Over seven decades of company history
The first company name
Company founder chief engineer Erwin Müller (*04.10.1903 †04.10.1997) and his wife
The Primus stapler – one of the first products from the Novus brand
His wife Ursula Müller was the first employee
The first production site in a former German armed forces barrack
The company‘s first products were office supplies
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, Sweden
