Company History

KACO began manufacturing sine inverters more than 60 years ago. The product portfolio offered by KACO today is being used around the globe for rail vehicle and photovoltaic applications.

• 2009 Reorganization as KACO new energy GmbH and opening up of new business fields, among others in the mobility sector.
• 2008 Start of the new logistics centre and commencement of Factory 4.
• 2007 KACO builds up a new research and development team for central inverters in Korea.
• 2006 KACO establishes its new production centre, Factory 3, in Neckarsulm.
• 2005 KACO opens up its new Logistics and Innovation Center, Factory 2, in Erlenbach. Startup of a new Research and Development Center in Kassel.
• 2003 KACO GERÄTETECHNIK GmbH moves to its new facilities in Neckarsulm.
• 1999 The expanding KACO GERÄTETECHNIK profit centre reforms as an independent company under the name of KACO GERÄTETECHNIK GmbH.
• 1994 First development activities in the field of photovoltaics.
• 1953 KACO manufactures the first thyristor inverters.
• 1950 KACO becomes the world leader in the production of electromechanical choppers – the predecessors of today’s inverters.
• 1944 - 1945 In the wake of World War II, the factory is destroyed and later built up again.
• 1940 The company starts focusing on the production of choppers and inverters, i.e. devices that convert direct current (DC) into alternating current (AC).
• 1927 The product range was extended to include electrotechnical products and ever since, has been extended and upgraded continually.
• 1914 Founded under the name of “Kupfer-Asbest-Company Gustav Bach“ (KACO), the company was Germany’s first special factory to produce ring gaskets for use in the automotive industry.