65 Years of io

Founding of i+o

Dr. Claus Hess founded i+o Industrieplanung + Organisation GmbH & Co. KG.
 

Planning of the First High-Bay Warehouse for Beiersdorf AG 

Founding of Pharma Consult GmbH

Construction of the Wall

Berlin was divided into East and West by the construction of the Wall.

Moon Landing 

On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 space mission.

Construction of the First GMP-Compliant Pharmaceutical Plant 

Planning of “Germany’s Largest Washing Machine”

The acquisition of Foodplan AG opened up a new line of business for i+o: food and catering planning. In addition to food services, i+o expanded its planning activities to encompass the entire hospital supply center, which includes, among other things, the large-scale laundry facility. This led to a pilot project for a highly automated central laundry facility serving all Hamburg hospitals at the University Medical Center Eppendorf

Microsoft

Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft.

Apple

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne found Apple

Initial design of highly complex in-flight catering systems

Founding of i+o Informationssysteme GmbH together with Dr. Ing. Arndt Westernacher. 

Westernacher developed software for IBM computers in Karlsruhe.

Commodore C64

Commodore is launching the legendary C64 with 64 KB of RAM.

German Logistics Award for the Project with Bosch-Siemens GmbH

Relocation

Continued growth necessitates a move to Römerstraße in Heidelberg.

German Reunification

Opening of the Singapore Office

First Paperless Pharmaceutical Plant for B. Braun AG Completed

Tesla

Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded Tesla Motors Inc.

Europe's Largest High-Bay Warehouse in Bremen

Planning and implementation of the largest fully automated high-bay warehouse to date, with 132,000 pallet spaces, for Tchibo, operated by Bremer Lagerhausgesellschaft (BLG). German Logistics Award from the BVL for Tchibo GmbH.

Opening of the Bethlehem, USA, Location

Opening of the Dubai, UAE location