Fabrimex History

  • 1947
    Incorporation of Fabrimex AG in Zürich by E. Oertli. First distributorship for capacitors from Rob. BOSCH for reactive current compensation.
  • 1955/56
    Fabrimex enters the realm of electronics when the company becomes a distributor for International Rectifier (USA) and Texas Instruments (USA). It expands its portfolio to become a leading provider in component distribution.
  • 1978
    aunch of in-house development of power supplies; export activities are intensified.
  • 1979
    Start of photovoltaic activities through a distributorship from ARCO-Solar (USA).
  • 1982
    Acquisition of Dr. K. Witmer Elektronik AG, Erlenbach, Switzerland's leading manufacturer of laboratory power supplies.
  • 1986
    Systematic expansion of our product line in the domain of systems through distributorships from Datacube (USA), Xycom (USA), and Oettle Reichler OR (Germany).
  • 1990
    Incorporation of CAC-Fabrimex GmbH. Intensification of market servicing activities for power supplies in Germany.
  • 1992
    The component distribution business is sold to Spoerle Electronic. Fabrimex refocuses on 4 business units:
    - Solar
    - Systems
    - Power supplies
    - Energy management and EMC
    Transformation from a pure broadband distributor to a specialized engineering services firm.
  • 1994
    Headquarters and all business units are moved to a location in Volketswil near Zürich.
  • 1996
    Certification of our Quality Management Systems pursuant to ISO 9001.
  • 1997
    Management buyout of the Solar Business Unit.
  • 1998
    Launch of volume production of industrial PCs for OEMs in Switzerland.
  • 2001
    Incorporation of FABRIMEX FAR EAST Ltd in Taiwan for IPC and display procurement and for international distribution.
  • 2003
    Management buyout of the Energy Management Business Unit.
  • 2005
    FABRIMEX AG is split up into two legally independent companies
    FABRIMEX AG   for power supplies
    FABRIMEX SYSTEMS AG for industrial PCs and image processin
  • 2006
    Fabrimex Far East in Taiwan; we have been successfully supplying industrial customers both into and from Europe directly from Taiwan for 5 years
  • 2009
    Start of collaboration with SVS – VISTEK from Germany for GigE cameras used in the industrial sector

          Contract with LANNER INC. Taiwan for compact industrial PCs

  • 2010
    Start of collaboration with CONGATEC from Germany in the field of embedded computing (COM Express, Q7, XTX form factors)