| 2018 | Joint Venture in South Africa: Radél (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg |
| 2015 | Purchase 65 % of SPII S.p.A., Saronno, Italy |
| 2009 | Founding of a representative office in Russia and a further subsidiary in India |
| 2008 | Acquisition of Machine Electrics Ltd. |
| 2007 | Purchase 50% of American Transit Associates and merger of US activities named Schaltbau North America |
| 2006 | Establishing a further joint venture: Shenyang Schaltbau |
| 2004 | Schaltbau celebrates its 75th anniversary; Founding of Schaltbau Asia Pacific |
| 2001 | Inception of Schaltbau Electric America, Inc. |
| 2000 | Schaltbau GmbH is newly formed or hived off for the operative business of the stock corporation. |
| 1995 | Xi’an Schaltbau El. Corp., founded as a joint venture with Xi’an Railway Signal Factory |
| 1992 | Conversion of Schaltbau into a stock corporation. |
| 1979 | Acquisition of Techniques d’Automatisme S.A.R.L. (today: SB France S.A.S.) |
| 1970 | First snap-action switches with positive opening operation |
| 1952 | Schaltbau contactors are used in electric vehicles for the first time. |
| 1939 | Connectors and contactors are added to the company’s line of products. |
| 1936 | Schaltbau is acquired by GHH, which is today the MAN Group. |
| 1929 | Incorporation in Munich, Schaltbau produces the first electric heating elements for the German railway |