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1952
Ernst & Engbring OHG is founded by engineer Heinrich Ernst, electrical engineer Herbert Engbring and businessman 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.
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1955
First plastic extruder, high frequency (HF) ribbon cables could be manufactured.
5 Employees
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1957
Construction of a manufacturing hall and offices on the first floor of the residential building. Additional plastic extruders, stranding and braiding machines. Production of multi-core cables with copper or steel braiding for the Federal Post Office, telephone construction and the television industry.
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1965
Further production halls and social buildings were built. For this purpose, the acquired building at Westerbachstraße 7 is demolished.
60 Employees
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1968
Continue as GmbH and Co. KG
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1970
2,000 m² had to be rented as storage space. The machine park was expanded, partly built in the company's own workshops and equipped with modern electronics.
120 Employees
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1971
After the space in Westerbachstraße was completely exhausted, negotiations with the city of Oer-Erkenschwick followed. A 15,000 m² plot in Industriestraße was finally obtained for a 5000 m² planned factory building, so that there was room for possible expansion. At that time, the plant was the most modern of its time and, among other things, equipped with a sprinkler system. H. Ernst retired from the management, now J. Ernst is the managing director.
150 Employees
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1977
After two extensions, the site now covers 26,500 m². The building now covers 7,000 m² with modern social rooms and a new quality assurance area.
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1981
Construction of two more halls so that the built-up area now amounts to 8,600 m².
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1992
The plot of land is now 37,000 m². The administration building has been extended so that the built-up area is 9,500 m², of which 8,000 m² are factory buildings.
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1999
Takeover into the Dutch TKH Group N.V. Haaksbergen. However, nothing will change for the approximately 190 employees, as E&E is to remain autonomous. The takeover is merely intended to enable TKH to enter the specialty cable market.
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2001
Construction of a further 4,000 m² production hall - so that the production area now amounts to 12,000 m².
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2003
Expansion of systems engineering and focus on new technologies: In-house cleanroom-like, high-precision miniature production at 700 m².
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2007
Miniature and Systems Engineering move into their own production facilities. Miniature production gets its own self-contained production hall on the factory premises The Systems Engineering department moves to Auguststrasse.
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2008
Opening of another cable plant, at that time the most modern in Europe, in the Brandenburg Forest over 5,000 m².
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2011
Continuation as GmbH
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2014
New construction of the warehouse and expansion of the miniature production by 4,000 m².
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2015
Appointment as Managing Director: Sebastian Scharfen (CEO)
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2017
Appointment as Commercial Director: Colin Fersen (CFO)
Opening of the EEU branch plant over 3,500 m² in Ukraine. -
2018
Opening of the EEZ branch factory in Zhangjiagang (China). With over 10,000 m² of floor space and the option to expand by a further 10,000 m².
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2023
Opening of EEP branch plant in Rawicz near Leszno (Poland) over 10,000 m².
> 600 Employees
The development of the logos of E&E
Erst und Engbring had always been closely associated with the town of Oer-Erkenschwick, because as an up-and-coming company, you could often read about E&E in the local Stimberg newspaper. After all, E&E would eventually become Oer-Erkenschwick's largest industrial enterprise. Not surprisingly, the original logo contained three Es, which meant Ernst - Engbring - Erkenschwick.
At some point, the middle E then became a hybrid of an E-flat and an ampersand before finally being replaced by a full cable shape.
It was not clear from the names of the founders, Ernst and Engbring, that the company was a cable manufacturer. So they decided to add the name "Kabeltechnik".
After years of success and entry into the international cable market, they settled on an English name. Since then, E&E has been known as Cable Solutions.
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Ernst & Engbring GmbH
Industriestraße 9
D-45739 Oer-Erkenschwick
Tel.: +49 (0)2368 6901 0
Fax: +49 (0)2368 6901 35
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