2009 | SKYLOTEC revolutionises the market for fall-arrest devices on fixed guidance with the introduction of SPEED. SKYLOTEC exhibits at Winter Ispo 2009 and wins the Ispo BrandNew Award with the climbing harness SKYFIT. |
2008 | SKYLOTEC expands into the area of mountaineering and wins the OutDoor INDUSTRY AWARD with the childrens’ climbing harness SC 101 GEKKO. |
2007 | The patented fall-arrest harness SIRRO wins the iF product design award. |
2006 | Acquisition of the business unit “Retten + Sichern” of the Swiss company mammutec AG. SKYLOTEC Hungary kft. Is founded as a second production location. |
2005 | Change of company name to SKYLOTEC. Production is expanded. The main warehouse and textile production are moved to Works 2 in Neuwied, Oberbieber. |
2004 | Founding of hte first foreign-based sales and distribution company, EKN Asia Pacific pte. Ltd. in Singapore. |
2003 | The business unit “Erste Hilfe und Krankentransport” is spun off and since then has been managed as its own company, ultraMEDIC. |
2002 | Development of the rescue device MILAN, to this day the best high-performance descender with centrifugal brake. |
2001 | Founding of the training centre and development of international markets in Europe, North Africa, the Near East and Asia. |
2000 | Kai Rinklake ist he new managing director of the company. |
1983 | Expansion of the range to include fall protection products for industry and trade. |
1982 | Eduard Kaufmann sells his company to Wolfgang Rinklake. The company Eduard Kaufmann GmbH is founded and the company headquarters is moved to Neuwied in Rheinland (in Germany). Eduard Kaufmann receives a utility patent from the German Patent Office for the first stainless steel rescue basket, which reduces the danger of arcing during rescue operations. With this invention, Kaufmann supplanted all the other baskets out of use in German mines. |
1973 | The manufacturing capacities are expanded to include production of aluminium scoop stretchers. |
1969 | The product range is expanded to include safety harnesses for fire brigades and fire departments. |
1962 | Eduard Kaufmann was commissioned to create a bandage canister as a supplement — as a durable transportable container for first aid needs underground. A round container of metal with a lid and carrier straps was created, and it contained an emergency supply of bandages. |
1958 | At the request of the mining authorities in Germany, Eduard Kaufmann developed an extinguishing container with a lid. It was a galvanised sheet metal tank with a fire extinguishing lid made of glass fabric or woll as the contents. |
1952 | The company successfully manufactures rescue baskets for rescue from mines and safety harnesses for the mining industry. The latter were, at this time, still simple abdominal belts made of leather. |
1948 | Founding of the company by Eduard Kaufmann. The first products were safety harnesses and rescue baskets for the mining industry. |
