E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH

E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH is a German manufacturer whose products protect against the consequences of overcurrent and short circuits. According to its official website, it offers a complete technological range in overcurrent protection, power distribution and relays, and describes itself as world market leader in this field. Its product portfolio includes circuit breakers and miniature circuit breakers, electronic overcurrent protection (DC and AC), relays and electronic protection relays, and power distribution systems, offered as intelligent, conventional and customized solutions. The company traces its origins to 1948, when Jakob Ellenberger and Harald A. Poensgen founded Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH in Altdorf near Nuremberg; the name E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH was officially adopted in 1978.

E-T-A's history begins in 1948, when Jakob Ellenberger and Harald A. Poensgen founded Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH in Altdorf near Nuremberg. In 1955 the company opened a sales office in Chicago, its first step outside Germany and the start of its global orientation. In 1958 it began the E-T-A device circuit breaker programme (CBE). In 1961 it opened a second production site in Hohenfels in the Upper Palatinate. In 1976 it established E-T-A Circuit Breakers Ltd. in Aylesbury in the United Kingdom, and in 1977 it opened a production facility in Akouda, Tunisia. In 1978 the company officially adopted the name E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH.

Self-described world market leader offering the complete technological range in overcurrent protection, power distribution and relays, with customized solutions.

• Circuit breakers and miniature circuit breakers

• Electronic overcurrent protection (DC and AC)

• Relays and electronic protection relays

• Power distribution systems

• Hydraulic-magnetic circuit breaker 8365-T

• PFA10-T switching power supplies

• Intelligent REX system with ControlPlex

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2. 2Automatisierung im Wandel | E-T-Ae-t-a.de
3. 3Firmengeschichte | E-T-Ae-t-a.de
4. 4E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbHwikidata.org