Birth of a pioneering idea: 97 years Nissen Elektrobau more than 50 years in service of traffic safety The company Adolf Nissen Elektrobau GmbH + Co. KG, founded in 1914, has its head office in Tönning/Schleswig-Holstein. After successful years in the field of agricultural engineering the age of traffic warning equipment began in the mid-1950s with the development of a traffic warning lamp, the first corresponding Nissen patent application was made in 1956. Since 1956, Nissen built up a worldwide reputation by continuous research and development and new product development of high-quality and innovative products for traffic safety. The company has become leading manufacturer in Europe with subsidiaries in France, United Kingdom, Poland, Switzerland and Italy. Reasons of such sucess are continuous innovation and the high quality of our products which of course correspond with national and international standards. 2009 Addition of a storage and logistics centre including production with over 4200 sqm in factory II, Tönning
2004 - 2007 Foundation of the subsidiaries Nissen Polska, Nissen UK, Nissen Switzerland und Nissen Italia
1995 Initial certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001
1993 Foundation of the subsidiary Nissen France in France
1989 A second factory in Tönning for research and development and production ist taken into operation. 1979 Addition of a new warehouse
1954/55 The first traffic warning lamps are developed 1921 First patent application by Adolf Nissen „Zündfunkenverstärker für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen mit mindestens zwei Zylindern“
1972 Manufacturing capacities become insufficient, relocation within Tönning to a new building
1956 First patent application of an electric warning lamp 1951 Production and sales expand increasingly, the company moves to Tönning into the larger building of a former air base
1947 Building and sales of electric fences in Garding/ Schleswig-Holstein
1914 Foundation of the first company in Berlin by Adolf Nissen
Our products are designed for protecting human lives! Therefore it is our first priority to supply only high quality products and services. Since 1995 the permanent improvement of our high quality level is verified by annual confirmation of our certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001 . 4
1983 Addition of a new high-rise warehouse