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
- Intrinsically safe 6" und 5G smartphone Smart-Ex® 03
- The World’s First 10" and 5G Android Tablet Tab-Ex® 04 Pro
- Windows® 11 field mobile tablet & desktop PC Pad-Ex® 01 P12
- Rugged Smartphone Ex-Cover 6 Pro D2 for Use in Class I, Division 2
2022
- Launch of the smart glasses solution Visor-Ex® 01
- Launch of the tablet computer Tab-Ex® 03 DZ1
2021
- Launch of the proven tablet series Tab-Ex® 03
2020
- Winner of Hazardex Awards 2020 – PPTex Innovation
- The best innovation in Personnel Protection Technologies (PPT) equipment
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
- Awarded with the „Würth Future Champion Award“
2013
- World's 1st intrinsically safe Mobile Computer with WWAN functionality
2010
- Awarded "World Market Leader 2010"
2009
- First approval for Australia (TestSafe)
2008
- First approval for China (NEPSI) and IEC approval for products manufactured by ecom
2007 - 2008
- Established ecom competence & service center in Houston, TX and in Singapore
2007
- Winner of the iF Design Award for the innovative design of the explosion-shielded torch Lite-Ex® PL 30
- First approval for Brazil (CEPEL)
- ecom's quality assurance system is awarded IEC Certification
2006
- First approval for Japan (TIIS)
2002
- World's 1st intrinsically safe LED flashlight for Zone 0
2001
- First FM approval for the North American market
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