History
The History of TEKA
1995
- Founding of the company TEKA Absaug- und Entsorgungstechnologie on April 1, 1995 by the current managing directors Jürgen Kemper and Erwin Telöken
- Initially, the company is located on a farm in Gescher/Westphalia
1996
- Move to Velen/Westphalia on a 6000 m² large property
- Entry into the Dutch market
- Number of employees: 5
1997
- Market Entry Austria
- First participation at the "Schweißen & Schneiden" (Welding & Cutting) fair in Essen
1999
- The Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BGIA) certifies three types of mobile filter units
- Number of employees: 15
2000
- Conference of the purchasing office of German iron dealers (EDE) at TEKA
- Number of employees: 20
2001
- Market entry France
- First major trade fair appearance at the "Schweißen und Schneiden" (Welding & Cutting) in Essen
- Number of employees: 30
2003
- Purchase of a 20,000 square meter site on Industriestrasse in Velen as a location for production, warehouse and administration.
- Presentation of the filter systems for large format plotters
2004 - 2006
- Expansion of the production area by a further 300 square meters
- In May the construction of a further office and warehouse building on the company premises begins. In September the departments of the Technology Center moved into this building
- First BGIA certification worldwide of a central filter system (type FILTERCUBE 2N-4H) according to international standards worldwide
- Number of employees: 80
2007 - 2009
- 2007: TEKA is a finalist in the "Großer Preis des Mittelstandes" (Grand Prix of Medium-Sized Businesses) of the Oskar Patzelt Foundation
- Number of employees: 90
- 2008: Opening of an external training center for technical seminars as well as product training and demonstrations in the neighboring Borken-Weseke. In addition to two training rooms, all mobile and central TEKA standard systems can be seen there.
- Number of employees: 100
- 2009: TEKA receives the "Großer Preis des Mittelstandes" (Grand Prix of Medium-Sized Businesses) of the Oskar Patzelt Foundation
2010
- TEKA extends its AIRTECH series with the central suction system BlowTec
2011
- TEKA participates in the research project "Intelligent Filter Monitoring". Project partners are Electronic Design Chemnitz, Turck duotec and X-Fab Semiconductor Foundries. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2012
- TEKA founds new branch office in Austria
- TEKA starts a cross-company training offensive
- Number of employees: 120 (of which around 10 percent are trainees)
2013 - 2014
- 2013: The TEKA communication and training center celebrates its 5th birthday
- TEKA becomes a member of the VDMA sustainability initiative "Blue Competence
- 2014: TEKA welcomes 60 participants to the first in-house exhibition in Weseke
2016
- TEKA's Airtracker successfully celebrates its premiere at the EuroBlech exhibition. The room air monitoring device with multi-sensor technology automatically monitors and controls parameters such as fine dust pollution, humidity and volume in industrial operations
- TEKA joins the Industry Business Network (IBN) 4.0 and actively participates with the Airtracker in the association's work. The IBN has set itself the goal of implementing Industry 4.0 with concrete added value, especially for medium-sized companies
- TEKA builds up new headquarters for sales and marketing in Weseke
2017
- TEKA stellt seine Weiterentwicklungen zur Airtracker-Familie auf der Schweißen & Schneiden vor. Der Airtracker Mini und Airtracker Nano zeigen den Weg zur optimalen Reinluftüberwachung für Absauganlagen bzw. zur Luftüberwachung im Bereich Klimatechnik und Gebäudemanagement auf.
2018
- Der Airtracker Pro ist in der dritten Produktgeneration Industrie 4.0 optimiert. Er ist nun in der Lage, in den Dialog mit Fertigungsmaschinen zu treten.
- TEKA stellt sich mit der VAC-Serie neu auf dem Markt für Brennerabsaugung auf. Wegen ihrer hohen Pressung ist sie prädestiniert für den Dauereinsatz im Hochvakuumbereich. In erster Linie eignet sie sich für die brennerintegrierte Erfassung von Rauchen an Schweißarbeitsplätzen.
- TEKA baut neues Headquarter für Verkauf und Marketing in Weseke auf
2019
- TEKA presents the new core assortment at Blechexpo
- Opening of a new central warehouse in Spain
- On course for growth: TEKA hires about 50 new employees
2020
- TEKA relocates its company headquarters to Coesfeld. The new location has a size of 46,000 m² with 12,000m² of hall space.
- Contribution to pandemic control: TEKA develops the VIROLINE series, which inactivates viruses, bacteria and fungi, thus minimising the risk of infection with Covid-19.
2021
- New development: The highly efficient EXCube extraction and filter system effectively separates all explosive dusts of dust explosion class St 1.
