Ernst & Engbring OHG is founded by engineer Heinrich Ernst, electrical engineer Herbert Engbring and economist Manfred Engbring at Westerbachstraße 23, a residential area in Oer-Erkenschwick. At the time, the company was still producing silk enamelled wires and stranded wires for the telephone industry.

The first plastic extruder was used to produce radio frequency (HF) ribbon lines.

5 Mitarbeiter

Construction of a production hall and offices on the ground floor of a residential building. Installation of additional plastic extruders as well as bunching, stranding and braiding machines. Production of multi-core cables with copper or steel braid for the German Federal Post Office, telephone construction and the television industry.

Further production halls and social buildings were built. For this purpose, the acquired building at Westerbachstraße 7 is demolished.

60 Mitarbeiter

Continue as GmbH and Co. KG

The machinery was expanded and modernized. A considerable part of the machines and systems were manufactured in the company's own workshops.
To meet the increasing demand for storage, an extra 2,000 square meters of space was rented.

120 Mitarbeiter

After the space in Westerbachstraße was completely exhausted, negotiations with the city of Oer-Erkenschwick followed. The city provided a 15,000 m² plot of land, with adjacent reserve area for possible expansions. In the first construction phase, a factory hall with a total area of 5000 m² was built. At the time, the plant was considered the most modern of its time and was equipped with sprinkler systems, among other things.
H. Ernst has resigned from the management board, while J. Ernst has taken over its management.

150 Mitarbeiter

The property was expanded to 26,500 m², of which 7,700 m² are built with modern social rooms and its own quality assurance.

The construction of two additional halls increased the built-up area to a total of 8,600 m².

Appointment as Managing Director:
Lothar Klick
Expansion of the property to 37,000 m² and the built-up area to 9,500 m², of which 8,000 m² was used as a factory building.
Shift the production focus from standard cables to special cables that are individually manufactured according to customer requirements.

Takeover into the Dutch TKH Group N.V. Haaksbergen.

Construction of an additional production hall with an area of 4,000 m². The total production area increased to 12,000 m².

Expansion of system technology and focus on innovative technologies: Establishment of high-precision miniature production with cleanroom-like conditions on an area of 700 m².

A separate, self-contained production hall was set up on the factory premises for the miniature production.
In the course of this, the Systems Technology division has moved its location to Auguststraße.

Opening of the new cable factory EEB in Forst Brandenburg, one of the most modern in Europe, with more than 5,000 m².

Conversion of Ernst & Engbring GmbH & Co. KG into Ernst & Engbring GmbH.

New construction of the warehouse and expansion of the miniature production by 4,000 m².

Appointment as Managing Director: Sebastian Scharfen (CEO)

Retiered as Managing Director: Lothar Klick (CEO)
Appointment to the position of Commercial Director: Colin Fersen (CFO)
Opening of the EEU branch plant over 3,500 m² in Ukraine.

Opening of the EEZ branch factory in Zhangjiagang (China). With more than 10,000 m² of production space.

Opening of the new EEP branch plant in Rawicz near Leszno (Poland) with a production area of over 10,000 m². Production of bulk cables and plug & play assemblies.

> 600 Mitarbeiter

Expansion of the EEZ location with system technology.

Leaving from the position of Commercial Director: Colin Fersen (CFO)
New appointment as Commercial Director: Matthias Winkler (CFO)