The History

1984

... in 1984 the most successful department within the Würth Elektronik Group, the VBT (Assembly technique) is founded. In the beginning the offices were in the facilities of the division Circuit Printed Boards in Niedernhall

1993

…after moving to Kupferzell into new offices there is a steady expanding development during the following years. The number of employees, the product range and the customer base are growing fast.

1995

In September the first patent for snap ferrite housings is registered. 

2001

eiSos® becomes a registered trademark. eiSos® is an abbreviation of EMC & Inductive Solutions.
The building in Kupferzell is now too small for the employees in the administration and plans are made for a new headquarters. 

The work starts on 27th of March in Waldenburg. 
Furthermore on 6th of August 2001 is the foundation of Wurth Electronics USA . This subsidiary is the North America Central Distribution Center for Würth Elektronik. Managing directors are Oliver Konz and Norbert Heckmann.

2002

Two more mile stones are reached this year….
The move into the new building in Waldenburg provides enough space to guarantee future growth.

This year the company name changes to Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KG and the former division becomes a legally independent company within the Würth Elektronik Group. The former heads of the division Norbert Heckmann and Oliver Konz become the managing directors of this company.
Now we have more than 150 employees in the administration.
The new warehouse in Waldenburg has three times more space than the old warehouse. 

2004

Würth Elektronik constantly expands its prodcut range: In 2004 Transformers and RF components were added to their standard product range.

2005

Würth Elektronik eiSos aquires the rodcore inductor specialist iBE Induktive Bauelemente GmbH in Thyrnau, Germany. iBE manufacures customer-specfic rodcore inductors for the automotive sector. 

2006

Würth Elektronik goes Electromechanic. The divison WE Radialex starts internatonally to sell connectors, varistors and assembly technique.

At the WE headquarters in Waldenburg, Germany the new warehouse is ready. The new warehouse has 4-times the capacity of the former warehouse and guarantees availability and short delievery times for our customers.

2007

Würth Elektronik aquires Midcom Inc. which is located in Watertown, South Dakota. Since 30 years Midcom is one of world's leading manufacturer of customized transformers for LAN, Power and Telecom applications. Wurth Electronics Midcom, Inc. is an affiliated company and handles and processes sales in the U.S.

2008

The international expansions continues. In Israel and Poland we now have also a technical sales force who support our customers directly on site.

2009

Würth Elektronik expands its international activities despite of the economic and financial crisis. Direct sales starts in Denmark to support the customers directly on site. The design of offline transformer for energy saving electronic devices opens the door to future technologies.

2010

Würth Elektronik publishes the design guide "Trilogy of Connectors". Direct sales starts in Norway and Turkey.