History



1899     
  • Inventor Wilhelm Sedlbauer establishes a mechanical workshop in Munich (1873 – 1954)

  • Focus is on medical-technical tasks, construction of operating tables, adjustable hospital beds and Finsen lamps

 

 

1908     
  • Cooperation with Graf Zeppelin

  • Sedlbauer builds altimeters, barometers, thermometers and personally tests these instruments as a balloon pilot

  • Punctually each day, a Sedlbauer switch panel controls the sequence of the famous chimes in Munich Town Hall

 

1916    
Development of a photo mapper that can correct maps by using distorted aerial pictures

 

1933    
Production of the first toroidal transformer for the Deutsche Reichspost and development of the corresponding toroidal winding machine

 

1961    
  • The Grafenau branch is established in Wittelsbacherstraße
  • Construction of transmission line transformers for low and carrier frequency as well as cable terminal racks, among others for the Deutsche Bundespost

 

1974    
75th anniversary: Alongside telecommunications equipment for cable termination, the range now also includes electronic articles and devices

 

1984    
Purchase of the former Klasing building and relocation of the entire manufacture, development and management from Munich to Grafenau

 

1986    
Grafenau becomes company headquarters with sales management remaining in Munich

 

1989
  • New construction and expansion of the Grafenau premises
  • Company goes public / becomes a public limited company

 

1990    
  • Relocation into the newly built factory in the industrial zone Grafenau-Reismühle
  • The company is now already involved in electromechanics, communications engineering, ISDN, custom machine building and medical engineering

 

1991    
Subsidiary Sedlbauer STEEP s.r.o. is founded in Brno (CZ) with partial outsourcing of series production of toroidal transformers

 

1993    
The sales office in Munic is closed. From now on all business activities are run from Grafenau.

 

 

1995    
Establishment and expansion of the national and international distribution network. Sedlbauer AG develops into a specialist in custom solutions and services for equipment, cabinet and vending machine systems

 

1997    
Sedlbauer STEEP s.r.o. relocates from Brno (CZ) to Cicenice (CZ / district of Ceske Budejovice) and changes its name to Sedlbauer s.r.o.

 

1998
 Development of an MIT 1000 for limiting leakage current in medical equipment

 

1999    
100 years of Sedlbauer

 

 

2000 Foundation of subsidiary IfEK GmbH (since 2006: Sedlbauer EKS)

 

2001
Expansion of machinery: Visual Quality Control (Model VQC 12/20) for continuous quality improvement



2007
  • Connection to district heating
  • Expansion of MIT product family
  • Expansion of machinery: Bending machine (Trumpf-TruBend-5230)

 

2008  
Expansion and modernization of machinery:
  • CNC punch press (AMADA EM2 3610 NT)
  • CNC punch / laser combination (AMADA EML 3610 NT)
  • Laser cutter (AMADA LC F1 NT SERIES)

 

2010
Expansion and modernization of machinery:
  • Levelling machine (ARKU Flatmaster 50/1250)
  • Bending machine (Trumpf-TruBend-5170)

 

2011
Given the excellent order situation, a new production hall is planned for the subsidiary
Sedlbauer s.r.o. in Cicenice (CZ).

Renowned customers have placed their trust in Sedlbauer AG over many years for the planning, development and manufacture of custom housings and equipment systems. In addition to high reliability, we offer our customers creativity with the necessary individual flexibility, punctuality, excellent quality and good price-for-performance.