| 1949 |
DEWITTA Spezialmaschinenfabrik (today: WITTENSTEIN AG) established with headquarters in Steinheim |
| 1983 |
First low-backlash planetary gearheads (WPE, SP series), built to our own design principle, unveiled at the Hannover Fair |
| 1984 |
alpha getriebebau GmbH estabilshed |
| 1989 |
alpha réducteurs Sarl, our first foreign subsidiary, established in Paris (France) |
| 1991 |
alpha getriebe Ltd., Tokyo (Japan), becomes the first subsidiary in Asia |
| 1992 |
WITTENSTEIN motion control GmbH established |
| 1992 |
alpha gear drives Inc. subsidiary established in the USA |
| 1996 |
Fatec Co. Ltd joint venture set up in Seoul (South Korea), alpha drives ab established in Sweden |
| 1997 |
WITTENSTEIN Limited Partnership (USA) established |
| 1999 |
WITTENSTEIN intens GmbH established in Igersheim
WITTENSTEIN Aktiv Technologies Limited established in Bristol (UK)
alpha gearhead Limited established in Staffordshire (UK)
WITTENSTEIN cyber motor GmbH established in Igersheim |
| 1999 |
15 years of alpha getriebebau GmbH
50 years company anniversary of WITTENSTEIN GmbH & Co. KG |
| 2001 |
WITTENSTEIN AG established
Merger with Bastian GmbH as WITTENSTEIN bastian GmbH;
WITTENSTEIN ternary Co. Ltd. (Japan), WITTENSTEIN Holding (USA), WITTENSTEIN AG (Schwitzerland) and alpha riduttori s.r.l. (Italy) established |
| 2002 |
WITTENSTEIN wins two coveted awards: TOP 100 (alpha getriebebau GmbH elected Germany's most innovative small and medium-sized firm, beating 453 other candidates) and TOP JOB (WITTENSTEIN AG voted third-best SME employer) |
| 2003 |
WITTENSTEIN aerospace & simulation and alpha benelux (Belgium) established
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder visits WITTENSTEIN and alpha getriebebau |
| 2004 |
WITTENSTEIN AG acclaimed as Germany's top SME employer out of 118 entrants, winning special awards for orientation towards family and social values and for remuneration concepts. |
| 2005 |
Foundation of Chinese subsidiary alpha mechatronics (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd.
Foundation of Romanian subsidiary WITTENSTEIN transilvania SRL near Sibiu |
| 2006 |
WITTENSTEIN is one of 365 chosen locations in the German initiative "Land of ideas"
Award for excellent innovation management within the German benchmarking test for manufacturing companies, the competition "Fabrik des Jahres" |
| 2007 |
Foundation of subsidiary WITTENSTEIN electronics GmbH
Inauguration of production hall 6 in Igersheim-Harthausen
Certificate "career and family |
| 2008 |
Foundation of the Spanish subsidiary WITTENSTEIN ibérica S.L.U. |
| 2008 |
Foundation of the Taiwanese subsidiary WITTENSTEIN Co., Ltd. |
