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SINCE 1921

1921Foundation in Tailfingen by Karl Schneider, Richard Maute and Gotthilf Ammann as an enterprise of the electric engineering industry for building installations.
1922Manufacture of DC starters and lever switches – the real year of birth of the switchgear specialist ELEKTRA TAILFINGEN. In the same year first patent application for a sewing machine control unit and series production of these control units.
1924Switch-over in the Tailfingen area from direct to alternating current
1938Trade show attendance
1948130 staff members are involved in the new beginning. The time of innovations in engineering starts.
1954ELEKTRA cam switches supersede the known drum switches. Their advantages: Long contact duty, high switching capacities, small material input and favourable prices introduce a new era of economic switching technology. ELEKTRA had formative influence on this technology and is leading in this.
1956ELEKTRA cam switches in chamber construction enter the market.
1959Manufacture of flat-type industrial plugs and sockets in alu enclosures and with steatite inserts.
1960Development of the first motor overload trip-switches
1961Hannover Trade Fair
1961Creation of a new fabrication building
1963ELEKTRA offer a new service with the production of control units. This service includes control units made as per customers‘ requirements for heating and ventilation devices.
1970Year of birth of the world-renowned CEKON industrial plugs and sockets.
1976ELEKTRA manufacture the largest and most efficient cam switch of the world for 1200 A.
Starting manufacture of current distributors for construction sites.
1978A new building with a modern electroplating unit, test bay and administrative offices is finished.
1982Start of production for electrical equipment for camp sites.
1986Three and four pole compact main switches enter the market.
1990Hannover Trade Fair
1995ELEKTRA is given the certification as per DIN EN ISO 9001.
1999Start of production of S series main switches as emergency off switches with a low-voltage circuit breaker
2007New foot-operated switch generation - COBRA is launched
2008Socket combinations and all-rubber power distributors are launched
2012Construction site power distributors are updated:
cross-bracing of the sub-frame ensures cabinet is totally stable.
Compact design thanks to use of a lockable circuit breaker.
2021Switch-over of the construction site power distributors to the latest standards and regulations
In the past decade, increased focus on customer-specific solutions and transformation into a systems provider