SPHINX Group Established in 1989 in Germany, SPHINX began life as a manufacturer of Serial I/O Cards. Shortly after the owner started to reformulate the business model to better accommodate the demands of the market place, quickly becoming one of the biggest distributors for industrial communication products across Europe. Headquarter and stock is in Laudenbach and SPHINX ships from this location in every country in Europe. Still privately owned, SPHINX now operates from 18 European locations with more than 90 employees all over Europe.