| 2010 | With Ms. Aloisia Erbel and Mr. Gerd Erbel, the Executive Board of PERO AG could be reinforced with two more family members. Ms. Erbel is now responsible for the entire commercial operations and Mr. Gerd Erbel for the entire technical operations. | ||
| 2005 |  | Foundation of Pero Innovative GmbH in Weiz near Graz, Austria, and first-time realisation of “chemical leasing”. | |
| 2002 |  | With Gerd Erbel as Technical Manager, the 3rd generation of the family has taken on a leading function. | |
| 1999 |
| Foundation of the US-American PERO Corp. in Windsor, Connecticut. | |
| 1997 |
| Gothaer Maschinenfabrik (Gotha engineering works) merged with PERO AG. | |
| 1996 |
| Conversion of the limited partnership (KG) into a family-run limited liability company (AG). | |
| 1994 |  | Foundation of PERO France S.A.R.L. with headquarters near Paris, and acquisition of shareholding in the company Zimmerli S.A. in Switzerland. | |
| 1992 |  | PERO acquired Gothaer Maschinenfabrik (Gotha engineering works), the biggest manufacturer of cleaning plants in the former GDR. This purchase put PERO in a position to extend its capacities and to establish a second company location in central Germany. Beside Königsbrunn, PERO cleaning plants are now also manufactured in Gotha. | |
| 1991 |  | The strong growth of the company necessitated the construction of a new administrative building in 1991. Purchasing, Human Resources, Finance, Production Planning, EDP, Development, Design as well as Distribution and Service moved into this new building. What is also located in the building are the training rooms and the test centre with numerous cleaning plants. | |
| 1964 |  | In 1964, Horst, the son, took the helm in PERO KG's management board. That same year, PERO started developing and manufacturing aqueous cleaning plants. | |
| 1963 |  | Peter Erbel acquired premises including halls in Königsbrunn. Königsbrunn became the company’s headquarters. | |
| 1953 | PERO (Peter Erbel Reinigungsanlagen und Oberflächentechnik – Peter Erbel cleaning plants and surface engineering) was founded by Peter Erbel in Königsbrunn near Augsburg in 1953. In the early 50s already, Peter Erbel had managed to halve the enormous consumption quantities of solvents and to reduce the odour nuisance using refrigeration technology. With this revolutionary new product, Peter Erbel had laid the foundation stone for a successful development of the company. He started a series of innovations which are still state of the art today. |
