since 1962

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In 1945 Helmut Erbe (born in 1928) began working for the company. He took over the management in 1962. He modernized the company?s organization, expanded its distribution network, founded sales and service branch offices and intensified the contacts to customers and foreign commercial enterprises for medical technology. In 1968 the first branch office was established in Vienna, which was followed by others in France, the USA, Benelux, Switzerland, Poland, Great Britain and India. Representations of the parent company were established in Russia, China, Singapore and Serbia.

The first regulated electrosurgical unit was a global milestone in electrosurgical technology. Completely new techniques began to be used in operating rooms and medical surgeries. Helmut Erbe created a solid basis at all levels ? from development to sales - for continued progress and increasing success.

In 1996 he brought in his son Christian Otto Erbe and son-in-law Reiner Thede as the fifth generation to manage the company. Christian O. Erbe and Reiner Thede are now the company's managing directors with a strong international focus.

For the future ERBE intends to continue improving its lead in medical technology on the world market.

Milestones

1975 Expansion of the product range to include cryo surgery systems
1986 Market launch of the first automatically regulated electrosurgical unit in the world: the ERBOTOM TUR
1992 Introduction of the ERBOTOM-ICC range of units with ?Intelligent Cut and Coagulation?. The regulation of electrosurgical cutting processes means that ERBE leads the field in electrosurgery
1995 Presentation of the first flexible probe for use in endoscopic surgery with Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC)
2001 Enlargement of the ERBE product portfolio by the waterjet technology (ERBE Helix Hydro-Jet^®)
2002 Sales launch of the ERBE VIO^® electrosurgical system
2007 Launch of the first ERBE-owned waterjet surgery unit