1978 - 2001

2001	20/12/2001: Executive Board and Supervisory Board of the Höft & Wessel AG approve a statutory capital increase by 4 % respectively 300,000 EUR. The subscription right of the shareholders is excluded. The new shares will be fully placed with an institutional investor.
	On April 23, 2001 Executive and Supervisory Board of the Höft & Wessel AG approve a statutory capital increase by 5.3 % respectively 375,000 EUR. The subscription right of the shareholders was excluded. The new shares were purchased by private investors.
	Large-scale order from S-Bahn Berlin for stationary ticket vending machines. With S-Bahn Berlin being another major Höft & Wessel customer from the public transport area Höft & Wessel has strengthened its market position in this important market segment.
2000	The Höft & Wessel AG assigns the product area Webpanel (skeye.pad) to it's SKEYE subsidiary which has been renamed to Höft & Wessel Skeye Webpanel AG. To provide for the required resources, the Skeye Webpanel AG will be strengthened by a capital increase from the Höft & Wessel AG. In addition, the FUTURA CAPITALIS AG based in Hamburg becomes stakeholder. The share of the FUTURA CAPITALIS AG amounts to 13.6%.
	The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of the Höft & Wessel AG resolve to implement a capital increase of 4.4 % respectively 300,000 EUR.
	The Norwegian airline SAS orders check-in-terminals from Höft & Wessel.
	D2 Mannesmann orders terminals for issuing D2-Call-Now cards in the D2 shops from Höft & Wessel. Issuing Call-Now cards via terminals will significantly relieve their staff of this task.
	Höft & Wessel receives a major contract from Essener Verkehrsbetriebe (EVAG) for the stationary ticket vending machine (almex.city) which allows for a direct communication (video/audio) with a central service center.
	At the CeBIT 2000, the computer trade magazine CHIP awards Höft & Wessel's new wireless Internet Web panel, skeye.pad, the "CeBIT Oscar" for best product in the area of communications and Internet.
	Intent on strengthening and significantly increasing the Group's project and product business both domestically and abroad, the Supervisory Board of Höft & Wessel AG, in its meeting of March 15, 2000, has asked Werner Andexser, 51, who holds a Ph. D. degree in engineering, to join the company's Executive Board as of April 1 as its chief executive. Dr. Andexser is leaving an executive position with the Robert Bosch GmbH where he was responsible for the national and international telecommunications business. The founders of the company, Michael Höft and Rolf Wessel, leave from the Executive Board on April 9, 2000 and are elected to the Supervisory Board. They continue to work closely with the company on strategic and technological issues.
	New strategic orientation of the Höft & Wessel AG: The Executive Board of Directors of Höft & Wessel AG has been expanded to include the discrete position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with responsibility for finance, public and investor relations, consolidated accounting, controlling, risk management, and financial oversight of all subsidiaries. The action was taken in response to the increasingly international composition and activity of the group. On March 1, 2000, the Supervisory Board of the Höft & Wessel AG appoints René Glasmacher, who holds an advanced business degree, as the new chief financial officer.
	Höft & Wessel presents a new product for simple and wireless Internet access at the CeBIT 2000. skeye.pad is an extremely compact and mobile Windows-CE computer with integrated GSM or DECT module. The device may be used in nearly any field of application: Whether at home, at the office or on tour, skeye.pad enables the user to be online wherever he is.
1999	1999 Large-scale order from the Vectron AG, Münster, for mobile cashier systems.
	Höft & Wessel founds a new subsidiary, the SKEYE Telematic Systems GmbH, which focuses on intelligent, modular system solutions for the dynamically growing traffic telematics market.
	The new generation of the check-in terminals for the Deutsche Lufthansa is delivered by Höft & Wessel. This strategic large-scale order of the Deutsche Lufthansa opens up the way for similar orders e.g. with respect to the Star Alliance or other airlines.
	On April, 28, 1999, the Executive and Supervisory Boards of the Höft & Wessel AG decide to acquire the Metric Group Holding Ltd. The acquisition took effect when the Annual General Meeting gave its approval on June 9, 1999 and the change was entered in the Commercial Register. Metric is based in Cirencester, near London, and has been instrumental in shaping the future of ticketing. Under its established brand names of Metric and Almex, Metric nowadays develops, produces and sells complete car-park surveillance systems and ticketing for passenger transport companies.
1998	After successful field tests with Höft & Wessel's mobile data acquisition device, the captura.signum, German Parcel, one of the largest national parcel delivery services, signs a contract with Höft & Wessel to supply its entire delivery fleet.
	The MITROPA AG based in Berlin orders stationary and mobile cash registers systems for about 2.3 Mio Euro for their on-train catering service.
	Initial public offering on June 20, 1998. Listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's New Market. Höft & Wessel becomes a public company (AG)
1997	Large-scale order from the Deutsche Bahn AG for 3,500 stationary ticket vending machines. (May 1997)
1994	Realisation of the first additional application (electronic bonus system) for the German Geldkarte in Eichstätt (Bavaria) together with the DG Bank, the Volksbank Eichstätt and the DG-Verlag
	Configuration of all Swiss restaurants of the Mövenpick chain to Höft & Wessel's modular cash register system for the restaurant sector.
	Large-scale order from the ÜSTRA (public transport operator of Hanover) for 500 stationary ticketing columns (tix).
	Large-scale order from the Deutsche Bahn AG for 16,000 mobile terminals.
1987	Development of handheld computers and intelligent data cash register systems
1982	Acquisition of the first major customers in the PDE area (e.g. Edeka)
1981	Development of the first generation of portable data entry units (PDEs)
1978	Company foundation (GbR) in Hanover by Michael Höft and Rolf Wessel. First projects in the field of data processing.