30TH COMPANY ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW BUILDING

We invest in our future. In order to improve our production processes, the cleanliness and thus the quality of our products even more, a new production building is being built this year. Inside this building, a 150 m² clean room of the class ISO 7 is being created, amongst other things.

RETIREMENT

The company founder - Horst Petrick – retires after 27 years of self-employment in July 2018. His daughter Antje Petrick takes over the company and continues to be managing director with her partner André Nikolaus.

25TH COMPANY ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

MANAGEMENT

As of April 2015, the managing directors of the Petrick GmbH consist of Mr. André Nikolaus, Mrs. Antje Petrick and Mr. Horst Petrick.

EXPANSION OF THE PRODUCTION AREA

In 2015, the subsidiary building was rebuilt into a complete second company building.

At the end of the year the purchase of additional land followed.

80 kV X-RAY TUBE ASSEMBLY

Development completion and market introduction of the x-ray tube assembly „Eighty“. This gives us the ability to offer our clients an 80 kV x-ray tube in radiation protection housings.

SHORT

Due to several inquiries by customers we optimized the design of „Vari“. Thus „ Short“ came to be and it makes us even more competitively viable. Especially assembly dimensions are optimized. That enables our customers to a 1 to 1 substitute with the products of other manufacturers.

HIGH-STABILITY X-RAY TUBE

Always interested in the improvement of our products, in 2010 the cathode system of the technical x-ray tubes was so finely tuned that a highly stable x-ray tube was created. With this development we reached focal spot sizes of 50 µm.

X-RAY TUBE ASSEMBLY SERIES "VARI"

Developed in 2009, the modular system of the x-ray tube assembly series "Vari" shows several possibilities for the combination of different types of side window x-ray tubes as well as glass window x-ray tubes with different cooling methods and mounting options.

MANUFACTURE OF RADIATION PROTECTION HOUSINGS

New development of radiation protection housings for side window x-ray tubes.

At the same time, expansion of the production area for x-ray assembly manufacture.

SPECIALIZATION

We have been specializing since 2006 in the manufacture of technical glass x-ray tubes up to 80 kV, beryllium window x-ray tubes and radiation protection housings up to 60 kV.

EXPANSION

Up until 2004 two goals were aimed: the development of new products and parallel the creation of the necessary workspaces. The purchase of a subsidiary building for storage was following.

PETRICK GMBH

Legal company change to „Petrick GmbH“ and shortly thereafter move to the current company location in Bad Blankenburg.

First time certification per DIN EN ISO 9001.

FIRST OWN DEVELOPMENT

After 2 years of x-ray tube manufacturing comes the first new development.

The development time of „the smallest electron-protection head x-ray tube in the world“ took two months.

PRODUCTION OF X-RAY TUBES

The first-time production of x-ray tubes up to 70 kV, at first for the dental market.

FIRST REBUILDING

In the meantime, the domestic garage was converted into a small company building.

PETRICK GLASTEILEFERTIGUNG

At first, the firm solely produced as a sub-supplier parts for the production of x-ray tubes by the Siemens factory in Rudolstadt.

COMPANY FOUNDING

Founding of „Petrick Glasteilefertigung“ by electronics engineer Horst Petrick in Rudolstadt (Thuringia). The workplace at the time was a small garage next to his home.