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Milestone of an extraordinary company history
1973
Foundation of RATIONAL GmbH as a company for producing and selling of hot air ovens in
Germany
1976 Invention of the RATIONAL Combi-Steamer
1993 Opening of plant number 2
1993
Invention of the RATIONAL Clima Combi®
1997
Invention of the RATIONAL ClimaPlus Combi®
2000 Going public RATIONAL AG
2000
CleanJet® – World wide the first full automatic self clean system
2004
Invention of the first SelfCooking Center® of the world
2005
Invention of the first VarioCooking Center® of the world by our daughter company
FRIMA. Cooking, roasting, frying, simply better, in one appliance, with double speed.
2008 Opening of the third and biggest plant in Landsberg
2008
CleanJet
+Care®
– cleaning intelligence for a maximum reliability
The following daughter companies were founded:
UK, France, Japan, USA, Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Canada, Spain,
RATIONAL Großküchentechnik in Germany, Russia, Austria, Poland, China, Greece,
Middle East and Ukraine
Company history
