On 1 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 continuously regulating the…
Jakob Gilgen Senior registers the patent for automatic letterbox emptying systems. Building on this success, the company enters a new business area. The construction of the first conveyor system…
With a workforce of 96 employees, the original sole proprietorship was converted into Gilgen AG on 1 January 1973. The first automatic sliding door was built.
In order to better serve the German market, we founded Gilgen GmbH in Darmstadt in 1979. With our high-quality drives for folding doors and large doors, we were able to penetrate niche markets and…
In May 1981, we inaugurated our new building in Schwarzenburg. At that time, the growth of our company was virtually unstoppable. We more than doubled our turnover compared to 1973, and the Gilgen…
The 25th anniversary celebrations took place over two weekends in 1986 and were attended by over 700 guests from home and abroad. On the open day, we welcomed 3,000 visitors, who showed keen interest.
In 2007, we won the major pioneering project to equip 38 stations on metro lines 1 and 13 in Paris. Metro line 1 alone, which runs along the world-famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées, carries more than…
After 15 years in the Kaba Group, the companies parted ways at the beginning of 2011. Gilgen Door Systems became part of the Nabtesco Group, a Japanese company with international operations.
Gilgen Door Systems expands in Australia. In 2018, Gilgen becomes a shareholder in its Australian business partner Access Entry Pty Ltd and establishes its own branch in Sydney. We also secured a…
