A tradition
of innovation:
our corporate history

Our employees are dedicated to ensuring that the name of Brugg remains a sign of quality and skill.

Otto H. Suhner
Dipl. Ing. ETH
Chairman and Managing Director

6. Mai 1896

Gottlieb Suhner opens a cable factory in Brugg with 16 employees.
1908

The company becomes a joint-stock company under the name Kabelwerke Brugg AG.
1920

Brugg’s first in-house high-voltage laboratory is built.
1934

Production of first 150 kV oil cable.
1947

Area of about 10,000 m² purchased from the Brugg municipal authorities. This became the site of the new factory of today’s Brugg Cables, comprising various machine rooms.
1954

First PVC-insulated low-voltage cables manufactured.
1955

Production of first 20 kV plastic high-voltage cable.
1969

Largest underground cable storage facility in Europe built, with a capacity of more than 2800 drums; sealing ends for
SF ₆ cables developed.
1980

Dry cross-linking plant commissioned for the manufacture of high-voltage cables up to 60 kV.
1981

Cross-linked plastics introduced for ultra-high voltage cables, now up to 500 kV.
1989

Kabelwerke Brugg AG Holding established.
2011

Brugg India established.
2011

Brugg Kabel AG hives off its industrial area to create Brugg Cables Industry AG.
2013

Plant expanded from 32 to 50-tonne cable drums.
2013

High-voltage test laboratory in Faraday cage opened.
2014

Cooperation with partners in India, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
2015

Capital investments in DESMA production facilities in Suzhou plant, China.
2016

The Brugg Group now comprises five independent divisions and about 60 companies. The second largest division is Brugg Cables, which currently maintains offices world-wide with about 520 employees.