| 1902 |
Margarete and Heinrich open an art foundry |
| 1907 |
Birth of Karl Diehl |
| 1914 |
Production of cast brass rods begins |
| 1916 |
First production of shells due to the war situation |
| 1917 |
Construction of the metal plant |
| 1920 |
Construction of a modern extrusion press for producing rods and tubes |
| 1934 |
Mass production of mechanical precision products |
| 1938 |
Construction of a new brass mill in Röthenbach a d Pegnitz |
| 1939 |
Classification as a war-supporting company and conversion for production of fuzes and bullets |
| 1945 |
Demolition / Resumption of civil production |
| 1946 |
Contiuation of precision mechanics for producing clocks |
| 1950 |
Start of calculator development |
| 1952 |
Foundation of the "Heinrich Diehl Memorial Fund" to grant voluntary pensions |
| 1953 |
First production of time switches |
| 1955 |
Defense production starts |
| 1957 |
Acquisition of the majority share in Junghans AG, Schramberg |
| 1958 |
Acquisition of Sundwiger Messingwerk KG, Hemer / Foundation of Aero-Dienst GmbH |
| 1959 |
Acquisition of the Remscheid Backhaus foundry - Start of track production / First aviation activities in the maintenance sector / Development and production of the world's first battery clock, the legendary "mini clock" |
| 1960 |
Takeover of the Mariahütte foundry |
| 1962 |
First operation of the business line Data Technology and Text Systems |
| 1963 |
Market introduction of the four species calculator "transmatic" / Opening of the first fully continuous double line casting plant for brass |
| 1966 |
Presentation of the freely programmable electronic calculator "combitron" |
| 1967 |
First serially produced large quartz clock by Junghans in Western Germany |
| 1972 |
Electro-mechanical table calculators are phased out / Sports clocking systems by Junghans are the official time keepers of Olympic Games in Munich |
| 1973 |
Foundation of the business unit Timers and Data Equipment |
| 1975 |
Majority shares in CTM Computer Technik Müller GmbH, Konstanz / Acquisition of majority shares in Eurosil, the leading manufacturer of electronic Integrated Circuits / Development of plug-in timers starts |
| 1977 |
Takeover of Emde KG - Begin of rubber/rubber-metal production in Blankenheim / Presentation of a fully electronic stove timer at the Domotechnica trade show in Cologne |
| 1979 |
Takeover of Mauser Werke Oberndorf GmbH, including Comet GmbH, Bremerhaven, and of Metaalwaren-Fabriek Tilburg B. V. (NL) and Ets. Roch S. A., Lunéville (F) |
| 1981 |
Construction of a new strip rolling mill at Sundwiger Messingwerk |
| 1984 |
Development of the world's first solar clock and development of a radio-controlled clock at Junghans |
| 1985 |
Opening of the new development center at Röthenbach a d Pegnitz |
| 1986 |
Acquisition of FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH / Sale of CTM Computertechnik Müller GmbH |
| 1987 |
Establishment of the "Karl Diehl Foundation" for people in need |
| 1988 |
Start of the automated assembly of the rocket system MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) in Mariahütte |
| 1989 |
Acquisition of Bodenseewerk Gerätetechnik GmbH (BGT), Überlingen / Production start and grand opening of the new Controls Division facility in Nürnberg, Donaustraße |
| 1990 |
Junghans presents the world's first analogue radio-controlled watch / After the reunification of Germany, Junghans founds Eurochron GmbH in Thuringia |
| 1992 |
The world's first radio-controlled solar watch by Junghans / Diehl acquires IWS Industriewerke Saar GmbH, Freisen |
| 1993 |
Acquisition of VDO Luftfahrtgeräte, Frankfurt, through Diehl's subsidiary BGT / Successful test of the first autonomous radar-guided all- weather antitank submunition delivered by an artillery rocket |
| 1994 |
Diehl takes over AKO-Werke GmbH & Co. KG, Wangen / Sale of Mauser-Werke, Oberndorf begins |
| 1995 |
Production start for newly developed cadmium-free and environmentally friendly trolley wire for Deutsche Bahn AG / Market introduction of the first radio-controlled solar watch with ceramic case / Diehl and Lockheed are selected as partners for the implementation of a 120 mm terminal guidance mortar program by the US-Army |
| 1996 |
Successful demonstration of IRIS-T performance / Introduction of a wireless system for consumption recording in apartments |
| 1997 |
