Company history and important milestones
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2021
Foundation of Sontheim Industrie Elektronik Italia SRL and opening of the branch office in Rovereto (Trento).
2021
Sontheim celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Systems for automation, diagnostics and connectivity.
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2020
Opening of the branch office in Düsseldorf.
2020
Completion of the construction phase 3.
Additional 4.000m² usable floor space, including
automotive production hall with clean room.
With this the location has reached its maximum expansion stage.
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2019
We welcome the 125th employee at Sontheim.
– We live electronics –
2018
Awarded the “Großer Preis des Mittelstandes”
(Grand Prix of Medium-Sized Businesses)
Sontheim prevailed nationwide against 4,917 companies.
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2017
Completion of the construction phase 2.
New premises for the test facility, additional offices and meeting rooms.
2016
Sontheim celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Systems for automation, diagnostics and connectivity.
![History - 2016 History - 2016](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/8/csm_Geschichte_2016-2_570x276_5e79291581.jpg)
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2015
We welcome the 100th employee at Sontheim.
– We live electronics –
2014
Launch of the telemetry and gateway
COMhawk® module
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2009
Move to the new company building in the
Georg-Krug-Straße in Kempten
Two extensions of the building will follow.
2007
Foundation of Sontheim Industrial Electronics Inc.
in the USA.
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1999
We welcome the 10th employee at Sontheim.
– We live electronics –
1998
Start of our own electronics production.
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1996
Foundation of Sontheim Industrie Elektronik GmbH
by Dipl. Ing. (FH) Bruno Sontheim