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A little History..
Witronic was founded in 1972 by Bernard Winkel sr. .From the start (to the present), Witronic designs and produces clientspecific inductive components (transformers and spools). The company grows steadily. Already in 1974, Witronic buys the present building at the Mercuriusweg 5 and extends it in 1980, 1985 and 1990.
In 1979 (after graduating from the Universitystudies Electrotechnics and BusinessKnowledge) son Arnold Winkel joins the company, from 1980 as co-shareholder. In 1985 founder Winkel senior resigned as CEO and shareholder.
From 1991 -being the very first in its line of business- Witronic is organized according to NEN ISO 9001, and from 1994 to the present certified as such. And since 1990 Witronic has a UL-Recognition, a nearly indispensable condition in order to be able to supply to clients who export to the USA
The concern invests a lot in automation of the production, on one hand to control the costs of labour, but also to be able to produce a high amount of high quality products. The clients of Witronic leading concerns in their line of business Witronic products are applied in medical equipment, anti-shopliftingsystems, gasregulation-equipment, studio’s, nightsight-equipment, (photo-)copying machines, cars, measure- and regelationequipment, no-break systems, solar power convertors, etc.
From the start, Witec has chosen for specializing in the size of the parts being produced. By this, an assessment arises within the company which eventually builds the solid foundation of Witec. A growingspurt in 1997 by taking over the mechanical section of Philips Stadskanaal ushers in a new era. A growingspurt in 1997 by taking over the mechanical section of Philips Stadskanaal ushers in a new era. The number of employees grows from 7 to 20. Witec invests in inïvests in equipement,-like the newest lathesystems and millingmachines- and the building of a new building is being planned. In August 1999 the new building (the present building) is finished. In 2005 Jan van de Maat becomes partner at Witec. His background lies in improving industrialprocesses, with a sharp eye for innovation and the wishes of clients. Now both companies are fusioned, WitecWitronic offers an addition sum of what both companies did before. WitecWitronic is a knowledgecompany with productionfacilities. The separate partners are productioncompanies with production knowledge at elementlevel. Currently, WitecWitronic is supplying more and more complete systems. In 2006, Arnold Winkel has retired as director/shareholder. The managementteam of Witec/Witronic consists of Bernard Winkel en Jan van de Maat.
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Witec was founded in 1986 Bernard Winkel (who attended an education to instrumentconstructor). Witec produces and supplies clientspecific finemechanical parts “ “the size of your hand but mostly smaller””.
These parts are made of different metalalloyagess and/or plastics.

