| 2003 | Expansion of company premises by 100%. |
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| 1999 | Barrier electrodes 99107861 | 150 New design of plasma electrodes for manufacturing plasma sources for the treatment of wide webs. |
| 1998 | Porous webs Electrode assembly for treatment including inner surfaces of webs and non-woven fabrics. |
| 1995 | Construction of own company headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. |
| 1994 | Corona deposition Plasma surface treatment in inert gas atmosphere. Addition of reactive gases or monomers for controlled reaction or deposition. |
| 1991 | Electrode 91101411 | 120 Electrode system for surface treatment of three-dimensional bodies with ionized gases.. |
| 1984 | Relocation to larger premises Friedrich-Ebert Damm 202, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1982 | Multimesselektrode P3219538 | 86 New variable electrode system. The MM electrode assembly yields higher and longer-lasting surface treatment effects. MM electrodes do not deform when they warm up and can handle extremely high electrical power ratings. |
| 1980 | Electro-erosive perforation P3016622 | 77 Micro-perforation of paper with electrically controlled sparks. |
| 1974 | Ozone station P2433224 | 48 First use of new surface oxidation technology with reactive gas (O3) instead of corona. Main area of application is the treatment of molten LDPE in extrusion coaters. |
| 1970 | Corona treatment of metal foils P2014646 | 10 Specialized electrodes for direct contact corona treatment of aluminum foils. With this technology, the range of applications was extended to laminating and printing machines. |
| 1969 | Rebranding to SOFTAL electronic GmbH. |
| 1963 | Rebranding to Deutsche Vetaphone Gesellschaft: Focus on Corona. German market introduction by Holger Bille. |
| 1959 | Founded 12. May 1959 as AEROTRON Gesellschaft für elektronische Geräte m.b.H, Hamburg: Marketing of a number of electrical measuring devices. |
Treatment of SOFT-Aluminum (SOFTAL patent)
Profile Electrode (SOFTAL patent)
MM Electrode (SOFTAL patent)
SOFTAL Ceramic Electrodes (SOFTAL patent)
SOFTAL Wide Web Technology
ALDYNE™ Technology (SOFTAL, Air Liquide patents)
Nanopriming™ Technology
SOFTAL - Companies Products
CERAL - Dielectric ceramic coating
CERON - Conductive ceramic coating
SORBAL - Ozone incinerator
SORBEX - Ozone system for extrusion coating
SORTEX - Corona System for fabrics
MM - Multimesser electrode