1982 Formation as Klöpper und Wiege GmbH
1983 MULTIPROG® PLC-Software under CP/M
1986 MULTIPROG® PLC-Software under MS-DOS
1988 MULTIPROG® exports to Europe, Japan and USA
1991 PLC operating system ProConOS®
1994 MULTIPROG® for IEC 61131 under Windows®
1996 KW Far East in Tokyo, Japan
1998 MULTIPROG® for 32 bit Windows®
1999 KW Software Inc. in Cincinnati, USA
2000 Introduction of safety technology
2001 KW-Software becomes independent subsidiary of Phoenix Contact
2002 Market launch ProVisIT machine visualization
2003 MULTIPROG Suite as automation platform
2004 Market launch Automation Framework, SAFEPROG and SafeOS;
KW-Software in China, Shanghai
2005 ProConOS embedded CLR
2006 Certification of customer systems according to IEC 61508
2007 Start of PROFINET activities