HANS TURCK GMBH & CO. KG

History

Year	Detail
1960	Hans Turck opens an engineering office named "Ingerierubuero Hans Turck" (Engineering Office of Hans Turck) in Germany.
1965	Werner Turck starts manufacturing switching amplifiers and proximity sensors in a shed. Hans Turck starts selling products to German customers.
1965	Turck manufactures its first series product for Huls chemical works, now Evonik. The isolation amplifier with intrinsically safe circuits for explosion-protected areas lays the foundation for the success of the early years of the company.
1970	The two brothers register their companies separately; Hans Turck KG, and Werner Turck KG. Originally work was done in a shed, with lab and engineering on a pigeon loft.
1974	Turck's Multi-Prox sensor invented. It was also at this time that Turck began making its products yellow to help them stand out and show confidence in them.
1975	The company expanded to the U.S. and opened an office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1978	It has begun offering more products, including proximity sensors, AC/DC proximity switches, and products for rotation and speed monitoring.
1988	Turck originally developed the first IP67 fieldbus system, "sensoplex," for a large automotive manufacturer.
1990	The company Turck opened Turck GmbH with production, R&D and sales in the eastern part of Germany.
1993	With uprox, Turck presents the first inductive proximity switch that has the same high switching distance on all metals.
1994	Turck Holding is founded, combining Werner Turck GmbH and Hans Turck GmbH under one roof.
1996	The production facility was built in Plymouth, Minnesota, and it has 78,000 square feet.
2001	Turck Mexico was founded with a production facility of over 28,000 square feet.
2004	BL67 is the world's first modular IP67 fieldbus system in the mid-zero years. This makes the flexibility and freedom of a combination of modular systems possible for the first time in decentralized IP67 automation concepts without a control cabinet.
2006	The foundation of Turck India Automation Pvt. Ltd. in Pune is representative for the second internationalization phase in East Asia.
2012	First fieldbus system for three Ethernet protocols, Multiprotocol Ethernet, allows users to use the same I/O solution in Profinet, Ethernet/IP, or Modbus TCP for the first time.
2015	Inauguration of the new facilities in Turck Mexico - Mirus 1 Project.
2016	First logic software for distributed I/O modules, ARGEE represents the next milestone on the road to decentralized automation.
2017	With the acquisition and integration of Vilant, Turck strengthened its position in the field of turnkey solutions for intralogistics.
2018	Turck acquired cloud software from IoT specialist Beck IPC as part of a technology buyout. This sophisticated cloud software solution is the foundation for the development of the industrial cloud ecosystem Turck Cloud Solutions.
2018	Turck takes over its sales partner RET Automation Controls and establishes Turck Banner (Pty) Ltd. In South Africa.