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1.1 Branding

1949	Hans-Jürgen Draabe founds the company in Hamburg
1960-1980	As the sole importer of the DEFENSOR equipment program (Switzerland), DRAABE becomes Germany's leading supplier of air humidification systems
1983	DRAABE presents the transportable "pure water container", its first proprietary development
1986	DRAABE launches the DRAABE BioSafe compressed air nozzle system and becomes the first ever manufacturer of a combined water treatment and air humidification system
1991	The DRAABE air humidification system is granted a German patent
1996	The world's first high-pressure nozzle system: "DRAABE DI Puls", which operates without the need for expensive compressed air and is practically silent
2002	Takeover by the international climate and manufacturing technology group Walter Meier Holding AG and integration into the "air conditioning products" sector
2004	Expansion of sales activities in Europe, North America and Asia
2005	DRAABE is recognised as the world's first supplier of air humidification systems and awarded the "Optimised Air Humidification" certificate
2007	DRAABE achieves a market breakthrough in the office and small-room air humidification sector with its innovative NanoFog and DuoPur systems
2008	DRAABE makes a debut at drupa in Dusseldorf (the world's leading trade fair for the printing industry) with a two-story exhibition stand and chalks up the most successful trade fair attendance in the company's history