Start as the Engineer’s Office Paul Schmidt
First products: P.A. system “Luchs” for petrol stations; TRACTODRILL - pulling rig for drill stems

TT is awarded the Mining Industry’s “Blue Ribbon”

Company foundation of TRACTO-TECHNIK(14/11/1962). It all began in a rented garage in Saalhausen.
New product: TRACTOMAT - pulling rig for sheet pilings
Employees: 5; patents: 10

The first production hall with 900 m² is built.
New products:hydraulic ramming frame, hydraulic tube processing machine TUBOMAT
Employees:12; patents: 22

Entry into the market of trenchless pipe and cable installation with the first German high-accuracy
GRUNDOMAT soil displacement hammer;
„Birth“ of the mole as a symbol for trenchless technology;
Sales partners in over 30 countries;
Sales volume: approx. 3 million DM

New products: ELOTRAC - electric ramming and pulling device for steel sheet piles; CONTROMAT hydraulic pipe contraction device for sewer construction

The first product training courses take place 
Employees: 75

Building of an in-house chromium-plating, galvanising and hardening shop
Quality award of the Editorial Office Madrid

Construction of a three-floor factory hall with 2,800 m2 and an office building with 800 m2 effective surface.
Company foundation of EKO Erdwärmekollektoren GmbH;
New products: GRUNDORAM - rammers for horizontal steel pipe installation; ELORAM - electric ramming and pulling unit
Employees: 110; patents: 60
Awards: Golden Medal of the construction fair Brünn; Silver Badge of Honour by the city of Obihiro/Japan.

Company foundation of TT UK Ltd., Bedford, England;
Research on fine-matter energies - one of the hobbies of the company founder - leads to the foundation of RAYONEX.

Company foundation of TRACTO-TECHNIQUES, St. Pierre les Elbeuf and Periguex France
Sales partners in over 50 countries;
Export share > 40
New products GRUNDOCRACK - dynamic pipe bursting unit for pipe renewal based on the rammers; TUBOMAT 2060 for pipes between  20 – 76.1 mm

Because of his severe illness, the company founder Dipl.-Ing. Paul Schmidt hands the management over to Frank-Volker Theile and Elmar Ullrich;
Introduction of electronic data processing

Plant II: Purchase and conversion of the company property Klein and Biermann in Oedingen.
Offshoring the pipe bending technology to Plant II in Oedingen.

Foundation of the branch in Düsseldorf-Erkrath / Germany
25th anniversary of TRACTO-TECHNIK
New products: Entry to the market for directional drilling technology, pipe bending machine TUBOBEND for pipes between 6 and 50 m

Foundation of the branch in Stuttgart / Germany, relocation to an own building in Altbach later on
New products: TUBOFORM - bending machine for pipes/tubes up to 28 mm;
First issue of the customer magazine TRACTUELL, circulation in 2001: 35,000 

Foundation of the branch in Mannheim / Germany, relocation to an own building in Viernheim later on
New products: GRUNDOJET - the first fluid-assisted drill rig; the GRUNDODRILL originated from this after several development stages.
Employees: 260; patents: 150

Company foundation of TT-TECHNOLOGIES Inc., Aurora, USA
Foundation of the branch in Lützen / Germany
New products: GRUNDODRILL 6,5 S, the first fluid-assisted drill rig with percussive hammer, GRUNDOHIT, a steerable small fluid-assisted drill rig for for pit and surface launch
Employees: 260; patents: 150

Office extension in Plant II
Foundation of the branch Golzow / Germany
Start of the first „FAchtagung für GEsteuerte BOhrtechnik (major annual technical meeting for HDD technology)

New owner: After the death of the company founder Dipl.-Ing. Paul Schmidt, Wolfgang Schmidt takes over the company management as sole heir.
Offshoring of the HDD technology to Plant III in Langenei   
New products: GRUNDODRILL 10 S

New products: Development of the static pipe bursting system for pipe replacement named GRUNDOBURST

New products: GRUNDODRILL 12 G, GRUNDODRILL 20 S, GRUNDOPIT - small steerable drill rig for establishing house connections, can be used for rock drilling
According to research and a corresponding book by Prof. H. Simon: TRACTO-TECHNIK, with 47 patents per 100 employees, is recognised as a strongly innovative Hidden Champion.

Two floors are added to the office building in Lennestadt-Saalhausen (Plant I), accommodating a training centre and a cafeteria.

Extension oft the technical office in Plant II
Company foundation TT Asia Pacific, Australia
Start of the first Pipe Bending Forum (annual event)

Construction of a technology and development centre with 1000 m2 surface in Lennestadt-Saalhausen
New products: GRUNDODRILL 10 X; GRUNDOSTEER - the first detectable and steerable soil displacement hammer which works without drilling fluid; fully automatic bending technology TUBOTRON and TUBOTRONIC
Innovation Day: an annual training for the technical employees of TT; Formation of research groups;
The EXCELL Drilling Award, founded by TT for excellent drilling projects, is granted annually at the FAGEBO.
Awards: OEMmie-Award (USA) for GRUNDOBURST (award for exceptional innovative technology).