page_title: WAGO Kontakttechnik
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: WAGO Kontakttechnik / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Wago-Installationsklemmen, v.o.n.u. u. v.l.n.r. Leuchtenklemme zur Verbindung eines starren und eines flexiblen Leiters, Klemme für drei beliebige Leiter, Klemme für acht starre Leiter, Klemme für drei starre Leiter, Klemme für fünf starre Leiter (ältere Bauart)
context_page_description: WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a German company that manufactures components for electrical connections and electronic components for decentralized automation. The company is especially well known for its cage clamp and push-wire connector products, particularly the 280 Series and the 273 Series.
context_section_description: WAGO was founded on April 27, 1951 by Friedrich Hohorst and Heinrich Nagel as WAGO Klemmenwerk GmbH. Before this came the purchase of the first patent for a spring clamp.
  At the time, the quality of available raw materials prevented the clamps from adhering to this principle while being manufactured properly. This led to the creation of the screwless clamp, known today as the spring clamp. Spring clamps have become recognized worldwide as an industrial standard for wire connection.
caption: Several types of WAGO connectors
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