1940   1948 To provide a support structure in addition to Filter Technology, Dr. Hummel and Dr.-Ing. Schmidt establish the Plant Technology Division of FILTERWERK MANN+HUMMEL GMBH  1970   1973 Delivery of the first colouring equipment  1978 Delivery of the first multiple feed station conveying system 1980  1989  Delivery of the first gravimetrically functioning conveying, dosing and mixing system  1990   1992  Cooperation agreement with E.P. Elektro Projekt GmbH & Co. KG, Weingarten  1993 Acquisition of SOMOS GmbH, Weiterstadt, the market leader in the area of plastics drying; construction of the first SOMOS dehumidified air dryer in 1968  1995 Acquisition of UNIVERSAL DYNAMICS, INC., Woodbridge/USA, founded in 1957, a well-known American manufacturer of peripheral equipment for the plastics industry  1995 Certification of the Quality Management System in compliance with DIN ISO 9001  1996 Foundation of the sales office Germany West (North Rhine-Westphalia)  1997 Acquisition of VOLLMAR Anlagentechnik, Königswinter, founded in 1982, a successful provider of volumetric and gravimetric dosing systems  1997 Foundation of MANN+HUMMEL ProTec GmbH by the merger of ProTec Sector, spun off from FILTERWERK MANN+HUMMEL GMBH, with SOMOS GmbH and VOLLMAR Anlagentechnik  2000  2000 Foundation of the sales offices United Kingdom and Germany South (Bavaria)  2003 Foundation of the sales office France  2003 Consolidation of the factories Königswinter and Weiterstadt on location of Bensheim  2005 Foundation of Sales Office Germany South West  2005 Relocation of the plant Ludwigsburg to Bensheim  2005 Fusion of the sales office France (PER-COLOR) with MANN+HUMMEL FRANCE S.A.S.  2006 Foundation of the sales offices India and Russia