1898
Pierre and Marie Curie discover the chemical element radium. Professor Pekrun founds pekrun in Coswig, Dresden.

1949
On 5th May, the Council of Europe is founded; on the same day, the pekrun Getriebebau GmbH engineering plant is founded in Iserlohn.

1956
Bavarian Broadcasting (Bayerischer Rundfunk) opens the doors to advertising with Persil, thus initiating the broadcasting of advertisements. pekrun opens the subsidiary plant in Höfen (Eifel) and starts manufacturing turbo gear units.

1960
The contraceptive pill and the globoid worm gear from pekrun are born.

1968
The German team win the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 m relay at the XIX Summer Olympics in Mexico. At pekrun, the post of Managing Director and partner is passed from Peter Ahrens to Paul Figger.

1974
The Federal Republic of Germany loses 0:1 to the German Democratic Republic, but later becomes the winner of the World Cup. pekrun builds a production hall in Iserlohn and starts manufacturing special gears of up to 150 t.

1976
Biene Maja is broadcast on German television for the first time, and the outdated plant in Höfen is shut down.

1985
Boris Becker wins Wimbledon; he is the first German and the youngest contestant ever to win. Worm gear production stops in Neuenkirchen.

1989
On 9th November, the wall comes down and Graduate Engineer, Pierre Holly (Dipl.-Ing.), is appointed as Production Manager.

1991
Helmut Kohl becomes the first Bundeskanzler of a united Germany, and Pierre Holly becomes the Technical Director of pekrun Getriebebau GmbH.

1992
Hans-Dietrich Genscher steps down for age-related reasons, and pekrun moves to the industrial area of Iserlohn-Sümmern.

1996
Germany wins the European Football Championship with the golden goal by Oliver Bierhoff, and Pierre Holly becomes the sole Managing Director and partner at pekrun. pekrun is certified in compliance with DIN EN ISO 9001.

1998
The death sentence is abolished in Bavaria following a referendum, while pekrun acquires new machinery boasting the latest standards following an executive decision.

2004
With his driving skills and Ferrari’s expertise Michael Schumacher wins his seventh world championship. With pekrun’s expertise one of the most modern production sites for drive systems in Latin America is started up in Brazil on 27th January: TGM Transmissões Indústrias.

2006
The national German football team surpasses itself in its own country during the World Cup; and likewise, pekrun. A record year goes down in company history.

2007
Germany becomes indoor hockey and handball champions. pekrun continues to focus on modernisation.

2008
Sebastian Vettel wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and at 21 years old becomes the youngest Grand Prix winner in Formula 1. He celebrates his first major victory and pekrun receives the largest single order in the company's history: The construction of 4 rolling mill gears, each weighing 90t.

2009
Kepler's laws are 400 years old and still apply. Despite the global economic crisis, pekrun is also focussing on continuity and sustainability, and shall also continue to be an independent family business in the future: Pierre Holly is laying the foundations for corporate restructuring and thus for the new generation.

2010
On the 29th of May, Lena Meyer-Landrut wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany with her song "Satellite". Two days later, pekrun deploys SAP as a business solution and logically connects business processes with each other in real-time. From initial inquiry to deployment of the gear at the customer's premises, the entire supply chain is transparent.

2011
On the 29th of April Prince William and Catherine Middleton say "I do". pekrun also says "I do" to further growth. The acquisition of a surface area of 22,000 m2 represents further investment for strategic expansion.