Milestones in the development of SOFTAL

Expansion of company premises by 100%.

Barrier electrodes 99107861 | 150
New design of plasma electrodes for manufacturing plasma sources for the treatment of wide webs.

Porous webs
Electrode assembly for treatment including inner surfaces of webs and non-woven fabrics.

Construction of own company headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.

Corona deposition
Plasma surface treatment in inert gas atmosphere. Addition of reactive gases or monomers for controlled reaction or deposition.

Electrode 91101411 | 120
Electrode system for surface treatment of three-dimensional bodies with ionized gases..

Relocation to larger premises
Friedrich-Ebert Damm 202, Hamburg, Germany

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.

Electro-erosive perforation P3016622 | 77
Micro-perforation of paper with electrically controlled sparks.

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.

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.

Rebranding to SOFTAL electronic GmbH.

Rebranding to Deutsche Vetaphone Gesellschaft: Focus on Corona. German market introduction by Holger Bille.

Founded 12. May 1959 as AEROTRON Gesellschaft für elektronische Geräte m.b.H, Hamburg: Marketing of a number of electrical measuring devices.