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History of the EBZ Group
A look back at the last 100 years
The EBZ Group can trace its roots back to the “Mechanische Werkstätte Anton Nothelfer & Söhne” which was established in Ravensburg in 1921 and became part of Thyssen Reinstahl AG in 1974. The current Chief Executives Thomas Bausch and Rainer Lotze established the Bausch & Lotze GmbH design office in 1993, following which they merged with Ziege & Wolf Konstruktionen in 1995 to form EBZ Engineering Bausch & Ziege GmbH.
2008 saw the takeover by the EBZ Group of the Ravensburg plant from ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer, uniting their company locations at the present headquarters in Ravensburg.
2022
Establishment of EBZ nano power s.r.o., Czech Republic
Joint Venture ZSW – development and production of electrolysis blocks
2020
Development of the EBZ SynchroSpot
2019
Establishment of EBZ Hoffmann s.r.o., Czech Republic
2017
Expansion of training center in Ravensburg
2016
EBZ acquires the Voith Paper site in Ravensburg.
EBZ takes over NHC Kunstofftechnik GmbH in Schemmerberg near Biberach an der Riss.
2015
Opening of the Try-out Center II in Ravensburg
2014
EBZ receives the WiR Innovation Award (Innovationspreis der WiR GmbH – Wirtschafts- und Innovationsförderungsgesellschaft) in the district of Ravensburg)
2013
Daimler recognizes the excellent performance of EBZ in the previous business year through the Daimler Supplier Award
Acquisition of Deisenfang Plant 2
2012
Decommissioning of EBZ Engineering Inc. in Detroit, with the relocation of EBZ SysTec Inc. to Bessemer, Alabama/USA
2011
Establishment of EBZ SysTec India Pvt. Ltd. (Gurgaon/India)
2008
EBZ SysTec takes over the Ravensburg plant from ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer with around 400 employees, with all companies located in Ravensburg moving to a single location (EBZ Group, Bleicherstrasse 7)
2007
Integration of Bm FormTec GmbH in the EBZ Group
2004
Establishment of EBZ China (Shanghai/China)
2001
EBZ Ravensburg GmbH is created through the merger of Ziege & Wolf Konstruktionen GmbH and Bausch & Lotze GmbH (Ravensburg)
1997
Establishment of the subsidiary in Ammerbuch near Stuttgart
1995
Establishment of EBZ Engineering Bausch & Ziege GmbH
in Ravensburg through the merger of Bausch & Lotze and Ziege & Wolf. Establishment of EBZ Ungarn kft. (Budapest/Hungary)