The first company name
1945 Company is founded by Erwin Müller
1949 Novus staplers go into production
1952 emco bathroom accessories go into production
1960 emco roll-up and swimming pool gratings go
into production
1968 Dipl.-Ing. Harald Müller joins the company
1972 emco enters the air-conditioning sector,
production set up in Werk II plant
1977 Harald Müller takes over responsibility
for the group's management
1979 Erwin Müller is awarded the Cross of Merit with
ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
1990 The product range and production spaces are
extended
1994 Start of production in France and the Czech Republic
quality management is introduced (DIN EN ISO 9001)
2002 Dahle Bürotechnik is taken over
2007 Majority shareholding in C/R/O/®
2008 emco novus Middle East founded in Dubai, Christian
Gnaß joins the management board of the Erwin
Müller Group
2009 Formation emco Novus International Ltd., Hongkong
2010 Full takeover of C/R/O/®, second plant opened in
China, EFIA GmbH and emco electroroller GmbH are
founded
2011 Production begins in Turkey
2012 Research and development centre inaugurated in
Werk I plant in Lingen, merger of Novus Dahle
GmbH & Co. KG, Harald Müller is awarded with
the Cross of Merit of Lower Saxony
2013 emco Elektroroller service centre enlarged, the
production sites in Dampierre, France and
Chuzhou, China, are expanded
2014 The company is renamed in recognition of its
internationalisation: the Erwin Müller Group Lingen
becomes the emco Group
2015 A third plant opens in China, Harald Müller passes
away on 18/12, Christian Gnaß takes over as chair
of the management board
2017 Daniel Sarbandi joins the management board,
Fraas Spiegel GmbH & Co. KG is taken over
2018 Takeover of the business divisions of Kampmann
Ltd., Akzente is taken over
Renaming of companies bad, bau und Novus Dahle
Formation Shenzhen Novus Dahle Culture Products
Co. Ltd., China, Formation emco Nordic ApS
Copenhagen, Dänemark und emco Sweden filial,
Schweden