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Development Timeline of the Company

1957 Establishment of a crafts enterprise in Unterensingen near Stuttgart, Germany.
1960 Specialisation in building services and flat roofs with its own production.
1972 Innovation stage climate roof “from the flat roof to the Roof Garden“. Public relations on a wide level and involvement of universities and colleges.
1974 Developed Floratherm®, the industry's first thermal insulating extensive system build-up.
1980 Developed Floradrain®, the industry's first drainage layer that can be used for intensive, semi-intensive and extensive system build-ups.
1988 Developed the industry's first mineral recycling growing medium based on crushed bricks.
1994 Developed Elastodrain®, the industry's first recycled rubber drainage layer for heavy duty applications.
2000 Developed Georaster®, the industry's first drainage layer for steep pitched system build-ups.
2001 Developed the industry's first penetration-free safety-device for maintenance work on roofs.
2002 Developed the industry's first penetration-free solar panel support base for green roofs.
2004 Developed Stabilodrain®, the industry's first drainage layer for hybrid roofs that combine vegetation and heavy trucking roofs.
2007 Developed Fixodrain®, the first multifunctional drainage layer for extensive green roofs, protection layer, drainage layer and filter layer, all-in-on-product.
2008 Developed Protectodrain®, heavy duty drainage layer for hybrid roofs that combine vegetation and heavy trucking on roofs.
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