Without history, no future.
E.D.&A. has been active for almost 40 years in the development and production of custom-made electronic controllers for intelligent machines and equipment. We are proud of the milestones in our history.
| 1981 |
Founding of EDA by Flor D’Handschotter and Agnes Francken in the attic of their house in Kalmthout. Started making customer-specific electronics designs.
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| 1984 |
Marketing of the first completely Belgian PLC: the “EDA PLC”. These user-friendly products were used by schools to introduce students to PLCs.
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| 1989 |
The name EDA is changed to E.D.&A. (Electronics, Development & Assembly).
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| 1990 |
E.D.&A. moves to a larger building in Kapellen (800 square meters).
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| 1997 |
Exclusive focus on custom-made electronic controllers for machine and equipment manufacturers.
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| 2007 |
Expansion of the facilities in Kapellen to 1,600 square metres.
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| 2009 |
Taken over by Gert D’Handschotter (son of the founders). E.D.&A. is and remains a family business.
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| 2011 |
Expansion of the facilities in Kapellen to 2,000 square metres.
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| 2012 |
Production in-house. Start-up of our own state-of-the-art automated assembly line for custom-made electronics.
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| 2014 |
Relocation to a new and ultramodern industrial building in Kalmthout (4,000 square metres).
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| 2016 |
E.D.&A. receives Factory of the Future award.
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2018
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E.D.&A. is one of the first Belgian companies to receive the ‘Belgium’s Best Managed Company’ label.
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| 2019 |
E.D.&A. receives again Factory of the Future award and ISO 9001:2015.
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| 2021 |
E.D.&A. doubles the surface of its premises (extra production line, offices and warehouse).
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| 2022 |
E.D.&A. obtains again Factory of the Future Award and ISO 9001:2015.
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