• 1947 The company is founded by the engineer Karl Wanisch, at this time the company bought and sold components for overhead wire networks. A short time after this, production of carbon wearing strips for electrically powered vehicles commenced.
  
• 1963 After bearing the name of its founder up to now, the company was renamed Eisenbahntechnische Konstruction GmbH (Railway Engineering Design Ltd.) and the product range was expanded to include the design and development of complete pantographs.
  
• 1987 The company was integrated into the Schunk Group under the name Schunk Bahntechnik GmbH (Schunk Railway Engineering Ltd.). This considerably improved the operational basis for global sales as well as for the design and development of pantographs.
  In the following years successful work was continuously done to improve products both in the areas of light rails and long distance rails and high speed trains. Experience in all of these fields has helped to shape our path-breaking technical concept. The engineering of all pantographs produced by Schunk is carried out centrally by Schunk Bahntechnik.
  
• 1995 Certification in accordance with DIN ISO 9001 / EN 29001 was awarded, which has since served to vouch for the high quality standards of Schunk products.
  
• 2004 Certification in accordance with DIN 6700-2 was awarded.
  
• 2007 According the management resolution the company name of Schunk Bahntechnik GmbH (SBT) got changed to Schunk Bahn- und Industrietechnik GmbH (SBI-S). Mr. Stefan Schaaf has been appointed as a further Managing Director.
• 2008 IRIS Certification

In addition to Schunk Bahn- und Industrietechnik, the following Schunk affiliate companies are also licensed manufacturers of Schunk designed pantographs:

Schunk General Carbon Co. Panyu, China
Schunk Graphite Technology LLC, Wisconsin, USA
Schunk Iberica S.A. Pinto (Madrid), Spain
Schunk Metal & Carbon Bangalore, India
Schunk Nordiska AB Lenhovda, Sweden
Unique Engineering Australia Pty. Ltd. Fountain Gate VIC 3805, Australia
Yujin Macinery Ltd. Wonsi-Dong, Ansan, Korea