| Date |
Activities |
 |
| June
1, 1975 |
BELIMO Automation AG founded
by Walter Burkhalter, Anton Heinrich Hütte, Ludwig
Linsi, Walter Linsi, Werner Roner, and Karl Stocker |
|
| 1975 |
Development of the plug-on actuator (actuator mounted
directly on the damper spindle – a world premiere that cut
assembly time to a third) |
|
| August
1976 |
Delivery of the first SM1
... plug-on actuators |
|
| 1977 |
Establishment of a Distribution Company in German |
|
| Development of the first spring return actuators specifically
for fire protection |
|
| 1984 |
Product range extended to
include the FM... spring return actuator and the VAV-Control
air volume system |
|
| 1984 / 1985 |
Representatives in the UK, Finland, Norway,
Austria, Denmark, France, Sweden and the Netherlands upgraded
to independent Distribution Companies (franchise holders) |
|
| 1986 |
Assembly of the millionth
actuator |
|
| 1989 |
Establishment of Belimo Aircontrols USA |
|
| 1990 |
Annual sales pass the CHF 50 million
mark for the first time |
|
| Subsidiary company founded in Spain |
|
| 1993 |
Number of assembled actuators reaches five
million |
|
| 1993
/ 1994 |
Subsidiary companies founded
in Austria, the UK and France |
|
| November 10, 1995 |
Belimo Automation AG becomes a public company
(first day of trading on the Zurich Stock Exchange) |
|
| 1995 |
Number of actuators assembled per year
reaches one million for the first time while net business
volume exceeds CHF 100 million |
|
| Subsidiary company founded in Canada |
|
| 1997 |
Establishment of Belimo Hong-Kong |
|
| Number of assembled actuators reaches ten million |
|
| 1998 |
Development and sale of
the first valve actuators for the new water sector |
|
| October 1998 |
Production commences in the USA (Danbury,
CT) |
|
| 2000 |
Net business volume exceeds CHF 200
million |
|
| Subsidiary company founded in Singapore |
|
| 2001 |
More new subsidiaries in Poland and Australia |
|
| Number of actuators assembled per year climbs to two million |
|
| November
2002 |
Belimo moves to new production
and administration premises in Hinwil, thus uniting all
locations in the Zurich Oberland region on one site; company
headquarters transferred from Wetzikon to Hinwil |
|
| 2005 |
Launch of a new product generation with modularized
actuators |
|
| 2006 |
Number of assembled actuators reaches 30 million |
|
| Subsidiary companies founded in India |
|
| 2007 |
Launch of the new CM compact actuator: a milestone in small damper actuation
|
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