Milestones in corporate history
- 1999
- The company begins operating as a spin-off from the Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken
- 2000
- Takeover/integration of the Wiesbaden-based Colloid Surface Technologies GmbH’s business activities
Introduction of an integrated quality management system (ISO 9001:2000)
- 2001
- Subsidiary Nanogate Coating Systems GmbH founded
- 2002
- Stake acquired in Holmenkol Sport-Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
- 2003
- Surface technologies pooled within Nanogate Coating Systems GmbH
- 2004
- Nanogate Advanced Materials GmbH established
- 2005
- Decision to transform Nanogate Coating Systems GmbH into a stock corporation
- 2006
- Company renamed Nanogate AG
IPO (18.10.2006, Deutsche Börse)
- 2007
- Certified in line with the international environmental management norm (ISO 14001:2004)
Launch of the strategy programme NEXT - 2008
- Majority stake acquired in Holmenkol AG
Nanogate Advanced Materials GmbH acquired in full Subsidiary FNP GmbH established - 2009
- Launch of comprehensive innovation offensive
Stake acquired in sarastro GmbH - 2010
- Majority stake acquired in GfO Gesellschaft für Oberflächentechnik
Further development of Nanogate Advanced Materials GmbH to Nanogate Industrial Solutions GmbH with focus on industrial surfaces
