1896Richard Theiler establishes “Electrotechnisches Institut Theiler & Co“ in Zug, Switzerland, together with Adelrich Gyr-Wickart, producing electricity meters as well as telephone magnetos and phonographs. Four years prior to this, Siemens had entered into the metering business manufacturing electricity meters in Nuremberg / Germany.
1904Company founder Richard Theiler finds engineer Heinrich Landis as his successor to continue the company under the name of „Heinrich Landis, formerly Theiler & Cie“
1905Heinrich Landis seeks a partner to help manage the burgeoning demand for electricity meters. He finds Dr. Karl Heinrich Gyr, who with visionary foresight lays the foundations for the successful development of the company now doing business under the name of Landis & Gyr. Employees: 55, sales: 200’000 Swiss Francs.
1912Founding of the first foreign subsidiaries: in London, Vienna and Frankfurt with factories in Berlin and Rastatt (Germany).
1914The Zug company becomes a stock corporation. Capital stock: 2.6 million Swiss Francs. Employees: 500, sales: 4 million Swiss Francs
1924Landis & Gyr begins to reach out across the oceans: a sales office is founded in New York, and a branch office is opened in Melbourne, Australia. Employees in Zug: 1‘100
1956Public offering and first publication of the annual report. Members of the Gyr family take the helm: Dr. Andreas C. Brunner and Gottfried Straub continue the work of their father-in-law Dr. Karl Heinrich Gyr and promote global expansion. Employees: 7‘800 worldwide, sales: 80 million Swiss Francs.
1970The first electronic high precision electricity meter is launched.
1971The company celebrates its 75th jubilee; the cultural foundation „Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr“ is established.
1976In the USA, Landis & Gyr acquires meter producer Duncan Electronics of Lafayette, Indiana. Employees: 15‘500 worldwide, sales: 900 million Swiss Francs.
1981Pioneering once again in the field of electricity metering, Landis & Gyr launches the first generation of digital electricity meters for industrial and commercial applications.
1984After Dr. Andreas Brunner and Gottfried Straub relinquish their managerial responsibilities, a new management team - no longer comprising members of the founders‘ families - takes on the task of developing the company to meet new market demands.
1989The company forges ahead with the development and rollout of electronic products. Landis & Gyr launches the first electronic residential electricity meter.
1990The manufacture of mechanical parts within the group is abandoned, and device assembly is concentrated at a small number of supraregional production centers.
1996Landis & Gyr celebrates its centenary with numerous events. In this jubilee year, the Swiss Electrowatt Ltd. acquires a majority share in Landis & Gyr.
1998Siemens take over the Credit Suisse Group‘s share in the industrial arm of Electrowatt. Effective 1 April 1998, the metering businesses of Siemens and Landis & Gyr Utilities are combined in the newly established Siemens Metering, and becomes the new global market leader for high-quality electricity meters.
2001Various European production sites are shut down and the number of manufacturing sites is reduced from 23 in 1998 to 11 in 2001.
2002The executive committee of Siemens AG decides to withdraw from the metering business. In June 2002 American financial investors Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co takes a majority share. The group, which has again been trading as Landis+Gyr since 1 November 2002, already achieves a successful turnaround in its first business year. This fulfils KKR's most important criteria for transferring responsibility for further development of the group to an owner that will continue to maintain its strategic interests.
2004On 1 October 2004, Bayard Capital of Australia takes over the group, consisting of 3,300 employees in 28 companies worldwide. The new owner, as part of its growth strategy, plans to develop Landis+Gyr into the pre-eminent force for energy management and conservation.
2005Under Bayard’s ownership, Landis +Gyr changes its organizational set-up into a regional structure aligning all activities in the regions North America, South America, UK/Pre-Payment, Europe and Asia Pacific and across the businesses, which still keep their brand identity. This multi brand strategy and an accelerated innovation circle build the base for significant organic growth.
2006Through the acquisitions of Finnish Enermet Group, Hunt Technologies and Cellnet Technologies, both from the US, the group realized a quantum loop in implementing an aggressive growth strategy. Enermet and Hunt enlarge the groups skill-set and expertise along the value chain of energy utilities significantly. Cellnet’s contracted 14 million endpoints together with a unique track record in providing AMI, SCADA and DA network solutions to electric, gas and water utilities boost the positioning of the whole group as fore-runner in Advanced Metering Infrastructure, providing latest total solutions and services, enabling process efficiency and the sustainable use of energy.
