{"id":743,"date":"2022-03-11T17:03:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T16:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/155-years-ek\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T11:11:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:11:28","slug":"155-years-ek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/155-years-ek\/","title":{"rendered":"155 years EK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1867 marks the beginning of the history of the family business EDUARD KRONENBERG. Over a period of now 155 years, we look back on a multitude of innovations and inventions in our company. We have always been inspired by a curious view of the world &#8211; join us in marveling at what has happened in over 15 decades.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1867_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1867_03.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1867_03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1867_03-275x367.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1867_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1867_03.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1867_03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1867_03-275x367.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1867<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK Foundation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Managing Director Karl Eduard Kronenberg founds the Solingen-based company and manufactures steel pocket knife springs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1867.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1867.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1867-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1867-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1867.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1867.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1867-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1867-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1867<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Foundation of Canada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, how beautiful Canada is. On July 1, 1867, the British provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia joined together to form the Canadian Confederation. This political act is considered the official founding of Canada. The Canadian head of state is still Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1884.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124 size-full\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1884.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124 size-full\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1884<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First fountain pen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One blob too many is a fondly recounted reason for the invention of the first fountain pen. Lewis E. Waterman drills wafer-thin channels into the grip between an ink tank and the nib, which allows ink to flow more evenly. In 1884 Waterman receives the patent for his writing instrument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1889.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133 size-full\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1889.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133 size-full\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1889<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eiffel Tower<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vive Eiffel! On March 31, 1889, French engineer Gustave Eiffel raised the French flag on the steel structure he had designed. It took two years to build what was then the world&#8217;s tallest structure on the occasion of the Paris World&#8217;s Fair in the posh 7th arrondissement.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"158\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1890_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1890_04.jpg 387w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1890_04-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1890_04-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1890_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1890_04.jpg 387w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1890_04-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1890_04-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1890<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK: Industrial progress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Production plant is equipped with steam engines. Other areas now include the cutlery industry and the tool industry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1902.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1902.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1902-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1902-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1902.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1902.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1902-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1902-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1902<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First washing machine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 1902, the German Karl Louis Krau\u00df was the first to develop a mechanical washing machine with a perforated washing drum. Starting in 1907, mechanical washing machines with electric drives are manufactured in the USA. The US engineer Alva J. Fisher is often named as its inventor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1917_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1917_02.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1917_02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1917_02-275x367.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1917_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1917_02.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1917_02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1917_02-275x367.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1917<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK: New location<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dingshauser Strasse in Solingen becomes the new location of the EK plant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1919.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1919.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1919-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1919-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1919.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1919.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1919-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1919-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1919<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First non-stop transatlantic flight<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fasten your seat belts: John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown fly from St. John&#8217;s Newfoundland to Ireland near Clifden in 16 hours and 12 minutes on June 14, 1919. In the process, they cover around 1,980 nautical miles, or about 3,667 kilometers, at an average speed of 225 kilometers per hour.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1922.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1922-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1922-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1922.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1922-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1922-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1922<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HARIBO and the gummy bears<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And adults as well! The candy maker Hans Riegel founded the company Haribo &#8211; Hans Riegel Bonn in 1920 &#8211; according to company information with little more than a bag of sugar and a copper kettle! Just two years later, he invents the &#8216;dancing bear&#8217;, the forerunner of the famous Haribo Gold Bears.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"421\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1930_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1930_02.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1930_02-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1930_02-275x386.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1930_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1930_02.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1930_02-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1930_02-275x386.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1930<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK: File industry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the managing director Carl Kronenberg, the file industry sector is added to the portfolio.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1949.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1949.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1949-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1949-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1949.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1949.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1949-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1949-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1949<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Currywurst<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What makes you full there? A curry sausage!&#8221; A fried sausage, accompanied by a sauce of chili and ketchup, in short the invention of the currywurst, popular throughout Germany, claims Berlin restaurateur Herta Heuwer. On September 4, 1949 was det, in the snack bar on the corner of Kant and Kaiser-Friedrich! Yep!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1953.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1953.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1953-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1953-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1953.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1953.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1953-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1953-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1953<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First soccer shoe with screw studs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who invented it? The screw-in stud myth means: Adolf Dassler. The founder of Adidas files his patent on November 28, 1952. Others say: The cobbler Alexander Salot from Bremen is the inventor of &#8220;soccer boots or the like with replaceable anti-skid studs&#8221;, patented as early as August 30, 1949.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1958_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1958_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1958_03-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1958_03-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1958_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1958_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1958_03-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1958_03-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1958<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK: Other customers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Automotive and electrical industries are added as new customers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1959.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157 size-full\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1959.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157 size-full\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1959<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three-point safety belt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click! Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin combines the lap belt and shoulder belt &#8211; the manufacturer files a patent for his design in 1958 as the &#8216;three-point safety belt&#8217;. As early as 1959, Volvo launched two car models with the new safety system. And makes the invention generally accessible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1962_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1962_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1962_03-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1962_03-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1962_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1962_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1962_03-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1962_03-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1962<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK: New management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The brothers Hans-J. and Max Kronenberg take over the management and expand the business areas in the coming years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1963.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1963.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1963-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1963-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1963.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1963.