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WAGO - The Story behind the Company

WAGO was founded almost 70 years ago. But how did it all begin? Get an insight into the company history.

It all started with the original patent for spring pressure connection technology, which led to the founding of the family company. It was 1950. While playing cards in Berlin, brothers-in-law Heinrich Nagel and Friedrich Hohorst learned about a patent for screwless leaf spring clamps with pushbuttons, and spontaneously purchased all of the rights, including the housing, springs, current bars and rivets for a first assembly batch. This laid the cornerstone for the new family company: WAGO Klemmenwerk GmbH was founded on April 27, 1951 in Minden. Initial concepts followed, as well as highs and lows, but they were always accompanied by the conviction that screwless connection technology would be successful. The first decade was characterized by innovations, products, patents, and the first successes at home and abroad.
  • 1951: Acquisition of the original Terminal Block (including patent)
  • 1952: SUPRAFIX Banana Plug
  • 1953: SUPRAFIX terminal strips with pressure spring connection (12-pole); SUPRAFIX compact terminal blocks with push-buttons on both sides (2-pole)
  • 1954: Small SUPRAFIX modular terminal block with pressure spring connection
  • 1957: First WAGO Rail-Mount Terminal Block Family with leaf spring connection, for standardized DINrails