Company history
Seven eventful decades
From start-up to global player: Endress+Hauser has experienced both rampant growth and turbulent times. However, sustainable success has been at its core throughout.

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.

1955 Georg H Endress files his first patent at the Swiss Federal Office for Intellectual Property.

1956 Launch of Nivotester and Silometer. The devices are produced in a former joiner’s workshop in Lörrach.

1957 The young company takes the name Endress+Hauser. Sales exceed 1 million deutsche marks.

1960 First sales centers open abroad, in the Netherlands and Switzerland; France and Belgium follow soon after.

1960 Exhibition on wheels: a minibus takes the product portfolio to the customer.

1961 The company, with 120 employees, moves to new premises in Maulburg, Germany.

1968 The Group establishes a holding structure. Net sales exceed 13 million deutsche marks. Two years later the Group expands into the United States and into Japan.

1974 The oil crisis impacts Endress+Hauser’s finances heavily. 74 of 710 employees are temporarily laid off. In 1975 Ludwig Hauser dies at the age of 80. The Endress family becomes sole shareholder.

1976 Takeover of Wetzer (measurement registration) in Nesselwang. Endress+Hauser Flowtec (flow measurement engineering) is founded in Reinach. Acquisition of Conducta in Gerlingen (liquid analysis).

1982 Information technology finds its way into Endress+Hauser early on – in the commercial field, but also in production and R&D.

1984 Advanced know-how: Endress+Hauser acquires early expertise in calibration.

1989 Focus on Asia: after Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, sales centers in Thailand, China, Korea and India follow.

1990 With 4,000 employees the company’s net sales cross the 500 million Swiss franc mark. With new subsidiaries in Canada and Spain the company now has a total of 20 sales centers.

1995 Generation change: Klaus Endress – here with his brothers Urs, Hans-Peter and George (from left) – takes over the operative management of the group of companies from his father.

1999 New production facilities in Aurangabad, India. Establishment of Endress+Hauser Process Solutions (automation solutions) in Reinach.

2006 The Endress family shareholders draw up their own charter.

2008 Company founder Dr Georg H Endress dies aged 84.

2009 Bundled production know-how: in Suzhou, China, Endress+Hauser manufactures pressure, level, flow and temperature measuring devices.

2012 A new production center opens in Itatiba, Brazil. Acquisition of the US company SpectraSensors (gas analysis).

2013 With the acquisition of Analytik Jena, Germany, and Kaiser Optical Systems, USA, Endress+Hauser is further developing its offering in the field of analytics.

2014 Matthias Altendorf takes over as CEO of the Group; Klaus Endress moves to the Supervisory Board as president. Endress+Hauser employs 12,000 people worldwide.

2017 The company bolsters its portfolio with the acquisition of SensAction AG, a German manufacturer of innovative systems for measuring the concentration of liquids.

2018 Endress+Hauser Netilion is introduced, a cloud-based IIoT ecosystem for Industry 4.0 applications.

2019 The Endress+Hauser Water Challenge is launched: employees around the world run fundraising events to give people access to clean water.

2020 Endress+Hauser maintains the ability to deliver during the coronavirus pandemic and continues to effectively support customers even from afar.

2022 Endress+Hauser launches a training initiative with five percent of all positions set aside for interns, apprentices, trainees and students: twice as many as before.

2022 Generation change on the Supervisory Board: Sandra Genge, a granddaughter of the company founder, replaces Hans-Peter Endress as the new family representative.