Our name stands for quality
We set global standards in terms of quality. We are not only constantly improving our products, but also our own processes and employee training. We subordinate…
As a one-man business in his parents' garage in Switzerland, Jakob Gilgen Senior manufactured the first automatic door operators individually in 1961 and then installed them for his customers. Today,…
On the 1st of March 1961, Jakob Gilgen Senior from Schwarzenburg founded the Gilgen company in his parents' garage. The former federal civil servant invented the drive system for infinitely variable…
Jakob Gilgen Senior applies for a patent for automatic systems for emptying letterboxes. Building on this success, the company opens up a new business area. The construction of the first conveyor…
With a workforce of 96 employees, the original sole proprietorship was transformed into Gilgen AG on 1 January 1973. The first automatic sliding door was built.
To better serve the German market, we founded Gilgen GmbH in Darmstadt in 1979. With our quality drives for folding doors and large doors, we were able to penetrate the market niches and make a name…
In May 1981, we inaugurated our new building in Schwarzenburg. The growth of our company was virtually unstoppable at this time. We more than doubled our turnover compared to 1973 and the Gilgen…
The 25th anniversary took place over two weekends in 1986 and was attended by over 700 guests from Switzerland and abroad. On the open day, we had 3,000 visitors who showed a keen interest.
In 2007, we won the major and pioneering project to equip 38 stations on metro lines 1 and 13 in Paris. Metro line 1 alone, along the world-famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées, transports more than 1…