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1963-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1963-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1963<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cassette recorder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clack! From the early 1970s to the late 1990s, nothing went without the compact cassette and its accompanying recorder. Both were designed from 1960 by a team of developers led by engineer and inventor Lou Ottens at the Dutch company Philips, and were introduced as pocket recorders in August 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1973.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164 size-full\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1973.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164 size-full\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1973<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. cell phone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Envy when called! In 1973, Motorola introduces the first prototype of a cell phone, developed by electrical engineer Martin Cooper. The inventor of the modern cell phone makes his first call right away &#8211; to his rival at Bell Labs. It was not until 1983 that Motorola launched the DynaTAC 8000X.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1977_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1977_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1977_03-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1977_03-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1977_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1977_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1977_03-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1977_03-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1977<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK: New business segment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The insulating glass sector is added as a strategic business area.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1983.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1983.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1983-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1983-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1983.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1983.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1983-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1983-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1983<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First laptop from Gavilan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too early in the market! Manuel &#8220;Manny&#8221; Fernandez is the founder of Gavilan Computer Corporation and pioneers the development of one of the first truly portable laptops, the Gavilan SC, in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With floppy drive, MS-DOS operating system and a 5 MHz Intel 8088 processor. The device is met with only moderate interest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1992.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172 size-full\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1992.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172 size-full\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1992<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. smartphone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A smart bone: IBM introduces &#8216;Simon&#8217;, in retrospect the world&#8217;s first smartphone, at COMDEX in Las Vegas on November 16, 1992. Manufactured by Mitsubishi, distributed by South Bell, &#8216;Simon&#8217; handles fax messaging and e-mail communication in addition to telephony &#8211; and weighs over 500 grams.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1993.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1993.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1993-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1993-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1993.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1993.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1993-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1993-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1993<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First video conferencing system<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I see you! At CeBit 1993, Aachen-based DATUS AG, a manufacturer of solutions in the field of communications networks, presents the first video conferencing system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to improved compression methods, the speech is compressed by a factor of 10 during the first transmission.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1995_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1995_04.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1995_04-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1995_04-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1995_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1995_04.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1995_04-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1995_04-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1995<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK: Plant 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the immediate vicinity of Plant 1 in Dingshauser Stra\u00dfe, EK now also manufactures in Plant 2 in Beethovenstra\u00dfe in Solingen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1999.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1999.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1999-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1999-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1999.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1999.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1999-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-1999-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1999<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emojis from Shigetaka Kurita<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1999, Japanese interface designer Shigetaka Kurita designed 176 pictograms with a 12 x 12 pixel grid &#8211; and invented emojis, where in Japanese &#8216;e&#8217; stands for picture, &#8216;mo&#8217; for write, and &#8216;ji&#8217; for character. His emoji set is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2000_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2000_03.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2000_03-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2000_03-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2000_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2000_03.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2000_03-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2000_03-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2000<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cousins Ralf M. and Frank Kronenberg take over the management.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2002_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2002_03.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2002_03-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2002_03-275x385.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2002_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2002_03.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2002_03-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2002_03-275x385.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2002<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Certification<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EK is T\u00dcV certified according to ISO TS 16949.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2004_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2004_07.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2004_07-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2004_07-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2004_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2004_07.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2004_07-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2004_07-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2004<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plastics Technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EK enters into a strategic partnership and is now the only manufacturer in the world to produce steel and plastic fasteners for glass frame bonding in the insulating glass sector.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-2007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-2007.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-2007-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-2007-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-2007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-2007.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-2007-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/155-2007-275x110.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2007<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First iPhone generation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This changes everything.&#8221; With this promise, Steve Jobs presents the first iPhone generation at the Macworld Conference &amp; Expo in San Francisco on January 9, 2007. Development begins as early as 2004 under the code name &#8220;Project Purple&#8221;. In Germany, the iPhone cost &#8216;only&#8217; 399 Euros at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"193\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2013_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2013_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2013_03-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2013_03-275x133.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2013_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2013_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2013_03-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2013_03-275x133.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK: New location<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two Solingen sites were merged at the new plant in the Haan | NRW Technology Park.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2016_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2016_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2016_03-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2016_03-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2016_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2016_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2016_03-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2016_03-275x112.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Own plastic production<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Installation of molding equipment for our own plastics production.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2017_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2017_02.jpg 220w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2017_02-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2017_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2017_02.jpg 220w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2017_02-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EK celebrates company anniversary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What started in 1867 is successfully continued in the 5th generation. 150 years of quality &#8220;Made in Germany&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03.jpg 550w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03-500x202.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03-275x111.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03.jpg 550w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03-500x202.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021_03-275x111.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environmental certification according to ISO 14001<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EK has been an environmentally conscious company from an early stage. Now it also receives certification according to the environmental management standard.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01-500x202.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01-275x111.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01-500x202.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2022_v01-275x111.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">155 years EK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quality and precision Made in Germany not only outlast every crisis, but are more in demand at EK than ever before. We are proud of that.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1867 marks the beginning of the history of the family business EDUARD KRONENBERG. Over a period of now 155 years, we look back on a multitude of innovations and inventions in our company. We have always been inspired by a curious view of the world &#8211; join us in marveling at what has happened in over 15 decades. 1867 EK Foundation Managing Director Karl Eduard Kronenberg founds the Solingen-based company and manufactures steel pocket knife springs. 1867 Foundation of Canada [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,35],"tags":[173,174,128,175,176],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ek-connect-41","category-inside-en","tag-155-en","tag-history","tag-inside-en","tag-since-1867","tag-tradition-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions\/1186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.kronenberg-eduard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}