please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2014 this article has an unclear citation style . the references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation footnoting or external linking . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message hengstler type subsidiary industry counting and control components founded 1846 headquarters aldingen germany . area served worldwide key people franz maus jochen feiler products rotary encoder relay mechanical counter printer and cutter number of employees around 1.000 divisions france italy usa website www.hengstler.de eu hengstler is a medium sized company which is specialized in the production of industrial counting and control components . as a subsidiary of danaher corporation it is represented nationwide on the international electro mechanic market . contents 1 history 2 products 3 international 4 references 5 external links history edit the watchmaker johannes hengstler started in 1846 in the south of germany with the series production of springs . over the coming decades the production was enlarged with relay rotary encoder mechanical counter and also printer & cutter . in 1995 the company has been taken over by danaher corporation an american concern which includes more than 400 companies . today hengstler has various prominent customers like siemens ibm festo or bosch . products edit hengstler stands for a complete project management with custom made applications concerning process control and environmental technology . it exists a varied product portfolio of encoder incremental and absolute encodes for example relay mechanical counters and printer and cutter for industrial needs . international edit furthermore hengstler has a sister company in slovakia as well as various branches in france italy and also in the usa and asia . the danaher corporation belongs to the important worldwide concerns with over 400 including companies and locations in over 30 countries and around 60.000 employees . danaher generates an annual turnover of several billion dollars . references edit danaher http www.hengstler.de en company history.php rotary encoder history external links edit hengstler retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hengstler gmbh & oldid 590618662 categories manufacturing companies of germanyhidden categories orphaned articles from january 2014all orphaned articleswikipedia references cleanup from january 2014all articles needing references cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from january 2014all articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 14 january 2014 at 04 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view