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Christian Buske filed a patent in 1995: Plasma was now applied to the substrate with pinpoint accuracy using simple 'open air' compressed air through a special jet.

First customer HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA: treatment of headlamp housings with Openair-Plasma.

The company grew steadily, developing the revolutionary Openair-Plasma technology and winning its first customers in the automotive industry, e.g. for the production of EPDM profiles or headlamps.

Invention of RD1004 rotating plasma jet.

Introduction of fully digitalized generator technology, which increased the performance of the Openair-Plasma jets and enabled continuous performance monitoring; first large-scale application of atmospheric pressure plasma for structural bonding of refrigerated vehicle bodies.

Joint patents with VW AG, Wolfsburg, and Sika AG, Zurich, for the anti-corrosion coating of aluminum prior to bonding were registered and the subsidiary in Venice, Italy, was established.

In 2005, plasma technology found its way into medical technology.

Between 2005 and 2006, further subsidiaries were established: the first subsidiary in the USA, in Elgin, and a subsidiary of Plasmatreat GmbH in Barcelona, Spain.

The Openair-Plasma® technology was used for the first time on a large scale in shipbuilding to bond the insulation of the world's largest LNG tankers (STX France) in 2006.

In 2007, the first industrial series application of PlasmaPlus® made it possible to use plasma coatings in series under normal pressure for cleaning and anti-corrosion coating of cast aluminum engine housings (ZF-TRW Automotive).

During 2009, the company expanded its presence in Asia and Europe, establishing subsidiaries in Shanghai, China and Istanbul, Turkey.

2010 saw the launch of the PT-Release plasma coating, a joint project with system partner CeraCon for the release agent-free processing of PU plastics.

With the use of Openair-Plasma® for direct glazing in automotive construction (Ford), Plasmatreat created another innovation on the world market in 2011 and became a license partner. The same year saw the official opening of the sales office in Birkenfeld, near Pforzheim and the southern German automotive industry.

Around 2012, the company discovered the island and city-state of Singapore and opened a branch there for the South East Asia region.

In 2014, Plasmatreat wins the 'GREEN GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2014' in the 'Green Research / Technology' category in the USA for the environmental friendliness, economic efficiency and sustainability of its Openair-Plasma® pretreatment technology.

Plasmatreat celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015. In this context, the company was included in the “Lexicon of German World Market Leaders” and honored with the “Future Champion Award” - proof of its leading role in the field of atmospheric pressure plasma systems.

Plasmatreat further expanded its international presence in 2017. Global research and development was significantly strengthened with the opening of the Technology Center in Silicon Valley (Hayward, USA) and the founding of Plasmatreat Korea.

Plasmatreat opened its new international technology and research center in Steinhagen. State-of-the-art training rooms for up to 200 participants, areas for mechanical engineering and rooms for customer-specific training were created on an area of 1,400 m2.

Plasmatreat grew with new locations in Sweden, Spain, and Switzerland.

Openair-Plasma was increasingly used in battery module assembly by automotive manufacturers.

Plasmatreat was recognized as a certified supplier for the semiconductor industry.

Plasmatreat grew with new locations in Sweden, Spain, and Switzerland.

In 2022, the company reached an important milestone with the 10,000th plasma system sold.

Magnus and Lukas Buske joined the company management.

Plasmatreat presented a world first with the REDOX-Tool, a reducing plasma removes oxidation and replaces environmentally harmful flux in soldering processes.

Production capacities were expanded in 2024 with the addition of a new production hall—an important step for future growth.

Plasmatreat established its own subsidiary in the Benelux region and opened further locations in Mexico and Austria.

Technology Days in Steinhagen in July.

Plasmatreat is celebrating 30 years of Openair-Plasma and presenting a world first HydroPlasma cleaning process.