The path to today's globally acting Digital Automation Company Turck began in 1965 in the living room of a family home in Halver, Germany. It started with two courageous and visionary founders, the brothers Hans and Werner Turck. The two electrical engineers started off with the idea of automating manufacturing processes through electronic components. 1968, their partner and internationally experi
enced electrical engineer Hermann Hermes joined the company. Easy to do business with
Until today that’s characteristic for our DNA: a hands-on-mentality and a distinctive flair for customer-oriented developments: Turck offers vertical automation solutions and is able to automate from shopfloor via control level into the cloud. Together with our customers we enhance the efficiency, productivity and availability of production processes and machines. Global footprint in vertical automation
Turck has more than 30 independent subsidiaries worldwide. The largest locations include the subsidiaries in the USA (Turck Inc. in Minneapolis), founded 1975, and China (Turck Tianjin Sensor Co., Ltd.), founded 1995. Production facilities in Germany, Poland, Switzerland, the USA, Mexico and China enable Turck to react quickly and flexibly to the demands of local markets. Milestones of Turck’s global foundations
1976 Multiprox Belgium (Sales)
1977 Turck France (Sales)
1980 Hans Turck GmbH & Werner Turck GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (Marketing/Sales & Development/Production)
1985 Interprox Switzerland (Development/Production)
1988 Turck duotec, Halver, Germany (Technology)
1990 Turck Beierfeld, Germany (Development/Production)
1990 MTE Turck Great Britain Joint-Venture
1991 Turck Netherlands (Sales)
1994 Turck Sensor Co. China (Production/Sales)
1994 Turck Holding
1995 Turck Czech Republic (Sales)
1996 Turck Italy (Sales)
1997 Turck Korea (Sales)
1998 Turck Hungary (Sales)
2001 Turck Poland (Sales)
2001 Turck Banner Joint Venture Great Britain (Sales)
2001 Turck Banner Joint Venture Italy (Sales)
2001 Turck Banner Joint Venture France (Sales)
2002 Turck Mechatec, Germany (Production/Sales)
2002 Moeller Turck Joint-Venture MT Electronix, Detmold (Development)
2002 Turck Mexico (Production/Sales)
2003 Turck Romania (Sales)
2003 Turck Tijanjin Technology Co., Ltd., China (Production)
2005 Turck Singapore (Sales)
2005 Turck Japan (Sales)
2006 Turck India (Sales)
2006 TSL-Escha, Germany becomes independent
2007 Turck Australia (Sales)
2010 Turck Austria (Sales)
2011 Turck Turkey (Sales)
2011 Turck Brazil (Sales)
2011 MTX becomes Turck Electronics, Detmold, Germany(Development)
2014 Turck Chartwell Canada Inc., Canada (Sales)
2017 Turck Banner Joint Venture Singapore (Sales)
2017 Turck Chartwell Canada becomes Turck Canada Inc. (Sales)
2018 Turck Banner Joint Venture South Africa (Sales)
2018 Turck Banner Joint Venture Malaysia (Sales)
2018 Turck Vilant Systems, Finland (Technology)
