Schaffler gets a new name to accompany the ASTOTEC rebranding and the new company slogan, FUTURE POWERED BY EXCELLENCE. Astotec Pyrotechnic Solutions is home to more than 100 years of pyrotechnic expertise.
Development of fuseheads for electronicdetonators, and entry into a new segment: electronic igniter assembly.
As part of Schaffler’s integration into ASTOTEC (formerly the Hirtenberger Group), the Winzendorf location is completely modernised, including the errection of new production and office buildings.
Development and start of production of automotive fuseheads, which are used in pyrotechnic safety systems made by Astotec Automotive (formerly Hirtenberger Automotive Safety).
Founding of the Winzendorf site in Lower Austria, where products for high precision pyrotechnic ignition devices have been developed and manufactured ever since.
A patent is filed for the electric ignition fuses; their underlying principle still holds true for the fuseheads produced by Astotec Pyrotechnic Solutions today.
Production of the Schaffler-brand dynamo-electric blasting machine begins. Today, this machine is the oldest preserved example of a blasting machine in an oak casing.
Konrad Schaffler founds the company Schaffler in Vienna, Austria.
