1931 |
Carl Kurt Walther founds the company in Wuppertal with the WALTHER-TROWAL division. It focuses on the manufacture and sale of machinery, systems and processes for surface finishing through vibration or slide grinding, which has become known globally as Trowalizing (TROWAL® = TROmmel WALther). |
1951 |
WALTHER-PRÄZISION was founded during the 50s to meet the demands made by the company founder for a quick connector for the connection and disconnection of supply lines for a range of production machines manufactured by his company Carl Kurt Walther, Wuppertal. |
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Factory 2 and Factory 3, Wuppertal-Vohwinkel |
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1955 |
Relocation to a modern administration building with production sites and a significantly larger development and testing department in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel. |
1961 |
Extension of the administration building and erection of warehouses, after considerably increased business volume. |
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1965 |
Purchase of a site and erection of additional factories with office building for design, production and storage at the Wuppertal site. |
1966 |
Development and delivery of the first clean-break mono-couplings for fuelling the European launch vehicle, predecessor of the subsequent ARIANE 1. |
1967 |
Development and delivery of manually operated 52way multi-couplings, used on a test bench by Rolls-Royce for jet engines. |
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1968 |
Delivery of further developed mechanically operated multi-couplings to Rolls-Royce for jet engine test benches. |
1970 |
WALTHER-PRÄZISION manufactures mono-couplings for medical apparatus technology, for use in dialysis and heart-lung machines. |
1972 |
Delivery of mono-couplings for engine hydraulics in the multipurpose combat aircraft TORNADO. |
1973 |
Electrically codable mono-couplings prevent confusion and reliably indicate the connection status of pipe systems in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals industry. |
1974 |
Production sites relocated to the Haan - Ost Industrial Park on the A46, with its good transport links. Foundation of the first English subsidiary. |
1975 |
WALTHER-PRÄZISION fits nuclear research plants with mono-couplings and multi-couplings, partly already with metal seals, for radioactive environments. |
1977 |
Foundation of a second English subsidiary |
1980 |
The first German nuclear power plants are fitted with mono-couplings. |
1982 |
Multi-couplings, made from seawater-resistant stainless steel, are used on drilling platforms for hydraulic operation of the drilling tools under water. |
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1983 |
Robot tool changers used in automotive production, e.g. in bodywork construction for program-controlled changing of welding pliers and grippers. |
1984 |
Foundation of the French subsidiary. |
1985 |
Further relocation of more production and office units to the Haan - Ost industrial park, closely located to the A46. |
1990 |
Development and delivery of detachable test connections for nuclear power plants in order to check the cooling water for radioactivity. |
1992 |
Introduction of a DIN EN ISO 9001 quality management system. |
1993 |
WALTHER-PRÄZISION supplies mono-couplings (Fill and Drain System) with documented production for ARIANE 5. |
1995 |
The monocouplings with metal seals used in the offshore area undergo considerable further development in order to decisively extend the lifetimes of the fittings when used underwater. |
1996 |
In the International Space Station, or ISS, Columbus, mono-couplings are supplied to cool the onboard equipment (Cooling System of Electrical Equipment). The European Science Laboratory docked with the International Space Station in February 2008. |
1997 |
Development and delivery of mono-couplings for deep-sea use (depths of 3,000 metres), which prevent water from penetrating the hydraulic system, even when uncoupled. |
1999 |
6,000-bar high-pressure hydraulic couplings shorten fitting times when connecting the energy supply to forming dies used in series production. |
2000 |
Head office and the overwhelming part of the production relocates from Wuppertal to the neighbouring Haan-Ost / Rheinland Industrial Park on the A46, with its good transport links, into buildings erected additionally. All jobs are retained. |
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Headquarters and Production Facilities, Haan |
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2001 |
Erection of an automatic high-bay storage facility in order to increase flexibility and to reduce delivery times substantially. |
2005 |
WALTHER-PRÄZISION delivers the world's first 850 bar refuelling coupling to Linde GAS GmbH and Adam Opel GmbH (GM) for the 700 bar refuelling of hydrogen-powered cars. |
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2007 |
Innovative low-temperature couplings are supplied for research projects in the automotive industry, to enable the refuelling with liquid hydrogen at -253 °C. |
2009 |
Mounting couplings replace screw joints in and on automotive industry and engineering products. In addition to the space-saving design, mounting times are considerably shortened. |
2013 |
PETROBRAS center for research and development awarded the "Intelligent Dual Hot Stab" designed for deep-sea oil production with the Innovation Award. |
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