1975 John P Kummer AG was founded in Switzerland as a specialist distributor of instruments used in the manufacturing of Semiconductors. Our first product in this field was the Alpha-Step profiler made by Tencor Corporation

1978 John P Kummer GmbH founded in Munich, Germany.

1984 John P Kummer Sarl founded in Rungis, France.

1989 John P Kummer Ltd founded in Lancaster, UK

1993 John P Kummer GmbH relocated to Augsburg, Germany

1999 John P Kummer Ltd relocated to Marlborough UK

2000 Celebrating 25 years of the John P Kummer Group