History
2010 REAUDIT
Reauditing according to ISO 9001:2008.
2008-2009 EXTENSION OF OUR BUILDING
With the growth and the resulting increase in space requirements, the capacity of the manufacturing and assembly hall and administration building will be nearly doubled. Thus the basis for a more healthy expansion is created.
2007 FOUNDER MEMBER OF PACKAGING VALLEY
THE E+K SORTIERSYSTEME GMBH is one out of 15 founder members of the Packaging Valley Germany e. V.
2007 REAUDIT
Reauditing according to ISO 9001:2000.
2006 MIDDLE CLASS SPONSORSHIP AWARD
Successful attendance at the project "Arbeiten wie die Besten"(= work like the best) and receiving a reward of the middle class sponsorship award in 2006 for the E+K SORTIERSYSTEME GMBH
2005 EXPANSION IN SLOVAKIA
Expansion of the production plant in Slovakia at facility Brezno.
2004 CERTIFICATION - SPECIAL MACHINERY - AWARD
Re-certification of the company according to ISO 9001:2000.
Development of a special machine for West Pharmaceutical Services in Stollberg: automatic assembly machine SMA-1000-1 with a processing speed of 1,000 closures per minute.
Successful participation on projects for using innovative IT technologies and services. E+K SORTIERSYSTEME GMBH was awarded the "Mittelstandsförderpreis 2004", an award for medium-sized companies for extraordinary performance.
2003 NEW FOUNDATION
New foundation of the company called E+K SORTIERSYSTEME GMBH.
Management by Fritz Kraft (technical) and Uwe Herold (commercial).
2001 RECURRING AUDIT
Implementation of a recurring audit according to ISO 9001:2000
1998 CERTIFICATION
Certification of the company according to ISO 9001:2000.
1999 NEW BUILDING
The number of employees reached 50. Laying of the foundation stone and inauguration of the new building in the industrial area of Kirchberg (Germany). The new building comprises 400 m² of office space and 1,600 m² of production and assembly space.
Foundation of a subsdiary in Slovakia for the production of vibratory drives.
1994-1997 TURNOVER ACHIEVEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE PRODUCT RANGE
The turnover figure exceeded 1 million DM. Extension of the product range due to the increasing demand for innovation and customized solutions. E+K supplied their products to all well-known manufacturers in the pharmaceutical industry in the region. The company got well known in the industry and the export rate increased.
1994 EXPANSION OF PREMISES
Extension of the company by renting a building in Kirchberg/Lendsiedel (Germany).
1992 PATENTING OF ELECTRIC QUICK-FASTENING SYSTEM
Development and patenting of the electric quick-fastening system for sorting bowls.
1991 COMPANY FOUNDATION
In February 1991, the company was founded in Kirchberg/Dörrmenz (Germany) by Fritz Kraft and Günter Eisenmann under the name Eisenmann + Kraft GmbH. The independent company which is specialized in manufacturing sorting bowls settled down in the heart of the ,,Hohenlohe Packaging-Valley" (a region of Baden-Württemberg / South Germany which is nicknamed "Packaging-Valley" due to the concentration of companies in packaging machinery).
