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Milestones 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, Invention of the RATIONAL Clima Combi®
1997 Invention of the RATIONAL ClimaPlus Combi®
2000 Going public RATIONAL AG, CleanJet® – World wide the rst full automatic self clean system
2004 Invention of the rst SelfCooking Center® of the world
2005 Invention of the rst VarioCooking Center® of the world by our daughter company
FRIMA. Cooking, roasting, frying, simply better, in one appliance, with double speed.
2008 Opening of plant number 2, CleanJet
+Care®
– cleaning intelligence for a maximum reliability
2011 Invention of SelfCooking Center whiteciency with Ecient Level Control
2014 Invention of SelfCooking Center 5Senses
2016 Introduction of SCC_XS and triple glass door with LED light
The following subsidiaries were founded:
UK, France, Japan, USA, Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Canada, Spain, Germany, Russia, Austria, Poland, China,
Middle East, Brasil, Turkey, Singapore
Plant 3 (2018)
Plant 2 (1993)
Company history
US/Canada 12/2018