Unternehmensgeschichte

Foundation

Founding of the company ‘Dr. GRAW Messgeräte’ in Berlin, Germany by the physicist Dr. Josef Graw

New product

Dr. Graw developed and patented the key component of the radiosonde, the Graw morse encoding cylinder; by this invention, the measurement precision was improved.

Relocation

Relocation of the company to Nuremberg, Germany.

Radiosonde development

Development of the radiosondes H50 and M60 for German Weather Service M60 pushed Graw Radiosondes to an international leading position in terms of accuracy and robustness

Takeover

Mr. Horst Schmidmer (owner of the Noris Group GmbH) took over all shares of Dr. Graw.

License production of radiosonde RSG for German Weather Service and E076 for German Army.

Radiosondes E084 and E085

Introduction of the radiosondes E084 and E085 for German Army.

Production improvement

Start of completely computer-controlled production and calibration.

New radiosonde systems

Introduction of the mini radiosonde system TDFS / KS-87 for measurements in lower heights.

Product development

Development of the first purely digital radiosonde DFM-90 and groundstation GK-90.

Start of Surface Mounted Technology (SMT) to increase productivity.

DFM-90 development

Development of the first GPS radiosonde DFM-90 DGPS.

Development of the compact groundstation GK-90C with GPS module.

DFM-97 development

Development of the optimised GPS radiosonde DFM-97.

Reaffirmation

Company was renamed to "Graw Radiosondes GmbH & Co. KG".

Development of the DFM-06

Graw Radiosondes starts development on the GPS radiosonde DFM-06.

DFM-06 market launch

Graw Radiosondes introduces the DFM-06 radiosonde and wins major customers.

New Groundstation GS-E

Market launch of the first desktop version of the groundstation GS-E.

DFM-09 market launch

With the DFM-09 radiosonde, Graw Radiosondes introduces one of the smallest and lightest radiosondes at this time.

Groundstation GS-B market launch

Market launch of the resilient and fully splash-proof groundstation GS-B for extreme conditions.

Groundstation GS-U

Market launch of the first version of the GS-U groundstation for mobile use.

New building

New building established for expansion of production, quality management and warehouse logistics.

New product: grawGo

Development of grawGo mobile App for online monitoring of groundstations.

New product: radiosonde DFM-17

With the DFM-17, Graw Radiosonde succeeded in bringing one of the smallest, lightest and most successful radiosondes to market in the world.

New hardware and software products

Development of the following products: the GS-I groundstation, the multiSonde system, the software grawMet X and ‘Sounding Center’.

Cooperation with LicuSpace GmbH 

Cooperation with LicuSpace GmbH – an innovative German company for the development and production of highly innovative lidar products for atmospheric measurement.

Erhöhung der Produktions- und Lagerkapazitäten

Für Produktion und Lager sowie für die Temperatur- und Feuchtekalibrierung der Radiosonden wurden weitere 1000 qm in einem benachbarten Gebäude gemietet.