08.07.1921: | First patent of company's founder Ernst Sachs |
| 18.11.1921: | Business registration in Berlin.
The enterprise grows steadily despite inflation and economic crises. The premises are extended several times. The 200 Watt soldering iron is joined by other lighter models for the electrical industry as well as tin melting pots. |
| 1923: | Ernst Sachs marries Gertrud Neumann |
| 1923: | Relocation to a bigger workshop in Marienfelder Strasse |
| 1927: | Construction of the residential and factory premises in Manteuffel Strasse |
| 1943: | Bombing raids on Berlin force the relocation of most production capacity to Lower Silesia |
| 1944: | Berlin works bombed |
| 1945: | Teuplitz works occupied by Soviet troops |
| 1946: | Resumption of production in a hut adjacent to the railway station in Wertheim. |
| 1948: | Construction of the residential and factory premises at Ferdinand-Hotz-Str. 3 |
| 1949: | ERSA sends representatives to the first Export Fair in Hanover. The ERSA 30 starts its successful career. |
| 1953: | Ernst Sachs, Jr. joins the company |
| 1960: | Introduction of a performance-related profit-sharing scheme for the employees |
| 1961: | Transfer of soldering iron production to the current company site |
| 1961: | ERSA sells the first soldering machines on the German market |
| 1962: | Construction of the new administration building |
| 1964: | Ernst Sachs, Sr. is awarded the Diesel Silver Medal |
| 1968: | ERSA builds the first of its own soldering machines |
| 1971: | Development of the mechanically temperature-controlled soldering iron |
| 1971: | Extension of the premises in Leonard-Karl-Str. |
| 1973: | ERSA is cofounder of the world's leading trade fair Productronica in Munich. |
| 1974: | Market launch of electronically temperature-controlled soldering stations |
| 1977: | The firm's founder, Ernst Sachs, dies at the age of 87 |
| 1983: | Arson following burglary. Damage to the soldering equipment factory totals more than DM 6 million. |
| 1985: | New production and administration building for soldering machines |
| 1986: | ERSA starts development work on Reflow soldering machines |
| 1987: | ERSA presents the first microprocessor-controlled soldering station. This revolutionary concept points the way ahead for the entire industry, offering the opportunity to connect several stations together and control them from a PC by process control software. |
| 1988: | ERSA regularly arranges Know How Seminars on the basis of its former soldering conventions for training and a more intensive expert dialogue |
| 1.1.1993: | Incorporation of ERSA in the Kurtz Group |
| 1994: | ERSA's developers achieve volume production status for the fluxless wave soldering process using ultra-sonics, marketed as So-No-Clean™ |
| 1994: | The HOTFLOW range of total convection machines begin their successful career on global markets |
| 1995: | New generation of soldering stations is awarded the IF Design Prize |
| 1995: | ERSA presents its newly developed in-line selective soldering machine VERSAFLOW |
| 1995: | Foundation of KURTZ Far East Limited / ERSA Asia Pacific in Hongkong |
| 1996: | Relocation of preliminary production of machinery components and foundation of a new metalworking company, Metallbearbeitung Wertheim (MBW). |
| 1996: | ERSA celebrates its 75th anniversary |
| 1997: | The IR 500 Rework Station with dark IR radiators and patented aperture system is introduced to the market |
| 1998: | The first selective soldering system ERSA VERSAFLOW is introduced to the market |
| 1999: | ERSA receives numerous innovation prizes for the ERSASCOPE and the ERSA ImageDoc quality assurance software, e.g. the "Dr.-Rudolf-Eberle" of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| 1999: | Foundation of ERSA Inc. in Plymouth, WI, USA |
| 2000: | KURTZ/ERSA Shanghai is founded |
| 2000: | Together with its cooperation partner MANZ ERSA presents "Place and Solder", the first worldwide placement and selective soldering system in one machine |
| 2000: | New assembly hall for ERSA soldering machines in Wertheim |
| 2000: | ERSA wins the "EP&P Grand Award" in Anaheim, USA, and the "SMT Vision Award" with the inspection systems |
| 2001: | ERSA is certified according to the ISO 9001:2000 norm |
| 2001: | The ERSA IR 550 rework system wins the "SMT Vision Award" in San Diego, CA, USA |
| 2002: | ERSA introduces the EPOS 1 process optimization software package for machine soldering |
| 2002: | IRSoft process documentation software for ERSA rework systems |
| 2003: | The new generation of ERSASCOPE 2 inspection systems allows non-destructive Flip-Chip inspection for the first time |
| 2004: | Technology day und open day in the course of the the Kurtz Group's 225th anniversary |
| 2005: | Extension of the rework product range with the IR 650 A system with DynamicIR and Multi True Closed Loop Control |
| 2005: | Employment protection certification according to OHSAS standards |
2006: | Introduction of a lean production system according to the Toyota production system with Porsche Consulting |
| 2007: | VERSAPRINT, the first screen printer with 100 % inspection |
| 2008: | Modular concept for VERSAFLOW, POWERFLOW |
| 2009: | i-CON nano, Hybrid Tool |
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