- 1929 Eugen Seidenspinner establishes the gear-wheel factory ESCO Zahnradfabrik
- 1933 Purchase of the measuring-tool factory ATLANTA-Messwerkzeugfabrik
- 1953 Start of the current catalogue program with worm gears
- 1962 The worm-gear unit program is put on the market
- 1979 The goal - to be able to supply drive elements off the shelf - is attained by commissioning an automatic warehouse
- 1987 The servo high-performance gear unit is successfully introduced
- 1988 The toothed-rack program is extended by hardened and ground racks
- 1993 The world-wide export is pushed ahead
- 1995 The certification acc. to DIN ISO 9001 is granted
- 1997 Together with other manufacturers of drive systems ATLANTA sets up a sales organisation in Asia
- 1998 An innovative lifting-gear system is developed and introduced
- 1999 The goal to become global leader for precision racks is consequently pushed by means of carefully directed investments
- 2000 In cooperation with manufacturers of linear guides a new guide-rack type is developed
- 2002 A highly modern manufacturing centre for ground racks is commissioned
- 2003 The gearbox range is extended by a newly developed E-servo worm gear unit
- 2004 Establishment of the subsidiary company ATLANTA Drive Systems in the USA
- 2005 Establishment of the subsidiary company ANF in France
- 2005 The family of servo worm gear units is completed by the new developed B- and HT-gearbox,
introduced at the Hannover Fair in April
- 2007 New building at plant II to increase the manufacturing capacity
- 2008 Market introduction of new products: racks in quality 4, high-capacity lifting gear drive, servo-bevel gear, TR-pinion
- 2009 World wide depression in the mechanical engineering, reorganisation of the production, stabilisation of the markets world wide
- 2010 Establishment of the subsidiary company ATLANTA Drive Technology (Shanghai) in China
- 2011 Implementation of the production line, expansion of the rack program for strengthening of the global leadership