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.

First plastic extruder, high frequency (HF) ribbon cables could be manufactured.

5 Employees

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.

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

60 Employees

Continue as GmbH and Co. KG

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

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

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.

Construction of two more halls so that the built-up area now amounts to 8,600 m².

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.

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.

Construction of a further 4,000 m² production hall - so that the production area now amounts to 12,000 m².

Expansion of systems engineering and focus on new technologies: In-house cleanroom-like, high-precision miniature production at 700 m².

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.

Opening of another cable plant, at that time the most modern in Europe, in the Brandenburg Forest over 5,000 m².

Continuation as GmbH

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

Appointment as Managing Director: Sebastian Scharfen (CEO)

Appointment as 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 over 10,000 m² of floor space and the option to expand by a further 10,000 m².

Opening of EEP branch plant in Rawicz near Leszno (Poland) over 10,000 m².

> 600 Employees