FROM THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE TO THE CROSSING OF NEW FRONTIERS:
AERIAL is a family-owned business that has been going strong for over 25 years now – and still no sign of a mid-life crisis. We are a modern company on a healthy growth curve and bursting with energy. Find out when and where everything started, which milestones our company has achieved and what plans we have for the future.
WE WRITE HISTORY
1988 - Rolf Meier sells HYGROMATIK GmbH, the company he set up, with the business field “Air Humidification” to the English group Spirax Sarco
1989 - Air humidification had always been a "side line of business" for Rolf Meier and so an idea was born
1990 - The company is founded by Rolf Meier and his son Karsten Meier in Norderstedt
1994 - Start of production of condensation dehumidifiers in our own factory in Norderstedt
1995 - Development of new product lines for building and water damage drying
1996 - Key expansion of the AERIAL sales and distribution team and expansion of exports throughout the whole of Europe
1997 - Rolf Meier takes a well-deserved retirement
1998 - AERIAL continues to expand production and successfully develops and produces OEM products for a number of renowned companies in the industry
2001 - Launch of the swimming pool dehumidifiers in the AP Series
2003 - AERIAL breaks the mould by producing the first dehumidifier housing made of synthetic material using the rotation process
2004 - Hallo Switzerland: the Swiss AERIAL GmbH is set up by Karsten Meier and Patrick Bircher
2005 - Introduction of the 3D CAD solution Solid Works: the new construction possibilities enable even more intelligent and faster production development
2006 - Launch of the AD 7 Series und ASE adsorption dryer series
2009 - Expansion of the business field to laundry drying. With the market launch of the WT Series, AERIAL is, energetically-tested, straight among the top TOP10.ch companies
2010 - With the introduction of the BlueDry® label, AERIAL succeeds in starting a new sustainability initiative. Dehumidifiers with the BlueDry® label are geared towards saving energy and dehumidifying at high performance levels
2012 - Expansion of the construction team to include a further Solid Works workplace. Workflow automation within construction
2013 - Company move to larger premises in Norderstedt. Expansion of production and storage facilities. Realisation and installation of our new climate chamber
2014 - AERIAL Switzerland continues to grow following a move to larger premises and the setting up of a further sales office in the east of Switzerland