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The history of Winkhaus The 1990s The company undergoes a period of restructuring. Aug. Winkhaus GmbH & Co. KG provides the organisational framework for the operational business divisions Windows, Doors, Automation and Two-Wheel Security. Winkhaus has a global workforce of 2000. The development of the intelligent window and the increasing automation of production processes contribute significantly to the success of an expanded product range. One of the factors in the success the company enjoys during this period is the first autoPilot Center, designed and built as part of a joint project with the mechanical engineering company Lemuth, which significantly improves production efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The founding of Winkhaus North America advances the company’s position on the American market. Winkhaus STV GmbH opens at Meiningen in Thüringen. Covering an area of 65,000 m2, the site features a production hall for security entrance door lockings and an office building.

1990
Winkhaus Technik opens a subsidiary in Switzerland.

1991
Winkhaus relocates some of its bicycle lock production activities to a new factory in Malaysia.

1992
Production of window hardware gets underway in Leszno, home to the newly-founded Winkhaus Polska.

The new Winkhaus UK reinforces the company’s position on the UK market.

1993
Winkhaus launches the motorised intelligent window. As part of a pilot project, the product is fitted in a residential home for the elderly in Papenburg, Germany.

1994
Winkhaus combines the introduction of environmentally-friendly recyclable packaging with a new logistics concept to enable delivery of products within 48 hours.

1995
New operation at Meiningen in Thüringen: First 70 and later 180 jobs are created by the factory, which produces security entrance door lockings.
Winkhaus CR is founded at Mnichovice, near Prague in the Czech Republic.

1996
New subsidiary in The Netherlands: Winkhaus Nederland.

The company swaps out the production of window motors to the specially formed Winkhaus high Control GmbH.

The first autoPilot Center sees a reduction in the time and effort required for the manual assembly of the latest generation of Pilot hardware. The machine assembles top corner drives, wing bearings and interlocking rods on the sash automatically.

1998
Aug. Winkhaus GmbH und Co. KG becomes the holding company for the Group and provides the organisational framework for the operational business divisions Windows, Doors, Automation and Two-Wheel Security.

With Winkhaus North America, the company is now represented on both sides of the Atlantic.

1999
Winkhaus Sicherheitssysteme launches the Blue Chip fully-electronic locking system.