2017
Completion of the largest modernisation programme to date, for the conversion to digital and centrally controlled production
2015
Integration of the fourth generation in the company: Philipp, Marlon and Magnus Menden
2013
Export share rises to 60%
2011
Relocation to new production facilities in Essen-Kettwig with a total of 17,000 m²
2010
Opening of our sales office in Strasbourg/France
2006
More than €20 million in sales for the first time
2001
Export share rises to 45%
1999
First large-scale project using blue illuminated lettering for Allianz advertising systems. Largest project in history to date, producing 11,500 letters in 5 months for LLOYDS BANK in England
1998
First e-mail contact with customers
1997
First use of red LED illuminated letters for the Sparkasse project
1996
Export share over 30% of sales for the first time
1994
Certificate for quality assurance according to ISO 9001
1993
Development and commissioning of one of the first NC machines for the production of letters by Wilfried Menden
1991
More than 200 employees
1990
Construction of the production facility in the new federal states near Berlin with 1,500 m² of production area and 38 employees
1986
Turnover increases to more than 10 million Deutsche Mark for the first time and use of the first NC controlled film plotter
1985
Purchase of a further production facility in Essen and expansion to 4,000 m² of production area
1984
Integration of the third generation into the company: Michael and Marcus Menden
1982
Expansion of export to Scandinavia
1979
First deliveries to neighbouring countries: Netherlands and Belgium
1978
Renting of another production hall to expand plastics production
1974
Acquisition of the first optically controlled laser cutting machine
1969
1969
Relocation to new production facilities in Essen with a total of 2,000 m²
1964
Einrichtung der Kunststoffproduktion zur Erweiterung des Produktportfolios
1949
New start in Essen-Kray on the part of Karl Menden and his son Wilfried Menden
1922
Company founded by Karl Menden in Düren