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History
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2022
2022
EFCO TRIO Fleet Management:
The established alternative for a manufacturer-independent equipment fleet continues to experience rapid development. -
2021
2021
EFCO goes digital:
1. Successful relaunch of the EFCO online shop with user-friendly design and top functionalities. Significant increase in user numbers/orders.
2. «EFCO Sales Portal», a self-developed app that gives our sales staff access to relevant product, customer and warehouse information at any time.
3. Renewal of the IT infrastructure for fast and smooth internal processes and stable performance. -
2019
2019
Successful launch of EFCO's own label.
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2018
2018
Market launch of the radiating cable clamp EFCO CLIC SKH
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2017
2017
«Egli, Fischer & Co. Ltd, Zurich» becomes «EFCO Fixing Technology Ltd».
The company is now solely owned by the Fischer family. The Rominger-Egli family leaves the company. -
2016
2016
Location consolidation at Grabenstrasse 1, 8604 Nänikon
Abandonment of the locations in Zurich, Schwerzenbach and Volketswil -
2015
2015
Market launch of the multi-purpose dowel DELTA XM
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2014
2014
Concentration on the core competence area of fixing technology
Sale of the Industrial Electronics Division
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2013
2013
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
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2012
2012
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. Ltd, Zurich (complete company) in accordance with ISO 9001:2008
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2010
2010
CLIC on the Japanese test bench
The Research Institute in JapanUrban & Housing Technology Research Institute (UHTRI), Japan; successful test of the earthquake-proof CLIC® tube clamp
Cessation of the distribution of consumer electronics
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2009
2009
Opening of the Uetliberg tunnel built using EFCO fastenings
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2007
2007
Simplon tunnel (19.8 km); steel cable attachment in the tunnel using the CLIC® tube clamp
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2006
2006
Zurich-West bypass; communication-cable attachment in the tunnel using the CLIC® tube clamp
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2005
2005
Lötschberg base tunnel cut-off (34.6 km); communication-cable attachment using CLIC® tube clamp
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2003
2003
Market launch of the EGLI KPE rewind cable reel (with ATEX certificate for explosion-proof zones)
NEAT tunnel projects use Egli Fischer products for the first time
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2002
2002
Market launch of the SANFIX tube clamp
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2001
2001
Great Beltlink Rail Project (Denmark/Sweden,1.6 km, the third longest range in the world) Bridges with communication-cable attachment using the CLIC® tube clamp
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2000
2000
London Underground (England); tunnel communication-cable attachment using the CLIC® tube clamp
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1999
1999
MTR Mass Transit Railway (Hong Kong/China); tunnel cable attachment of all lines using the CLIC® tube-clamp system
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1998
1998
Sunniberg bridge as part of the Kloster's bypass road in the Canton of Grisons; attachment of the guard rails using the TILCA TIM injection system.
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1996
1996
Initial certification of Egli, Fischer & Co. Ltd, Zurich in accordance with ISO 9001:1006
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1990
1990
Entry of Florian Fischer
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1987
1987
Expansion of the shop and training centre in Volketswil, Zurich
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1985
1985
Opening of the distribution centre in Volketswil, Zurich
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1983
1983
Lincoln Tunnel New York (New York/USA, 2.4 km); tunnel communication-cable attachment using the CLIC® tube-clamp system
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1982
1982
Market launch of NIVO bathtub plugs
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1980
1980
Entry of Rudolf Rominger-Egli
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1979
1979
Commissioning of the first own EDP system
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1976
1976
Market launch and patenting of the CLIC® tube-clamp system
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1975
1975
Market launch of REGLA® perforated tap
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1971
1971
New organisation into four separate sales divisions (fittings technology, entertainment electronics, industrial electronics, wiring technology)
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1969
1969
Start of production in Schwerzenbach
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1968
1968
Market launch of EGLI rewind cable reels and LAVO installation kit
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1967
1967
Opening of the EFCO Service Shop in Geneva and purchase of the office building in Zurich
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1965
1965
Market launch and patenting of the DELTA® spiral nylon plugs
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1964
1964
Market launch of the PICO® power distributor
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1959
1959
Acquisition of the regional competitor Tilcafix SA in Carouge, Geneva
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1958
1958
Conversion to the joint stock company Egli, Fischer & Co. Ltd, Zurich
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1957
1957
Market launch of the WECO® brass dowel
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1953
1953
Market launch of SPIT® bolt-setting products
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1952
1952
Founding of the electronic components division and sale of the first products (Colvern® potentiometer, BUSH® TV receiver)
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1950
1950
Market launch of EGLI cable reel
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1949
1949
Conversion to the Willy Egli & Co. general partnership
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1948
1948
Relocation to new domicile in Claridenhof at Gotthardstrasse 6, Zurich (at that time the largest office building in Switzerland)
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1945
1945
Launching of the entertainment and industrial electronics divisions with sales of the initial products (Celestion® loudspeakers, Brown® headsets, TCC® capacitors)
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1944
1944
Entry of Hans E. Fischer
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1940
1940
Wartime concentration on domestic products
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1939
1939
Entry of Marthy Egli-Fischer
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1937
1937
First inhouse production of RAWLPLUG white bronze plugs
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1934
1934
New sole proprietorship: Willi Egli
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1933
1933
Takeover of the RAWLPLUG subsidiary in Switzerland
Entry of Willy Egli
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1924
1924
Albert Egli
First company domicile in the 1920sFounding of the single company A. Egli by the brothers Albert and Jean Egli at Bäckerstrasse 22 in Zurich (import and sales company for fastenings and tools for the construction industry)
