1 million DM. |
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1959 |
The space-saving transistor technology replaces the old electric tubes. |
| 1960 |
The first sales company abroad is established in Amersfoort in the Netherlands. Other national sales centres follow every successive year. |
1961
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The company and its 120 employees move to new premises in nearby Maulburg. |
| 1965 |
Endress+Hauser presents the first flowmeter at the Interkama specialist trade fair.
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| 1968 |
Mestra AG is established in Basel, Switzerland - the first holding structure for the Group which generates sales of 13.3 million DM.
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| 1970 |
Endress+Hauser expands to America and Asia. A sales centre opens in the United States. Shareholdings in the tank ganging specialists Sakura Instrument Co Ltd, create a sales and
production platform in Japan.
Endress+Hauser moves into the PCB production business - the new subsidiary Photo Print Electronic GmbH (PPE) starts operations in Schopfheim, Germany.
The same year the Group achieves sales of 24.8 million DM.
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| 1971 |
At the age of 76, Managing Director Ludwig Hauser retires.
Endress+Hauser starts to assemble instruments in the USA. |
| 1973 |
The company outgrows its 'industrial puberty' (Georg H Endress) and gets a modern organisational structure. |
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| 1974 |
The oil crisis brings the era of unbridled growth to a sudden end.
A new production and sales center in Italy brings ultrasound technology to Endress+Hauser.
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| 1975 |
Co-founder Ludwig Hauser dies at the age of 80. The Endress family is now sole partner.
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| 1976 |
Endress+Hauser invests in new fields of activity. Measured value recording is added with the acquisition of the renowned Bavarian Wetzer company.
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| 1977 |
Conducta in Gerlingen near Stuttgart enlarges the range of products by liquid analysis technology.
Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG is founded in Reinach, Switzerland. The company specializes in flow technology.
Sales exceed 100 million Swiss Francs and the headcount rises to 1,085. |
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| 1980 |
Micro-processors emitting a continuous test signal allow the self-monitoring of the measurement points. The FTC681Z level meter anda year later the Autozero flowmeter set new standards.
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| 1982 |
With 1,714 employees, the Endress+Hauser Group generates sales of 184 million Swiss Francs. |
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| 1983 |
Market launch of the Liquiphant. This level limit switch for liquids miniaturizes and perfects tuning fork technology. |
| 1984 |
The era of digital communication in instrumentation begins with RackSyst products by Endress+Hauser. |
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| 1985 |
The Maulburg plant expands its activities to pressure measurement.
Launch of the m-point - the first Endress+Hauser flowmeter to use the Coriolis principle. The technique of the 'oscillating measuring tubes' heralds the successful move into mass flow measurement. |
| 1990 |
The company exceeds sales of 535 million Swiss Francs. It now has 4,000 employees. |
| 1992 |
The first fieldbus measurement instruments are launched. The standard, co-developed by Endress+Hauser, allows the digital data transmission from the sensor to the control room. |
| 1994 |
Endress+Hauser begins manufacturing at its own company in China. Temperature measurement becomes an additional field of activity. |
| 1995 |
Generation change at the top of Endress+Hauser: Klaus Endress is at the helm of the Group. |
| 1998 |
After a legal dispute, Endress+Hauser strengthens its patent protection activities. PatServe in Weil am Rhein is now in charge of looking after the Group's industrial property rights.
Sales exceed 1 billion Swiss Francs. |
| 1999 |
The business field expands. The new Reinach-based Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG develops automation solutions.
A production facility for flowmeters opens in Aurangabad, India. |
| 2000 |
In the Millennium year, the headcount reaches 6,000. |
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| 2001 |
The printed circuit board maker PPE fails in the market for mobile phones. Insolvency is unavoidable after years of substantial losses. The Group divests PPE. |
| 2002 |
The Supervisory Board of the Endress+Hauser Group is constituted. It is headed by longtime Endress+Hauser Manager Klaus Riemenschneider. |
| 2005 |
Endress+Hauser acquires Innovative Sensor Technology IST in Wattwil, Switzerland.
Launch of pH probes with Memosens technology. Equipped with a safe and simple plug-in connector, the units use induction for power supply and digital communication and can be pre-calibrated in the laboratory. |
| 2006 |
The Endress family of partners drafts its own charter. |
