1989

ARADEX GmbH is founded

1991

4-axis CNC with single processor control Inauguration of the first ARADEX building

1992

ARADEX launched the VECTODRIVE drive amplifier

1995

Inauguration of the second ARADEX building "ARA2"

1997

Groove punch runs stably in production with 1300 strokes / min

1998

CNC controlled press transfer with 10-axis, 30% faster

2000

Conversion into a stock company intermittent foil embossing with acceleration up to 700m / s²

2001

First prototypes of a new inverter generation

2002

Outsourcing of production

2005

Performance increase of the VD600 series: the VD600-300A1 comes with 180kW in the market

2006

ARADEX introduces VD1000 for the first time in the megawatt range

2008

The VECTOPOWER traction drive is presented

2009

The VECTOPOWER traction drive is presented

2011

Bidirectional, galvanically isolated charger for mobile applications

2013

Efficientest electric bus - <0.7kWh / km in normal operation

2014

Full-electric ferry with fast-cargo at the Landesteg

2015

ARADEX acquires a new production area with a floor space of 1000 m²

2016

ARADEX becomes a system supplier for the complete powertrain The full-electric bus "Sileo" becomes the market leader in Europe for battery buses of the class 18m Expansion of company: inauguration of the fourth company building "ARA4" Overhead bus charges battery and runs partial sections without overhead.

2017

The first applications specifically for fuel cells are being implemented with VP5000-DCDC200

2018

New engine test stand for maximum capacity up to 5000Nm at 6000rpm is completed

Energy management for the largest electric vehicle in the world to date: 110-tonne e-dumper

2019

Weichai Power becomes majority shareholder of ARADEX AG as part of a strategic takeover

2020

World's largest off-highway hydrogen vehicle: dumper with 283t gross vehicle weight. 4 fuel cells are operated synchronized via VP5000-DCDC and SmartDC function

2021

Realization of several projects of mobile working machines with wired power supply and integrated power management

2022

Further expansion of the concept of synergetic-complementary functionality in the optimized interaction of our converters and DC/DC converters with our customers' machine controls to create value-added functions