40 years of ipf - a milestone birthday for the sensor specialist

ipf electronic can look back on 40 years of company history this year. The company from the Sauerland region has established itself as a leading supplier for various industries with a wide-ranging portfolio of sensors and has positioned itself on the market primarily through the development of customer-specific special solutions.

 

ipf electronic was founded in 1982 by Wolfgang Neuhaus (deceased 2016) and Reinhard Siringhaus in Lüdenscheid (Sauerland). "We started with an office in the attic of our house and a double garage converted into a warehouse," says Reinhard Siringhaus.

 

The first production facility for fiber optic amplifiers, among other things, was established in 1987. In the years that followed, the company grew internationally and the number of employees steadily increased from sieve to 140.

 

Around 31 years ago, ipf electronic introduced the first in-house manufactured magnetic sensor to the market with a sensor for the T-slot of pneumatic cylinders. In 1998, one of the first logic modules for top-hat rail mounting was developed, which is still in the portfolio. At the end of last year, ipf electronic presented an innovation in the form of logic modules that can be parameterized completely freely and flexibly thanks to the integrated IO-Link interface.

 

ipf electronic confidently describes itself as a "hidden champion" in the field of inductive sensors with an enlarged temperature range. The company has positioned itself as one of the leading suppliers on the market with an extremely comprehensive portfolio, with some of its in-house developments designed for very high ambient temperatures of up to +230° C.

 

Incidentally, ipf electronic first exhibited at a trade fair back in 1986 at the Interkarma in Düsseldorf, followed by the Hannover Messe (1996), Motek (1999) and PLC (programmable logic controller) Drives (now sps) in Nuremberg (2003).

 

Since 2020, the company headquarters have been located in a new building of around 7,500 square meters in the Märkisches Gewerbepark Rosmart near Altena. In the same year, the former three companies were merged to form ipf electronic gmbh, which now has four managing directors with different areas of responsibility: Dirk Neuhaus, Christian Fiebach, Detlef Rössel and Bodo Hano.