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The milestones of Graubner GmbH

History of the Graubner company

Sebastian Graubner was already very innovative and an entrepreneur as a child and teenager. Together with a friend, he opened a mobile bicycle repair service and advertised it in the regional press. With tools in their saddlebags, they drove to their customers to repair their bikes.

At the age of 17, his dream career was to build sailing boats. So after leaving school in 1986, he first worked at sea as a dishwasher and then went to Italy to learn the craft of wooden boatbuilding at the Sangermani boatyard in Lavagna. Initially without any knowledge of Italian, he eventually learned the fine art of boatbuilding. In 1989, he founded the Graubner company.

Founding of the Graubner company as a sole proprietorship in Italy. Construction and repair of boats.

First major order: refit of the Italian yacht Gatorade, which took part in the Whitbread Round the World Race (predecessor of the Volvo Ocean Race) for Italy.

Collaboration on the new construction of the fast cruiser Wallygator, designed by Luca Brenta for Luca Bassani, the later founder of Wally Yachts - the world's leading manufacturer of superyachts.
The composite hull was revolutionary at the time: form-glued cedar wood slats, carbon fiber, Kevlar, fiberglass
The Wallygator was the first fast cruiser in the Mediterranean with a carbon fiber mast

Participation in various regattas as a crew member of the Wallygator

Due to the economic crisis in Italy, return to Germany and specialization in the automotive industry. Further development of the company into a consulting firm.

Founding of Graubner Technical Documentation, which later became Graubner Industrie-Beratung GmbH

Processing of projects in the field of environmental protection, development and administration of applications for maintenance management at Daimler.

Environmental Leadership Award from Daimler AG for our commitment to environmental protection with the Continuous Pollutant Monitoring in Rainwater project

Environmental Leadership Award from Daimler AG for our commitment to environmental protection with the following projects
Database system for environmentally relevant measures
Introduction of biological waste water treatment
Introduction of a new wastewater concept at Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz transmission plant in Rastatt

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Deployment of the first tablets at Daimler with the Gatcos maintenance management application developed by Graubner

Development and introduction of “Prüfexpress”, the application for standardized and paperless mobile testing of work equipment at Daimler in Gaggenau. Use of PDAs and RFID tags.

Winner of the European Auto ID Award 2008 in the RFID category

Major project over 11 man-years: Preparation of risk assessments for TGA systems: 22 system types, a total of 515 systems, 13,075 measures at a large automobile manufacturer

Certified with the seal of approval of GQA, the Society for Quality in Occupational Health and Safety.

Projektleitung für einen großen Automobilhersteller: Bau einer neuen Getriebemontagelinie in Detroit

Master's thesis together with Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences: Development of PrüfExpress Version 2, an iPhone app for testing work equipment

Recertification with the GQA seal of approval

Project management for a major automobile manufacturer: construction of a new gearbox assembly plant in São Paulo, Brazil
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Jubilee year with celebrations for the 25th company anniversary &
Recertification with the GQA seal of approval

Introduction of e-learning platform Samadi
Partnership with 3spin for AR/VR training

Start of partnership with development team in Pune, India

Launch of the PE-Azure Cloud with SaaS &
GQA re-certification