1911 Building foundation by company founder Franz Bettermann. His own sheet-metal factory for fastening technology is the result.
1932 From now on, metal and plastic characterise the once again expanded range with the start of duroplastic and thermoplastic compression and injection moulding.
1972 The OBO V-15 sets new standards in surge protection and is the beginning of the numerous innovations in this field.
1986 Consistent expansion of OBO's subsidiary companies and branch offices from Philadelphia to Peking, from Helsinki to Johannesburg.
1992 Founding of OBO Bettermann Hungary kft. near Budapest, which today is OBO's central production and logistics location for south-eastern Europe.
1993 Michail S. Gorbechev, Henry A. Kissinger and Hans-Dietrich Genscher are the first guests at the Menden Forum organised by U.L. Bettermann.
1996 The new BET research centre, with one of the largest surge-current generators in Europe and countless testing units, is opened.
2003 New standards of flexibility and speed are set by the commissioning of the world's most modern galvanisation plant in Hungary.
2004 OBO Bettermann continues to promote the Dahl-Kanal brand, supported by a market presence spanning over 40 years, as an independent product range. DAHL-KANAL is market leader in the field of wiring ducts.
2006 OBO continues the production and brand of the company founded by, and named after, Albert Ackermann in 1919. This means that OBO is the market leader in the underfloor systems sector and one of the world's leading systems providers for cable management.
2010 OBO takes over production facility for electrical products of the precision pipe manufacturer Vincent Wiederholt, founded in 1909, and develops its activities in the pipe sector, closing the gap in cable routing.
2011 OBO turns 100 years young and expands. On an area of 30,000 square metres, OBO completes a 40 million euro, futuristic production facility with integrated, globally unique long-goods hot galvanisation system.
2012 Takeover of the market leader in cable management products in South Africa and delisting by Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With the over 700 O-LINE and ARMCO employees on the African continent, the Bettermann Group employees over 3000 people around the world.
2013 A new cutting-edge powder coating system is opened in Germany.
2014 A new facility for Cable Management systems is opened in Chennai, India.
2015 Cooperation and then takeover of Trench, Birmingham, UK. One of the market leaders in the field of "British Standard Trunking".
2016 Takeover of Chalfant near Cleveland, USA. Manufacturer of primarily aluminium cable support systems.
2016 In Lipetsk, Russia, a new OBO production plant is launched.
2016 OBO Bettermann produces 30,000 articles with 4,000 employees and achieves an annual turnover level of over EUR 500 million with more than 40 subsidiary companies.
2017 After 15 months of construction work, the 5,000 square metre forum at the Hungarian location in Bugyi, 25 kilometres south-east of the Hungarian capital, is opened. With 1,150 employees, Bugyi is one of OBO Bettermann's most important and most modern production and logistics locations.