The company was founded in 1945 by Mr. Ernst Pennekamp, a glass engineer with major experiences in the melting and annealing technology. In 1977 Mr. Pennekamp handed over the company and operation to Mr. H.J. Seidel, the former General Manager of the Flat Glass Group of Pennekamp. Nowadays the next generation, the sons, have taken on the challenge of driving the company´s success even further by extending in the new technologies around glass as well.

The at that time still young company realized the opportunity and challenge to develop most reliable machinery for the automated manufacturing process in the growing glass industry.

Nowadays the company is the world´s major Lehr and Hot End Automation Manufacturer, operating world wide services for the various glass industries.