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Milestones in our company history

1997 Foundation of the WTB Elektro GmbH company (shareholders at that time: Winkler, Trenkel and Becker)
In its early years the company operated solely as an installation company in the industrial sector.
Focus on training and promotion of new talent from day one
From 2000 design and manufacture of our first switchgears
Establishment of in-house programming and commissioning departments
Steady increase in the number of employees, expansion of the company structure, with company now operating its own extensive fleet of vehicles
Corporate certification to ISO and BSOHSAS
Provision of the first large-scale plants in the power station and gas installation sectors
Installation of electrical assemblies for the ceramic and brick making industries throughout the world
2005 Move to our current premises due to the expansion of our company structure
Continuous expansion of our switchgear manufacturing facilities with new copper machining centre using semi-automatic technologies
From 2006 major projects in the process industry at the Infra Leuna site
Qualification of our employees according to SCC regulations, documents 017 & 018
From 2010 Siemens Solution Partner
Number of CAD workstation licences for our engineering department increased to 5
2014 Award of “Exemplary training company” bestowed on the company by the District Craftsmen's Association & employment agency
Set-up of complex simulation workstations for automation technology using SIMIT
From 2016 system integrator of FlowChief
Offshore operations on an oil rig in the North Sea
2017 Completion of extensive projects for established gas pipeline operators
Introduction of in-house remote maintenance portal (rapid access and complex security in line with regulations) to ensure the increasing availability of automation technology for our customers
Conversion of company certification to ISO 45001 in the field of occupational health safety/health protection
Number of CAD workstation licences for the engineering department increased to 11, 8 of which were in the EPLAN
2021 Multi-faceted company with a global presence with 60 highly motivated employees
Our company has now been operating successfully for over 20 years