History

Acquisition of the Italian Brakes manufacturer Ostelectric

Acquisition of the South African Freewheel manufacturer Sprag Components

Foundation of RINGSPANN Austria GmbH, Austria

Foundation of RINGSPANN Italia, Italy

Foundation of RINGSPANN Transmission Components, South Africa

Program expansion: electromagnetic Brakes

Foundation of RINGSPANN NORDIC, Sweden

Foundation of RINGSPANN Power Transmission, India

Foundation of RINGSPANN Benelux, The Netherlands

Development of components for Wind Turbines

Foundation of RINGSPANN Power Transmission, China

Development of electromagnetically released disc brakes

Program expansion: ­torque limiters

Foundation of RINGSPANN CORPORATION, USA

Development of ­two-part shrink discs

Development of new disc brakes

Development of force ­limiters and new ­SIKUMAT® torque limiters

Invention of the backstop type FXR with torque limiting funtion for applications with load-balancing of the backdriving torque between several drive units on one conveyor belt

Acquisition of the French freewheel manufacturer SIAM

Program expansion: Cone clamping elements and disc brakes

Foundation of RINGSPANN IBERICA S.A., Spain

Invention of sprag lift off X for freewheels with high speed rotating inner rings

Foundation of RINGSPANN (U.K.) LTD., Great Britain

Development of positive SIKUMAT® torque limiters

Development of ­RIMOSTAT® torque limiters

Foundation of RINGSPANN AG, Switzerland

Development of flexible couplings based on the Oldham principle

Initial development and manufacture of freewheels

Development of mecha­nical actuated clutches and torque limiters

Founded by Dipl.-Ing. ­Albrecht Maurer, ­development of RINGSPANN discs and ­precision workholding ­fixtures