history of the company

Foundation AFS Entwicklungs + Vetriebs GmbH by Dieter Frei and Gerhard Arlt. AFS stands for A rlt- F rei- S ysteme. Company address: private address of Dieter Frei.

Moving to a two room apartment in Augsburg: sales office and development workshop. The first own product is produced there: the high voltage perforation detector, called a bag counter.

Moving to Biburg, a suburb of western Augsburg. Three rented office spaces and a mechanical workshop in a former triple garage are the new home of the aspiring company. Together with the first employees, the first AFS corona station and the worlds first corona generator with micro processor control are created.

Move to the first new building in Neusäß, also to the west of Augsburg. This is where the thousandfold proved SD generators and the AVB-100C station built in many hundred of units are created. The downside of success: After only two years, the new building is too small, so it is decided to construct a new building. The number of employees grows to 26 during this time.

AFS moves to the 2nd new building. On 2200 m² each year 150 Corona- and Perforation systems are built.

AFS moves mechanical production and engineering to a new built factory hall in Horgau, the 3rd new building.

One after the other, shipping department, warehouse, electrical production and R&D move to the new facilities in Horgau.

Relocation of the purchase department and administration into a new built office building in Horgau and abandonment of the facilities in Neusäß. With more than 60 employees, AFS manufactures ca. 300 Corona stations each year.

In autumn 2016, a new production hall was built. Production capacity and number of employees was raised, again.

The number of 100 employees was reached.

Foundation of a daugther company in Duncan, S.C.