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History of Helmut Hund GmbH |
- 1967 - Helmut Hund founds the company at the age of 17. His first product is an initial current limiter for electric motors
- 1972 - Helmut Hund KG is founded with Jürgen Herzog as limited partner. With the development and manufacture of the electronic components for the famous Minox camera, the company experienced its first period of rapid growth
- 1978 - Founding of Verolum Fiber Optics in Schöffengrund-Schwalbach
- 1979 - Founding of Geotherm Heating Engineering GmbH in Wetzlar
- 1980 - Founding of UEG GmbH in Wetzlar
- 1981 - Takeover of Niebch Precision Mechanics in Wetzlar
- 1984 - The Herzog company with ists 85 employees is incorporated into the already existing Helmut Hund GmbH
- 1988 - With the takeover of the microscope manufacturer Will Wetzlar GmbH, the number of employees exceeds 400
- 1992 - The mass-produced Optics of Helmut Hund GmbH is sold to the stiffest competitor
- 2000 - Helmut Hund GmbH spins off Geotherm Heating Engineering GmbH by a managment-buy-out (http://www.geotherm-linden.net)
- 2002 - Helmut Hund GmbH sells the share deals of UEG GmbH (http://www.ueg-gmbh.de)
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