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1978<br />
Josef Ameres founds<br />
<strong>AKE</strong> Automation as a<br />
one-man operation, and<br />
operates as a designer for<br />
special machinery and<br />
applications. The company<br />
headquarters are his own<br />
four walls at Grubweg in<br />
Passau.<br />
1987<br />
Occupation of the still<br />
existing building at the<br />
Patriching location, with<br />
design office, and the<br />
company’s own manufacturing<br />
and assembly<br />
facilities.<br />
1996<br />
Extension of business to<br />
the whole European market,<br />
including eastward<br />
enlargement to Romania,<br />
with assembly and testing<br />
technology<br />
4 0 Y E A<br />
1986<br />
Temporary move of the<br />
company to Passau, Innstadt.<br />
The first special machine<br />
actually manufactured<br />
by the company is<br />
built here.<br />
Also, the first sod is turned<br />
for the company’s current<br />
headquarters in Patriching.<br />
1995<br />
Development of the<br />
USA market with the<br />
Vehicle Interior business<br />
division<br />
2005<br />
Introduction of the ISO<br />
9001 quality management<br />
system<br />
First system for the<br />
Asian market, in the<br />
Vehicle Interior business<br />
division<br />
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