1985
Company founded in Heimstetten / Kirchheim near Munich by Siegmund Krause
First business field: Automotive ECU test
1988
Delivery of the first complete test system for EBS control units
1989
Development of a bus system for our test systems
Due to a 1000 times faster data transmission compared to the market, a considerable reduction of the wiring effort was achieved
1990
Relocation to larger premises in Erding
1992
New business field: Service for laser systems in the securities industry
1996
Move to Heimstetten and expansion of foreign business
2000
Acquisition of the current premises in Markt Schwaben and start of construction of the new site
2001
Relocation to the new company building with 3.5 times the production area
2002
New business field: mechanical design and production
2003
Development of the d|bus system as the starting signal for the development of the LB300 series
2004
Development of the first standard test system (LB300 series)
Worldwide use as standard in the automotive body & safety sector of well-known automotive suppliers
2005
Development of a standard test system for EBS ECUs
Worldwide use as standard in the automotive chassis & safety sector of well-known automotive suppliers
New business area: Software Development
2006
Invitation from National Instruments to join the Alliance Partner Program
as “Alliance Partner VAR+ Status” (International Partner)
2007
Further development of the proven d|bus to Xd|bus
2008
Alliance Partner of the Year” Award from National Instruments
Foundation of the subsidiary CGS Automotive, Inc. in Orion, Michigan, USA
Acquisition of additional land at the location in Markt Schwaben
Construction of the system building as second company building
2009
Development of a new standard test system (MFTS500 series)
The increased modularity made a successful cross-industry use possible
2013
Foundation of the subsidiary CGS Electronics Pvt Ltd. in Bangalore, India
2014
Alliance Partner of the Year” award from National Instruments in the Gold and Platinum Partner category
Integration of the TECO GmbH product lines into the CGS product portfolio
New business field: production lines
2015
Anniversary: 30 years CGS – Computer Gesteuerte Systeme
2016
Start of construction of the third plant building at the location in Markt Schwaben
2018
Inauguration of the third company building
Integration of the “Complex Vector engineering office Michael Winklhofer”.
New business area: JTAG/Boundary Scan
2019
www.thesensorprogrammer.com goes live
CGS presents its entire range of products in the sensor segment
2022
With the STPS (Sensor Test & Programming System), CGS is presenting its own
platform for the company’s proprietary sensor products
2024
The success story of the sensor programmers continues!
One thousand modules has been sold!