Our History

3 great achievements

Great place to work: Germany - Bavaria- Allgäu Region

Award for RFnivo

with PFA coating

We are glad to welcome

Vasiliy Galagan in our team

We welcome the new responsible Managing Director

Mr. Arne Watland for UWT LLC, USA.

The UWT GmbH is awarded with the

"German Business Award Health 2017".

The extremely suitable radio controlled sensor
The continuous non-contact level measurement
for nearly all kind of materials

Single-rod limit switch
Suitable for many applications

Complying with the indicators for
Financial solvency, legal conformity and safety

Further support for the Indian market
Sumit Majumder is responsible as Country Manager

For electromechanical level measurement
Safer and very economical with
New Interface measurement

Uwe Niekrawietz and Markus Schalk founded the

"UWT International Sales Management GmbH"

Launch of the capacitive limit switch RFnivo 3000^®
All-rounder for all types of bulk solids

Rotonivo^® RN6 series is the first
rotary paddle switch with integrated safety level SIL2

Launch of the competitively priced
Nivotec^® NT4500 visualisation software

Foundation of the sales subsidiary

UWT RUS Level Measurement, LLC in Moscow.

UWT acquires 100%
of UWT LLC, USA shares

With effect from 01.04.14 UWT offers their
customers a 5 Year warranty for the following series:
Rotonivo^®, Vibranivo^®, Capanivo^®, Kondunivo^®
and Nivobob^®

With effect from 01.01.2014 UWT acquires
100% of UWT Int. Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd shares

New projects – new building
UWT China moves into new premises.

"Best Employers in Germany 2014"
UWT is nominated as one of the TOP 100
employers in Germany.

"Best Employers in the Allgäu Region 2013"
UWT is awarded first place in the
"companies with 50-249 employees" category

UWT was awarded the prestigious title
"BEST OF 2013" for its development of
Universal Voltage and PNP

Peter Schropp,
founder of UWT, retires

In March 2012 a new sales subsidiary
UWT Level Control India Pvt. Ltd is founded
in India

UWT is awarded with the employer
award TOP Job 2012

Launch of the capacitive level limit switch
Capanivo^® 4000

Development of the first rotary paddle
switch with PNP and universal voltage

UWT secures a prestigious Health Award
in recognition of their excellent company
health management programme.

UWT gained a number of additional
international certifications

Launch of the competitively priced
microprocessor controlled measurement system
Nivobob ^® 4000

Foundation of the sales subsidiary UWT (UK) Ltd.
in Shrewsbury, UK

Inauguration of the Extension
at the Headquarters in Germany

Extension to the Headquarters' site in Betzigau
providing additional office and production space

Launch of the microprocessor
controlled measurement System Nivobob ^® 3000

Move into purpose built premises
in Betzigau.

Launch of the Nivotec^® monitoring
and visualisation system

Foundation of the joint venture with "UWT LLC"
in Memphis, as a sales subsidiary in the USA

Certification of several of the UWT product series
for the USA and Canadian markets (FM, CSA)

Foundation of the joint venture with
"UWT Shanghai", as a sales subsidiary in China

ATEX Certification of the UWT product portfolio

Certification of UWT GmbH according to the
Quality Management System ISO 9001:2000

Foundation of a production plant in Malta

Name change from "UWT Apparate GmbH"
to "UWT GmbH" with a new logo and
new corporate design

Uwe Niekrawietz announced as new
managing partner and director

Patent registration of the newly developed
product range Vibranivo^®

Product launch of the first
electromechanical lot system SLS 100E

Relocation to a new production and office building
in Betzigau near Kempten

Foundation of the family run business
UWT Apparate GmbH

by Peter and Gerda Schropp

Development of the first Rotonivo^® -
rotating paddle switch