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The Founding of WAGO

1980-1989

CAGE CLAMP® Breakthrough

In the 1980s, WAGO was making great strides: CAGE CLAMP® technology was set to conquer the market. With the wind at its back, WAGO began spreading spring pressure connection technology far and wide. Driven by their absolute certainty that the market would embrace CAGE CLAMP®, the sales team became “ambassadors of spring pressure connection technology.” The product portfolio continued to expand, and licensees began using WAGO CAGE CLAMP® for device connections of their fuses, relays and sensors. In addition, CAGE CLAMP® connection technology proved its mettle in the challenging domain of “explosion protection”: with EEx e II certification, it could be used in all areas.

Product Developments and Events from the 1980s

  • 1980: WAGO introduces rail-mount terminal blocks with front-entry wiring
  • 1980: WAGO’s first PCB terminal block with CAGE CLAMP® connection
  • 1985: WAGO Lighting Connector for secure lighting connection
  • 1985: WAGO’s rail-mount terminal blocks with CAGE CLAMP® connections receive EEx e II certification
  • 1985: WAGO introduces pluggable modules on rail-mount terminal blocks
  • 1985: WAGO introduces MULTI CONNECTION SYSTEM (MCS) pluggable PCB connectors
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Milestones in the 1980s