DEHN - reliable partner for your safety since 1910

• 1910 Foundation
• 1918 First patent
• 1921 Subsidiary in Neumarkt
• 1923 Components for lightning protection and earthing
• 1933 DEHN becomes DEHN + SÖHNE
• 1939 - 45 War and reconstruction
• 1945 Post-war activities
• 1948 Hot dip galvanising plant
• 1952 Hannover Messe
• 1952 Further extension in Neumarkt
• 1952 Earthing and short-circuiting devices
• 1953 DEHN markets its products abroad
• 1954 First generation of surge protection devices
• 1956 KS Connector
• 1958 Earthing technology
• 1960 50th anniversary
• 1970 - 1980 New protective devices
• 1977 Safety equipment product range extended
• 1984 DEHNventil^® first lightning current carrying surge arrester
• 1986 VM 280 world's first arrester with 17.5 mm modular width
• 1988 DESITEK A/S first sales company in Denmark
• 1991 - 98 Masterplan DEHN 2000
• 1993 New energy-coordinated Red/Line SPD family
• 1996 New energy-coordinated Yellow/Line SPD family
• 1999 DEHN INSTATEC electrical installation
• 2002 Masterplan continued
• 2003 New administration building
• 2003 HVI conductor
• 2004 50 years of surge protection by DEHN + SÖHNE
• 2006 Red/Line, Yellow/Line - NEW
• 2007 Pipe clamp for hazardous areas
• 2007 New three-storey production facility
• 2008 Early warning system DEHNrecord MCM XT
• 2009 DEHNguard SCI for PV systems, BLITZDUCTOR XTU with flexible nominal voltage
• 2010 - 100^th anniversary of DEHN

 

1910

DEHN + SÖHNE is an innovative, globally operating family-owned company with 100 years of experience and tradition.

... from a workshop to an industrial company

January, 21st 1910 - Hans Dehn, an electrical craftsman, founds an electrical contracting workshop in Nuremberg / Bavaria.