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1910

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1930-40

1950

1960

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1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

1900

1858–1945

Company founder Robert Thomas

1906

Workforce San Fernando mine

Wirth & Thomas becomes Thomas & Baumgarten

1910

1917

Robert Thomas is established

1920

Milk churn production around

1930-40

Robert Thomas global market leader for milk churns

Production of spin dryers

1950

Ore sorting in the 1950s

Lathe

Armature lathe:
countless switches and buttons

1960

Thomas Magnete as a branch
of Robert Thomas Metall- & Elektrowerke

First products supplied
by Robert Thomas

Development of the first proportional
solenoid for hydraulic applications

1970

1972

Management buy-out of Thomas
by the Hermann Thomas family

Change of company name to "thomas technik gesellschaft für magnet- und verfahrenstechnik mbh" featuring the product lines "thomas solenoids" and "control, measurement and regulating systems"

1980

left to right: Technical and commercial management Richard Gibas and Hubert Rataiczak

First system application with
metering pump for parking heaters

Dietrich Thomas joins
the management board

1990

1993

From January 1, 1993, the company trades as "Thomas Magnete – Dynamik aus Herdorf"

Production of "brake assist" system
with long cable

First proportional pressure reducing valve

Introduction of one-piece-flow production method

Establishment of first foreign
subsidiary in the USA

Focus on automotive

2000

Markus Krauss joins
the management board

First fully automated assembly line

Market launch of proportional solenoid
for camshaft phaser

Market launch of proportional solenoids and valves for dual-clutch transmissions

Market launch of metering pumps for
diesel particulate filter regeneration and SCR

2010

First mechatronic control system
for mobile hydraulic applications

Development of
an enteral feeding pump

Establishment of sales locations in Italy,
China, and the USA

Inauguration of Thomas
Technology Laboratory Dresden

New building Innomotion Park 2

2018

New generation of management team
as from 2018: Christoph Thomas,
Markus Kraus, Jürgen Heck

New building Innomotion Park 3

Additional production
site in Rennerod

In-house plastics production

2020

2020

SOP of EMA // Electromechanics
in hydraulic applications

2021

Start of TLM development //
Sensors and safety

2022

SOP of IPH / CPA //
Compact proportional pressure
reducing valves

Inauguration of Kunshan site

ÖAV: first valve with OBD function
(integrated electronics)

TS 28 in electric vehicles //
Transmission solenoids for electric cars

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