Our History

Your safety is our business since 1986!

Devices for use in explosive areas have to fulfil specific requirements. ecom has been involved in this field for 30 years and has acquired extensive expertise in explosion protection for everyday industrial use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

ecom instruments is a manufacturer of equipment for use in various sectors, including oil and gas, chemicals, petrochemicals, mining, pharmaceuticals, energy and the environment. Reputable, professional, competent and reliable: This is what our customers have become familiar with all over the world.


2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

  • Launch of the next generation explosion-proof tablet computers Tab-Ex® 02
  • Launch of the next generation intrinsically safe feature phone for IIoT Ex-Handy 10
  • Launch of the successor of the world's first intrinsically safe smartphone Smart-Ex® 02
  • Launch of the intrinsically safe wearable camera Cube 800
  • Launch of the explosion-proof smartwatch Smart-Ex® Watch 01
  • Launch of the intrinsically safe remote speaker microphone RSM-Ex 01


2018

  • Hidden Champions: ECOM Instruments GmbH / Pepperl+Fuchs SE:
    Awarded as world market leader 2018 by the magazine "WirtschaftsWoche"
  • Awarded by the German "PROCESS" magazine:
    No. 1 products in the category safety / explosion protection


2017

  • Pepperl+Fuchs SE / Germany (sensors & automation) acquires ECOM Instruments GmbH
  • Awarded as World Market Leader Champion 2017 by "Weltmarktführer-Index",
    segment "Explosion Protection for Mobile Devices"


2016

  • Established ecom service center in Dubai (UAE)
  • Launch of Ex-Beacon Loc-Ex® 01 & Bluetooth® Scanner Ident-Ex® 01 for use in hazardous areas


2015

  • World's First Zone 1 / DIV 1 Tablet Computer Tab-Ex® 01
  • World's First 4G Android 4.4 Intrinsically Safe Smartphone Smart-Ex® 01
  • World's only Intrinsically Safe Mobile Computer with MSHA Mining certification & approval, the i.roc® Ci70 -Ex
  • Included again in the Lexicon of German Global Market Leaders


2014

2013


2010

  • Awarded "World Market Leader 2010"


2009


2008


2007 - 2008

  • Established ecom competence & service center in Houston, TX and in Singapore


2007


2006

  • First approval for Japan (TIIS)


2002

  • World's 1st intrinsically safe LED flashlight for Zone 0


2001


1999

  • World's 1st Windows CE based intrinsically safe PDA


1997 - 2007

  • Establishing sales offices throughout Europe, USA, UAE and APAC


1997

  • Approval of quality assurance and production according to ATEX (Atmosphère explosible) is applied for the two EC directives in the field of explosion protection, namely ATEX product directive 94/9/EG (now 2014/34/EU) and ATEX operating directive 1999/92/EC


1995

  • Acquisition of the DEKRA DIN ISO 9001:2008 quality certificate


1994

  • World's 1st intrinsically safe GSM mobile phone


1990

  • ecom introduces its first in-house developed explosion-shielded calibrator (EX-mAG 20) to the market


1986

  • Founding of Ecom Rolf Nied GmbH in Assamstadt, Germany
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