Milestones
1949
Moritzstraße Wuppertal: First company site and private home of the family
1951
ECHOGRAPH UMG 10: First ultrasonic flaw detector
1952
Ing. Karl Deutsch at the Hanover trade show
1961
Trade show booth in Italy: Volker Deutsch is mentioned as owner
1961
Volker Deutsch / Werner Branscheid: Inspection of wheelsets
1961
Paul Höhle, Heinz-Johann Schinke, Irma Deutsch, Dr. Volker Deutsch, Ing. Karl Deutsch: Hanover trade show
1963
Kriegerheimstraße Wuppertal: Application laboratory
1964
DEUTROFLUX-UH: Successful series of magnetic particle testing systems
1965
Ultrasonic billet testing in Witten steel mill (today DEW)
1965
HOESCH Dortmund: Helical pipe testing
1965
ECHOGRAPH-KNPS: First ultrasonic testing system
1965
DEUTROMAT: Magnetic particle testing of steering knuckles
1966
ECHOGRAPH-SNUL: LSAW pipe testing at Mannesmann in Mülheim
1967
Otto-Hausmann-Ring 101 in Wuppertal: Erection of Works 1
1972
Extension of Works 1
1973
ECHOTEST 1006: World’s first digital ultrasonic flaw detector
1978
Otto-Hausmann-Ring 201 in Wuppertal: New workshop for the production of testing systems (Works 2)
1981
ECHOGRAPH-SNUL: Weld testing system
1981
DEUTROFLUX-MEMORY: MT System with higher-ranked computer for parameter storage
1990
FLUXAMAT: Camera-based MT
1998
Dr. Wolfram Deutsch: Joining the company
1999
Celle: 50 Years KARL DEUTSCH
2004
First workshop extension in Works 2
2004
ECHOGRAPH 1090: Compact, digital ultrasonic flaw detector
2005
POCKET-LEPTOSKOP: The world’s smallest coating thickness gauge
2006
Second workshop extension in Works 2
2007
Largest contract in the company history: Three UT systems for Baosteel in China
2010
ECHOGRAPH RPTR-PAUT: First Phased Array testing system
2013
Third Works 2 extension with laboratory for UT systems
2013
KD-CHECK-SYSTEMS: First large penetrant testing system for Chinese plant
2014
GEKKO: First rugged Phased Array flaw detector with integrated TFM-technique
2015
Record year of the company with many system orders (example: MT on railway wheels)
2015
ECHOGRAPH-TTPS: PAUT testing system for railway wheels
2017
ECHOGRAPH-STPS: PAUT testing system for bars
2018
ECHOGRAPH-RPTS: Large testing bridge for bars
2019
Dr. Wolfram Deutsch / Dipl.-Ing. Dietger Schäle: Extended management
2019
70 Years KARL DEUTSCH at German NDT conference in Friedrichshafen
2019
Celebration of 70 Years KARL DEUTSCH in Wuppertal