A family-owned business with a fine tradition
E-T-A was founded in 1948 by Jakob Ellenberger and Harald A. Poensgen and has been owned by their families ever since.
Today E-T-A has approximately 1200 employees worldwide and a globe-spanning network of representatives and subsidiaries covering more than 60 countries. Although E-T-A is an internationally operating business, it is still led by the owner families in the second and third generation.
In the past six decades the following family members were/have been active members of the Executive Committee:
- Jakob Ellenberger
- Harald A. Poensgen
- Eberhard Poensgen
- Norbert Ellenberger
- William F. Sell
- Horst Ellenberger
- Carl Horst Poensgen
- Dr. Clifford Sell
- Bernd Ellenberger
