Hengstler

Milestones

1846 Hengstler cell in the master workshop of Johannes Hengstler the Elder. Production of clock gongs.
1912Manufacture of screws, nuts, and turned parts.
1926 Hengstler, together with the company Efunda from Schwenningen, takes over the production of counting devices.
1956Manufacture of plastic parts using the first injection molding machines.
1957Presentation of the revolutionary modular system 400.
1962Foundation of Hengstler Great Britain.
1964Foundation of Hecon Corp., USA.
1966Counting system 400 available in electronic version.
1969Product launch of the time recording division.
1969Foundation of Hengstler Contrôle Numérique, France.
1969 Hengstler Contrôle Numérique, Belgium, is founded.
1970 Orario Flessibile, Italy, is founded.
1971 Hengstler Flextime, Great Britain, is founded.
1972 Orario Flessibile, Italy, is founded.
1974 Hengstler Japan Corporation is founded.
1974 First compact electronic time and attendance system: MINFOS.
1980 DATAMOD is presented: A completely new microprocessor-controlled system family with on-screen user guidance.
1980 Orario Flessibile becomes Hengstler Italia, the subsidiary.
1981 Founding of Hengstler España.
1983 With the integration of the renowned relay program from Haller/Wehingen into the Hengstler Group, a new Hengstler product area is created.
1987 Entry into sensor technology.
1990 Founding of Hengstler Nederland. Introducing VARIDAT: New Dimensions in Time and Attendance Management.
1993 Cutting-edge technology from Aldingen: Rotary encoders with OPTOASIC in a modular design.
1995 Acquisition by DANAHER Corporation USA.
1995 Introduction of the new "tico" software counter generation.
1996 Time and attendance tracking under Windows.
1996 New product area: Industrial and temperature controllers.
1996 Acquisition of KACO Elektrotechnik Heilbronn.
1998 Transfer of the Time and Access Control business unit to MBB-Gelma. Simultaneously, acquisition of their angular encoder division.
2002 Acquisition of the thermal printer division of BDT, Rottweil.
2016Hengstler is now part of the Fortive Group.
2025Hengstler is now part of the newly founded Ralliant Group.