1865

Anton Ullrich, the uncle of the STABILA company founder Gustav Ullrich, begins production of folding rules. One of these historical folding rules is still in the company’s possession.

1886

Anton Ullrich and his brother Franz receive a patent regarding a spring-loaded joint for folding rules. This signals the date when the folding rule we know today was born.

1889

Gustav Ullrich, son of Franz, founds the “Metre Factory” in Annweiler/Pfalz. Rules and spirit levels are even exported to far-off Russia.

1929

Registration of the brand name STABILA.

1952

STABILA secures the patent for the acrylic glass vial and becomes the first German manufacturer of measuring tools to produce light-metal spirit levels.

1979

A patent — unsurpassed even today — gives spirit levels life-long accuracy: STABILA casts the vials securely in the profile body.

1994 - 1997

The electronic age commences at STABILA with laser measuring instruments in 1994, followed by a wholly owned sales operation in the USA in 1997.

1999

The introduction of impact-resistant self-levelling technology for line lasers enables rapid & easy measurements with permanent precision typical of STABILA.

2006

The patented STABILA Protector System protects rotation lasers reliably if knocked over.

2010

STABILA develops a dust- and waterproof electronic module for spirit levels that sets new benchmarks in construction site application.

2013

STABILA unveils a revolutionary new spirit level design. The patented aluminium R-profile form combines the wishes of numerous craftsmen for sturdiness, stability, grip and the option of marking out with the spirit level.

Present

STABILA's range comprises spirit levels, lasers, electronic measuring tools, folding rules and tape measures. More than 550 employees are committed to STABILA’s success worldwide, including 350 in Germany at the headquarters in Annweiler.  The STABILA brand can be found in over 70 countries and, in many of these, it is the market leader.

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