History

With a mere DM 2,500, company founder Horst Ehlebracht – just 27 years old – dares to take the step into self-employment in Herford with a used injection moulding machine.

For the first four years of its existence, the young EHLEBRACHT GmbH & Co. KG concentrates exclusively on contract injection moulding work for the phono industry and regional furniture manufacturers. The turnover exceeds the million mark for the first time. With the establishment of Furniture Technology in 1972 and Lighting Technology in 1984, the company continues to grow.

As a pioneering achievement, EHLEBRACHT brings halogen lighting technology into furniture under the ELEKTRA brand. During this time – a phase of constant growth – further companies are established.

Horst Ehlebracht sets an important milestone for the current organization and development of the EHLEBRACHT Group. He leads the group of companies under the umbrella of EHLEBRACHT AG, which was founded as a holding company with 360 employees and an annual turnover of 78 million DM, to the stock exchange.

With EHLEBRACHT SLOWAKEI s.r.o., EHLEBRACHT opens the first foreign plant in Michalovce/Eastern Slovakia.

The EHLEBRACHT Group is streamlined within the scope of a restructuring to the core competences of Plastics Technology and present-day Light and Function Technology.

Horst Ehlebracht moves to the Supervisory Board.

Bernd Brinkmann and Hans-Jürgen Holz are appointed to the Management Board. Foundation of today’s ELEKTRA Industrial China Co. Ltd. in Shenzhen/South China.

EHLEBRACHT expands its Group business internationally with strong growth.

The foreign companies in Slovakia and China are being given a promising future with larger and state-of-the-art premises.

Bernd Brinkmann becomes sole member of the Management Board.

ELEKTRA Industrial China Co. Ltd. starts production in the completed second plant in Suzhou, China.

EHLEBRACHT celebrates its 50th anniversary and can look back on a successful history and look forward to the future with confidence. In summer, Ralf Kesseböhmer joins EHLEBRACHT as a major shareholder and anchor investor with a share of more than 80 per cent.

Merger of EHLEBRACHT AG with the main shareholder EHLEBRACHT Holding AG. Withdrawal from the stock exchange.

The Chinese Group company ELEKTRA Industrial China expands its administrative, production and storage space to more than 50,000 sqm with new plants in Shenzhen and Suzhou.

Resolution on the closure of the Berlin plant by 30 September 2020.

In addition to CEO Bernd Brinkmann, Matthias Delius is appointed to the Management Board of EHLEBRACHT Holding AG.