Through the years

When Robert and Hugo Berker founded their small company in Schalksmühle in the Sauerland in 1919, no-one could have foreseen that their "Special factory for electrotechnical installation units" would quickly grow into a widely-recognised producer of switches. Its success was based not only on reliable technology, but also on that same sense of fine shapes to which the company has remained true throughout the decades, the passing trends, and crises.

A selection from more than 85 years of design history.