Diehl acquires the French Griset S.A., Villers St.-Paul / BGT acquires a 50% share of AEG Infrarot-Module GmbH, Heilbronn / With the first firing of a guided MLRS rocket worldwide, the Ammunition Division proves the system features "increased range" and "hit accuracy improvement" / German Procurement Agency places an order with the Diehl Joint Venture GIWS for production of the SMArt 155 sensor-fuzed munition / A fund owned by Diehl to financially suport former forced laborers is established |
| 1998 |
Karl Diehl sets up a family foundation - the company is renamed Diehl Stiftung & Co. / Commissioning of the new indirect extrusion press at the Röthenbach site / 300 years Sundwiger Messingwerk / Development contract for multi-national Guided MLRS program is signed / Divestment of Aero-Dienst GmbH to ADAC |
| 1999 |
Restructuring into four divisions: Metall, Controls, Geräte, and VA Systeme / Commissioning of the strip cutting center in Shenzhen, China / Lockheed Martin and Diehl found Euro Rocket System GmbH, Nürnberg, a joint venture for the development of a guided MLRS rocket / After go-ahead for production, SMArt 155 is, thus far, the sole sensor-fuzed munition for artillery in production worldwide |
| 2000 |
Acquisition of The Miller Company, Meriden/Connecticut, by Diehl's Metall Corporate Division / Membership in the German Foundation initiative "Memory, Responsibility and Future" / Foundation of Diehl Avionik Systeme GmbH, Überlingen / Alliance for anti-ship missiles with the Swedish SAAB Group / Foundation of Diehl Controls Polska Sp.z.o.o., Namyslov / Sale of the Junghans Group to EganaGoldpfeil |
| 2001 |
Pilot project in German/Slovak armament cooperation / Diehl Ammunition Systems becomes a system house for modernizing the 122mm artillery rocket system RM-70 / Sale of Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft / Closure of Neubrandenburger Fahrzeugwerke GmbH and concentration of maintenance business at Industriewerke Saar in Freisen / Dissolution of the Geräte corporate division and concentration of defense activities in the VA Systeme Division |
| 2002 |
100 Years Diehl / Karl Diehl transfers the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board to his eldest son, Werner Diehl / The large-scale investment project for bar manufacturing is complete at Diehl Metall in Röthenbach / The construction of the new strip rolling mill has begun at Sundwiger Messingwerk / Establishment of Diehl Controls North America Inc. |
| 2003 |
The German Parliament ratifies the IRIS-T project / BGT commissioned with the serial preparation and the manufacture of the pilot batch / Hydrometer group admitted to the consolidated group / Establishment of Diehl Synchrotec Manufacturing (Wuxi) Co. Ltd. / Contract awarded for important working quotas on the Airbus A380 program |
| 2004 |
Merger of the subsidiaries Bodenseewerk Gerätetechnik and Diehl Munitionssysteme to form Diehl BGT Defence GmbH / Raytheon and Diehl found the joint company Diehl Raytheon Missile Systeme / Foundation of Hydrometer (Shandong) Metering Co., Ltd. in Jinan, China / Diehl BGT Defence as prime contractor is awarded the series-production contract for the 6-nation IRIS-T missile program |
| 2005 |
Internationalization pushed ahead in the "Metall" and "Controls" Corporate Divisions as well as at Hydrometer / Participation in HIL Heeresinstandsetzungslogistik GmbH / Diehl Luftfahrt Elektronik supplies innovative lighting technology for the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" aircraft / Sale of Comet to the British Chemring Group |
| 2006 |
VA Systeme Corporate Division opens development center in Rostock / Merger of Diehl Avionik Systeme and Diehl Luftfahrt Elektronik to form Diehl Aerospace combines resources, strengthens the competitive position and expands the strategic partnership with Thales |
| 2007 |
Karl Diehl celebrates his 100th birthday / Takeover of Augé Découpage / Sale of Metaalwaren-Fabriek Tilburg / Diehl receives order for development of IRIS-T SL as secondary missile for the Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS) / Diehl VA Systeme is divided into the new Corporate Divisions „Diehl Defence" and „Diehl Aerosystems" / Diehl Metall starts new steel synchronizer ring production at Röthenbach |
| 2008 |
Karl Diehl dies on January 19 at the age of 100 / Junghans Microtec bundles fuze activities from Diehl and Thales / Irmgard Diehl Kinderstiftung (Children‘s Foundation) is established / Shareholders appoint Claus Mänz-Siebje Chairman of the Supervisory Board / Diehl and Thales take over Airbus plant at Laupheim |
| 2009 |
Diehl assembles first RBS15 Mk3 missile in Germany |
