Pepperl+Fuchs SE

History

Year	Detail
1945	Walter Pepperl and Ludwig Fuchs founded a radio repair shop in Mannheim Sandhofen in November. Very early, the founders started producing transformers. In subsequent years, Pepperl+Fuchs became a major supplier for industries based in Mannheim.
1959	The first proximity switch is developed. This is the start of electronics.
1973	In England, the first foreign sales organization was founded.
1976	The legal form of the company changes from OHG (general partnership) to GmbH (private limited company) + Co. KG (limited partnership).
1979	Established a subsidiary in Singapore the first non-European affiliated company with production facilities is founded in order to gain access to the Asian market and also to remain competitive in Europe.
1988	The company is taken over by Michael Fuchs. The legal form changes to a GmbH (private limited company).
1991	Pepperl+Fuchs acquires the company RUF in Mannheim and thus adds a level of control to the product range. The division's FACTORY AUTOMATION and PROCESS AUTOMATION are set up.
1994	The Pepperl+Fuchs Systems GmbH is sold to Honeywell and the field of fail-safe controls is thus given up in order to concentrate on the core business.
1996	Pepperl+Fuchs acquires the company Hohner in Tuttlingen and rounds off the product range with rotary encoders.
1997	PLAMET Kft. is founded in Hungary to supply plastic and metal parts.
2000	The product range is extended, and the market position is strengthened by the acquisition of Visolux GmbH in Berlin (optoelectronic components for automation); started a subsidiary in Bintan/Indonesia.
2003	The company has acquired purge and pressurization systems from Bebco Industries EPS in the USA.
2004	Acquired Omnitron AG and Position Encoding System through this New Data Matrix Code product range obtained.
2005	Expansion of the Systems and Solutions business area within the Process Automation division with display and operating systems of Extec Oesterle GmbH.
2006	Enlarge the process automation range by purchasing the intrinsic safety business from Cooper Crouse-Hinds GmbH and the SAS (separator alarm systems) business from OJ Electronics. Takeover of VMT Vision Machine Technic Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbH and integration into the Factory Automation Division.
2010	Pepperl+Fuchs acquires proximity sensor business of Siemens. Herewith, Pepperl+Fuchs increases its product portfolio in the field of inductive proximity sensors and photoelectric sensors, and at the same time strengthens its position in the market for ultrasonic sensor technology for factory automation.
2012	Pepperl+Fuchs takes over GOVAN Industries in Melbourne/Australia, and the European Distribution Center is inaugurated in Mannheim.
2013	The company has acquired distribution partner Sensonor Oy in Finland.
2014	Solution Engineering Centers are launched worldwide. Tailor-made solutions for explosion control are being developed and supplied and ready for installation.
2015	Acquisition of Petroleum Safety Products Ind. in Chennai/India and MACtek Corporation in Twinsburg/Ohio The company is taken over by the next generation, Monika Müller-Michael and Michael Fuchs Jr. A new distribution site opened in South Africa.
2016	Global Distribution Center is officially inaugurated in Singapore. All goods produced at sites in Asia are stored here and distributed to destinations around the world.
2017	With the takeover of ecom instruments, Pepperl+Fuchs complements the portfolio and the know-how in explosion protection with mobile solutions.
2019	Pepperl+Fuchs changes its legal form into a stock corporation (AG). This is the first step in undertaking an incremental conversion into a European company (Societas Europaea) by 2020.
2020	Pepperl+Fuchs changes its legal form into a European Company (Societas Europaea).