Starting the vacuum-pressure-impregnation (VPI-technology) especially for railway water proofed transformers and reactors
and new ovens
Reconstruction of the administrative building.
Employ number rises to 140

Further extracting of the sales network
New production facility in Spanberg with approx.. 2000m² for the production of flat wire windings and copper- and aluminium- windings for high power transformers and chokes up to 5 ton per piece
New foil winding machine

Installing a world-wide sales network
Increase the aluminium-foil – technology for transformers and inductors.
Increase the development team for chokes and filters (LCL,AFE)

Construction for an stock- and logistic – facility with high-bay-warehouse and total 3500m²
Installation of new foil winding machines

Building a new production hall for control systems and power supplies with 2100m²

New vacuum impregnation system

Implementation of a ERP-system with PPS, BDE and Controlling

Automated wiring unit for wires up to 2,5 mm (3-wire technology)

Installation of bond winding automat (special coils production) processing copper band material up to bis 450 mm width and 2 mm in diameter.

Production capacity in Hebertsfelden again doubled

CNC controlled winding machines installed

Opening of branch office and additional production unit in Czech Republic.

Computer controlled single testing units provide further quality improvements for transformers.

Quality system according to DIN ISO 9001 and EN 29001 standards certified.

introduction of UL insolation systems for transformers and transducers, Class B, file E181051.

Production start for large coils (?700 mm and 1400 mm of length, torque up to 300 Nm).

Automatic production of coils up to ?1.6 mm of wire.

First water-cooled transformer

Production centers for ?1,2 mm wires (4-wire technology)

Fully automated vacuum sealing unit installed

Vacuum sealing machine is installed

New building to avoid further capacity bottlenecks

First PC based software for transformer construction is installed

Privately owned company transferred to Schmidbauer Ltd.

New 3-storey warehouse erected