2016
Egli Fischer becomes EFCO – new logo, new appearance, and locational consolidation in German-speaking Switzerland (new site in Nänikon)
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Egli Fischer becomes EFCO – new logo, new appearance, and locational consolidation in German-speaking Switzerland (new site in Nänikon)
Market launch of universal plug DELTA XM
Concentration on the core competence area of fittings technology
Pumped storage power plant Nant de Drance: Laying of cable conduits in the lateral embankments of the access tunnels; EFCO ZYROFIX supplies plastic half-shells on a pre-welded steel framework
Rhone-Unterquerung (Wallis, Switzerland); buoyancy control for the encasement of cable conduits in concrete with the EFCO system solution
Latest certification of Egli, Fischer & Co. AG, Zurich (complete company) in accordance with ISO 9001:2008
Urban & Housing Technology Research Institute (UHTRI), Japan; successful test of the earthquake-proof EFCO CLIC® tube clamp
Opening of the Uetliberg tunnel built using EFCO fittings
Simplon tunnel (19.8 km); steel cable attachment in the tunnel using the EFCO CLIC® tube clamp
Zurich-West bypass; communication-cable attachment in the tunnel using the EFCO CLIC® tube clamp
Lötschberg base tunnel cut-off (34.6 km); communication-cable attachment using EFCO CLIC® tube clamp
Market launch of the EGLI KPE return cable reel (with ATEX certificate for explosion-proof zones)
NEAT tunnel projects use Egli Fischer products for the first time
Market launch of the EFCO SANFIX tube clamp
Great Beltlink Rail Project (Denmark/Sweden,1.6 km, the third longest range in the world) Bridges with communication-cable attachment using the EFCO CLIC® tube clamp
London Underground (England); tunnel communication-cable attachment using the EFCO CLIC® tube clamp
MTR Mass Transit Railway (Hong Kong/China); tunnel cable attachment of all lines using the EFCO CLIC® tube-clamp system
Sunniberg bridge as part of the Kloster's bypass road in the Canton of Grisons; attachment of the guard rails using the EFCO TILCA TIM injection system.
Initial certification of Egli, Fischer & Co. Ltd., Zurich in accordance with ISO 9001:1006
Expansion of the shop and training centre in Volketswil, Zurich
Opening of the distribution centre in Volketswil, Zurich
Lincoln Tunnel New York (New York/USA, 2.4 km); tunnel communication-cable attachment using the EFCO CLIC® tube-clamp system
Market launch of EFCO NIVO bathtub plugs
Market launch and patenting of the EFCO CLIC® pipe clamp system
Market launch of EFCO REGLA® perforated tape
New organisation into four separate sales divisions (fittings technology, entertainment electronics, industrial electronics, wiring technology)
Start of production in Schwerzenbach
Market launch of EFCO EGLI return cable reels and EFCO LAVO installation kit
Opening of the EFCO Service Shop in Geneva and purchase of the office building in Zurich
Market launch and patenting of the EFCO DELTA® spiral nylon plugs
Market launch of the EFCO PICO® power distributor
Acquisition of the regional competitor Tilcafix SA in Carouge, Geneva
Conversion to the joint stock company Egli, Fischer & Co. Ltd., Zurich
Market launch of the EFCO WECO® brass dowel
Market launch of EFCO SPIT® bolt-setting products
Founding of the electronic components division and sale of the first products (Colvern® potentiometer, BUSH® TV receiver)
Market launch of EFCO EGLI cable reel
Conversion to the Willy Egli & Co. general partnership
Relocation to new domicile in Claridenhof at Gotthardstrasse 6, Zurich (at that time the largest office building in Switzerland)
Launching of the entertainment and industrial electronics divisions with sales of the initial products (Celeston® loudspeakers, Brown® headsets, TCC® capacitors)
Wartime concentration on domestic products
First inhouse production of RAWLPLUG white bronze plugs
Takeover of the RAWLPLUG subsidiary in Switzerland
Founding of the single company A. Egli by the brothers Albert and Jean Egli at Bäckerstrasse 22 in Zurich (import and sales company for fittings and tools for the construction industry)