70 years of experience

  • 1940

    Emil Euchner founds an engineering company.

  • 1953

    EUCHNER + Co. is established in Leinfelden.

  • 1961

    Son Wolfgang Euchner takes over management of the business.

    25 employees at this time.
  • 1970

    Opening of a production site in Unterböhringen.

  • 1971

    Expansion on the Leinfelden site.

  • 1980

    Further expansion of the Leinfelden site.

  • 1982

    Founding of a subsidiary in Great Britain.

  • 1987

    Founding of a subsidiary in the Netherlands.

  • 1989

    Founding of a subsidiary in Austria and the USA.

  • 1991

    Founding of a subsidiary in Switzerland and a joint venture in India.

  • 1994

    Continuous growth driven by safety engineering product area.

  • 1996

    Founding of a subsidiary in Brazil.

  • 1997

    Michael and Stefan Euchner take over as successors to Wolfgang Euchner.

  • 1998

    Founding of a subsidiary in Spain.

  • 2001

    Founding of subsidiaries in France and Korea.

  • 2003

    EUCHNER celebrates its 50-year anniversary.

    360 staff worldwide, as well as 10 subsidiaries
    and 18 sales partners and distributors.
  • 2004

    New sales building goes operational in Leinfelden.

  • 2005

    Founding of a subsidiary in Hungary.

  • 2006

    Construction of a logistics and production building in Leinfelden. Founding of a subsidiary in China.

  • 2008

    Founding of a subsidiary in the Czech Republic.

  • 2009

    Founding of an additional sales company in India.

  • 2011

    Founding of a sales office in Japan.

  • 2012

    New, highly advanced logistics center and production building goes operational in Leinfelden.

    Stefan Euchner takes over management of the business.
  • 2013

    EUCHNER celebrates its 60-year anniversary.

    600 employees worldwide.
    Founding of a subsidiary in Turkey.
    Production expands on construction of a new building with 1,900 m² of floor space at the Leinfelden site.
  • 2015

    EUCHNER expands in China and moves into a larger administration and production building.

    Founding of a subsidiary in Mexico.
    Founding of a subsidiary in Japan.
  • 2017

    Founding of a subsidiary in Canada.

  • 2018

    New storage system with oxygen-reduced atmosphere comes into service.

    Founding of a subsidiary in Poland.
  • 2021

    Founding of a subsidiary in Sweden.

  • 2023

    EUCHNER celebrates its 70-year anniversary.

  • 2025

    Completion of the new company headquarters in Leinfelden.