History WEIDMANN ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY

	1877 Heinrich Weidmann acquires the old water-powered town mill in Rapperswil, Switzerland and establishes a pressboard and cardboard factory. He starts supplying insulating materials to the still young electrical industry.
	1914 Incorporation of H. WEIDMANN AG, Switzerland. Begin production of electrical insulation components
	1937 First production of insulation components from calendered pressboard. In 1937, Hans Tschudi invents "Transformerboard" (hot press dried insulation board mainly used for transformers).
	1939-1945 During the Second World War, when export of high voltage insulation collapses, WEIDMANN survives thanks to its booming Plastics Technology, producing components from rifle shafts to housings for the domestic telecommunications industry.
	1952 An important breakthrough in Electrical Technology is achieved by installing WEIDMANN'S first large size (3x6m) Transformerboard (T IV) machine in Rapperswil, Switzerland.
	1966 First 400 kV lead exit manufactured at WEIDMANN.
	1970 Procelis SA, Bourgoin-Jallieu, France (fabrication of insulation components) joins the Weidmann organization as Joint Venture/licensing partner and is finally acquired in 1976.
	1971 EHV-Industries Inc. (today WEIDMANN ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY, Inc.) in St. Johnsbury, VT, USA joins the WEIDMANN organization and will become the hub of ETBA's North American fabrication of transformerboard and insulation components/packages. Start of Licensing Partnership with Honshu Paper (today Oji Specialty Paper Co. Ltd.), Japan (until 2006).
	1976 Foundation of Systems Sales Representatives, Inc. (later WEIDMANN Systems International, Inc.) in St. Johnsbury, VT, USA, as resale and sourcing company for transformer equipment and accessories.
	1978 Foundation of Weidmann do Brasil (today WEIDMANN TECNOLOGIA ELÉTRICA LTDA.) in Diadema SP, Brazil. (Fabrication of insulation components)
	1981 Takeover of Whiteley Ltd., Pool-in-Wharfedale, England, renowned for its paper specialties for electrical and non-electrical applications (e.g. calender bowl).
	1986 Successful testing of the first 1000 kV Faltenbalg and of the first 1000 KV lead exit system manufactured by WEIDMANN.
	1989-1996 International expansion continued 1989 Acquisition of WEIDMANN INDUSTRIES, LP in Fergus, ONT, Canada (fabrication of insulation components for the electrical equipment industry). Foundation of Gallan & Associates, Strathfield/Sydney, Australia as ETBA sales office. 1994 Representative office for WEIDMANN ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY established in Kiev, Ukraine. 1995 First Asian sales office for WEIDMANN ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY established in Singapore. Establishment of Izo-Prod d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia. Fabrication of insulation components. 1996 Establishment of WEIDMANN SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LTD., ETBA's sales and sourcing organization, in Hong Kong and Shanghai. WEIDMANN TECHNICAL SERVICE, INC. established in St. Johnsbury, VT, USA, later merged into WEIDMANN DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS.
	1997 First ETBA production site, TAIZHOU WEIDMANN HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATIONS SYSTEMS CO. LTD., established in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China, with a new production plant for Transformerboard. Foundation of WEIDMANN TECHNOLOGIA ELÉTRICA DE MÉXICO SA, Saltillo, COAH, Mexico (fabrication of insulation components).
	1999 Malyn Paper Mill, (today JSC WEIDMANN MALYN PAPER MILL) large and renowned manufacturer of electrical and specialty papers in Malin, Ukraine, joins the WEIDMANN organization. Establishment of the WEIDMANN MALYN INSULATIONS COMPONENTS production facility. License contract with Govik, Electricals Pvt. Ltd., Mumbay, India (fabrication of insulation components).
	2000 Acquisition of the US-Canadian transformer oil diagnostics and services group ACTI, Inc. (today WEIDMANN DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS), with headquarters in Sacramento, CA and laboratories in Bensalem, PA, Indianapolis, IN, Houston, TX and Calgary, CAN. Tecnidd, later renamed WEIDMANN ELECTRICAL INSULATION SYSTEMS (Shanghai) Ltd., joins ETBA's Chinese resale organization.
	2001 Acquisition of Avery Dennison's Electrical Paper Division, Framingham, MA and O'Fallon, MI, USA (today WEIDMANN ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY Inc., EPD Division). Fabrication of specialty crepe and diamond dotted insulation paper.
	2002- today Recent corporate development 2002 Opening of an engineering office (WEIDMANN Technical Services) in Milano, Italy 2005 WEIDMANN DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS acquires the former Siemens Burlington/Toronto, Canada laboratory. WEIDMANN ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY sales office established in Ansan, South Korea. Opening of a WEIDMANN TECNOLOGIA ELÉCTRICA plant in Porto Alegre, Brazil (Fabrication of insulating components).
	2007 Expansion of the Rapperswil, Switzerland transformerboard plant by second bay housing a new fransformerboard machine. Opening of a new WEIDMANN DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS laboratory in Lake Hamilton, FL, USA. WEIDMANN TECNOLOGIA ELÉCTRICA moves from Diadema to Piracicaba, Brazil, into new production and office facilities shared with WEIDMANN TECNOLOGIA EM PLÀSTICOS LTDA.
	2008 Opening of a new WEIDMANN DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS laboratory in Baton Rouge, LA and Waukesha, WI, USA.
	2009 Inauguration of the expanded transformerboard plant in Rapperswil, Switzerland. Weidmann takes over the GE Laboratories for Oil analysis in Denver, Colorado, USA; Burlington, Ontario, Canada and Montreal, Quebec, Canada.