| 1961-03-01 |
On the 1st of March 1961, Jakob Gilgen Senior from Schwarzenburg founded the Gilgen company in his parents' garage. The former federal civil servant invented the drive system for infinitely variable regulation of the final speed of an automatic sliding gate (cone). He patented his invention in the same year. |
| 1968年 |
Jakob Gilgen Senior applies for a patent for automatic systems for emptying letterboxes. Building on this success, the company opens up a new business area. The construction of the first conveyor system (vertical transport of mail items) for the then PTT is an important reference for the Bernese SME. |
| 1973-01-01 |
With a workforce of 96 employees, the original sole proprietorship was transformed into Gilgen AG on 1 January 1973. The first automatic sliding door was built. |
| 1979年 |
To better serve the German market, we founded Gilgen GmbH in Darmstadt in 1979. With our quality drives for folding doors and large doors, we were able to penetrate the market niches and make a name for ourselves among German door manufacturers - for example at Frankfurt Airport with hangar doors. |
| 1981年05月 |
In May 1981, we inaugurated our new building in Schwarzenburg. The growth of our company was virtually unstoppable at this time. We more than doubled our turnover compared to 1973 and the Gilgen family grew ever larger with 265 employees. We were also active internationally and acquired various resellers and agencies. In addition to our presence in Germany, we were now also represented in Holland and England with our own sales structures. |
| 1986年 |
The 25th anniversary took place over two weekends in 1986 and was attended by over 700 guests from Switzerland and abroad. On the open day, we had 3,000 visitors who showed a keen interest. |
| 1993-06-26 |
As the first metro line for this major French city, it has been a real life-changer for all inhabitants of Toulouse. Line A of Toulouse metro, initially 10km long and including 15 stations, started operation on 26 th of June 1993. Gilgen Door Systems delivered its first PSD system which consists of 180 automatic doorways and a total length across all stations of more than 1000m of Platform Screen Doors and contributed to the success of this new metro line. Toulouse Line A has then been extended later with extra 3 stations in 2003 which Gilgen equipped with PSDs. |
| 1998年 |
AirTrain JFK airport link allows connection from MTA New York city metro network to John Fitzgerald Kennedy airport. This fully automated metro is 13 km long and consists of 3 lines and 9 stations in operation (10 stations were initially open to public). Gilgen Door Systems established its PSD presence in North America by supplying Platform Screen Doors core components (OEM) for all initial 10 stations for a total of 160 doorways which have proven their reliability on this metro system running 24/7. |
| 2000年 |
In the late 90’s, MTR, Honk Kong network operator, decided to deploy Platform Screen Doors on its busiest metro lines Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan and Island Lines, also called “Urban lines” as part of the first worldwide PSD “retrofit” project. The main challenge was to install the Platform Screen Doors during non-operation hours (at night) to allow continuity of service for Honk Kong inhabitants. Gilgen successfully installed circa 3000 doorways within more than 13km of Platform Screen Doors within 7 years. Still to date, this project is among the biggest PSD projects conducted ever and it has been the starting point of a more than 20 years partnership between MTR and Gilgen Door Systems with additional projects later and maintenance contracts on all PSD systems installed by Gilgen. |
| 2000年 |
For the ADP (Automatic Doors for Public transport) business unit, 2000 was a very successful year with the order to retrofit the Hong Kong metro. |
| 2003年 |
The Red and Orange lines are the only 2 metro lines of Kaohsiung city in Taiwan currently in operation. Respectively composed by 24 and 14 stations, they form part of a dense public transport network in one of the main cities of Taiwan. For its first project in Taiwan, Gilgen Door Systems supplied core components (OEM) for more than 670 doorways that have been installed within more than 7km of Platform Screen Doors. |
| 2005年 |
The Red and Blue lines are part of the busy network of Taipei, first metro network built in Taiwan. Strong of its successful experience in Hong Kong, Gilgen Door Systems provided PSD half height doors core components (OEM) for this retrofit project for nearly 150 doorways. |
| 2005年 |
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| 2007年 |
Shanghai Line 9 forms part of the busy and rapidly growing Shanghai metro network and opened in 2007. For its first project in China, Gilgen Door Systems provided PSD half height doors core components (OEM) for this retrofit project for 600 doorways. |
| 2007年 |
RATP decided to equip both lines with half height Platform Screen Doors, line 1 in all stations because of the driverless mode and line 13 on the main critical stations. After a concours, RATP chose Gilgen Door Systems half height “Bijou®” PSD for this project related to the quality of its design and the extensive experience of Gilgen to retrofit metro lines that must remain in operation during daytime. Overall, Gilgen Door Systems provided PSD half height systems in all 25 stations of Line 1 and 13 stations of line 13 for more than circa 1400 doorways within circa 7km of façade in total. |
| 2007年 |
In 2007, we won the major and pioneering project to equip 38 stations on metro lines 1 and 13 in Paris. Metro line 1 alone, along the world-famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées, transports more than 1 million passengers per day! |
| 2010年 |
West Island Line (WIL), South Island Line (SIL) and Kwun Tong Extension (KTE) are parts of expansion projects of the MTR public transport network in Hong Kong. MTR confirmed its trust in Gilgen Door Systems product and capacities to deliver retrofit projects. Gilgen Door Systems successfully delivered both full-height and half-height types of Platform Screen Doors in 10 stations for a total of more than 500 doorways within circa 2.5km of PSD. |
| 2011年 |
After 15 years in the Kaba Group, the company parted company at the beginning of 2011 and Gilgen Door Systems became part of the Nabtesco Group, a Japanese international company. |
| 2013年 |
The Sha Tin to Central Link (SCL) and the Ma On Shan Line (MOL) are among the expansion projects of the MTR public transport network in Hong Kong. The MTR confirmed its confidence in Gilgen Door Systems' products and capabilities in the implementation of retrofit projects. Gilgen Door Systems successfully supplied full and half-height platform screen doors for 16 stations with a total of more than 1200 door openings over a length of more than 6 km of PSD. |
| 2016年 |
The City Line has been designed to significantly improve the commute of Stockholm inhabitants with the addition of an underground section to increase Stockholm railway network capacity with 2 new stations in Stockholm hyper centre. Commuter, regional and intercity lines use this new tunnel with more “heavy” trains compared as classic metro type trains. The Platform Screen Doors have been adapted with larger doors and the overall length of a platform is circa 250m. Gilgen Door Systems equipped 6 platforms within 2 stations with full-height PSD for a total of 168 doorways within 1.5km of PSD. |
| 2016年 |
Line B is the second metro line for this major French city and offers a south-west to north-east route across Rennes city, in complete complementarity with Line A that offers a north-west to south-east route. Line B of Rennes metro is 13km long and includes 15 stations and started operation on 20th of September 2022. Gilgen Door Systems equipped all 15 stations with full-height PSD for a total of 180 doorways within 1km of PSD. |
| 2018年 |
Gilgen Door Systems expands in Australia. In 2018, Gilgen becomes a shareholder in its Australian business partner Access Entry Pty Ltd and establishes its own branch in Sydney. We also win a major contract for Sydney Metro to equip the platform screen door systems for the 8 stations in the City Section. The project consists of over 2.7 kilometres of facade with 288 automatic sliding doors. |
| 2021年 |
Our customer service reaches a historic milestone in 2021: for the first time in 60 years, we carry out over 100,000 contract services on door and gate systems throughout Switzerland in 12 months. |
