Wherever you look, the signs are pointing to growth. The number of our employees has now risen to over 70 people. Also the order situation also continues to be excellent. However, we have been running out of space for some time now. Therefore, we have been expanding our main location in Coburg since last summer. Here, new production areas are being built on an additional 900 m², a large warehouse including chemical storage and archives, as well as a modern cafeteria with a new kitchenette for our employees.
How did SECO come to Coburg?
We are celebrating 25 years of SECO Sensor Consult. In October 1996, physicist Thomas Möckl and graduate engineer Thomas Siebenhaar jointly decided to found a company for ultrasonic transducers in Coburg, Upper Franconia. The SECO Sensor Consult GmbH adventure began with just one employee and the company headquarters in a small 50 m² plot at the technology centre.
The demand for handmade ultrasonic transducers of the highest quality was high from the very beginning. In order to meet the requirements of our first customers, we produced the fitting material ourselves right from the start and according to our own recipe. Back then, this was still done in the back room of Mr Siebenhaar’s private garage.
Just one year after the company was founded, the number of employees had doubled and turnover had increased twenty-fold. Since then, the signs have been pointing to growth. During the global economic crisis in 2008, we also had to contend with losses in terms of staff and turnover. Fortunately we recovered quickly the following year.
Parallel to the construction of our second site in Küps (in the district of Kronach), we completely renovated an old industrial building in Coburg. The 3,000 m² of space we customised precisely to the needs of our production. Our company headquarters have been located here since the move in 2014. A previously unused part of the building is to be extended in 2022, further increasing the usable space.
After 25 years, the number of our employees is now 65, the company area is almost 4000 m² and our turnover is 7.3 million euros – and rising. Over 600,000 handmade ultrasonic transducers make their way to our customers all over the world every year. And thanks to our remodelling at the Coburg site, we can expand our production capacity at any time.