Born on September 8th., 1930, descendant of german immigrants from the Düsseldorf region, Werner Ricardo Voigt had always electricity in his mind. Ever since a boy, Werner knew that cables, dynamos, generators and coils would be a part of his life. As a six-year old boy he already was showing his inclination towards electricty by building complete sawmill scale models.

Born in 1929 in what today is known as the county of Schröeder in northern Santa Catarina, Eggon João da Silva started working early as he was 13 as a "utility man" at a registry in Jaraguá do Sul. In 1957, after having worked 14 years for the state bank, he became partner of the João Wiest & Cia. Ltda. company, specialized in producing exhaust pipes for vehicles, then with 8 employees. Four years later, Eggon quits the company which already grew to 150 employees to face the biggest challenge of his career.

Native from Rio do Sul (SC), Geraldo Werninghaus started his professional career at Werninghaus & Sons, his father's workshop in Joinville. At age 14 and as an apprentice, the universe of lathes, routers, grease and cleansing wool rags were already part of his everyday life. Raised according to rigid german discipline standards with strong fatherly influence and two generations dedicated to the same craft, he discovered very early that he had the same talent.