1997
Founding of OBZ Dresel & Grasme GmbH by the brothers Jörg and Ingo Dresel, together with Dipl. Ing. Dieter Grasme. The company emerges out of the department - surface technology - from UTP Schweißtechnik GmbH in Bad Krozingen. 		  1998
OBZ receives the GTS-Certificate from Gesellschaft Thermisches Spritzen and with it shows its technical competence in the field of thermal spraying.
OBZ established as a good partner for the development of sprayed coatings and functional component surfaces. 		 

1999
OBZ is certified to DIN ISO 9002, further expanding the business' capability towards premium coatings produced in serial.

  2000
Startup for the in-house laboratory to analyse the production quality and develop new coatings and applications.

2001
Installation of a liquid-fuel spraying unit, to produce premium carbide coatings and metal coatings. 		 
2002
OBZ is the first job coater in the world to install a cold spraying unit. The coatings generated by this technology on a purely kinetic basis offer properties that are unachievable by any other spraying process. 		 
2003
First cold spraying order for serial production. To optimize the heat dissipation for PC-processors, aluminium cooling elements were coated with pure, solderable copper. 		 
2004
OBZ was granted the Rudolf Eberle- prize, an award for innovation given from the German Federal State Baden-Württemberg, for the worldwide first series production of cold sprayed layers.

2005
International Thermal Spray Conference in Basle.
OBZ attends the conference with a booth, technical contribution and factory tours. OBZ wins the "René Wassermann"-Prize. This prize is awarded every three years to the most innovative company in the field of thermal spraying.

 


2006
OBZ invests in the mechanical after treatment of sprayed coatings. Due to the two new grinding machines a new era begins; additional services for customers can now be provided in-house. The machinery outfit is modernised with two new plasma spraying units. With the three-cathode-technology OBZ advances to the top of the plasma-coating field.

 
2007
OBZ establishes itself with innovative coating solutions for growth- and future markets such as: wind energy, hybrid drives and induction cookware. Application development and serial coating for ecologically-minded products follow. 		 
2008
One of the company's founders Dieter Grasme retires and leaves the company at the end of the year, along with dormant partner Jörg Dresel. With the now strengthened management Ingo Dresel, Sven Hartmann and Eberhard Schopp the trend-setting and innovative development of OBZ is continued.

2009
Time for a business transformation. With obz innovation gmbh the former OBZ Dresel & Grasme GmbH gets a new appearance. The investment into new technologies will continue. A cold spraying unit of the latest generation, the KINETIKS- 8000-HP, opens new vistas.
 
2010
Innovations set new levels of qualityA modern camera system for quality assurance of thermal sprayed coatings is available at obz. New is a 3D-measuring device as well as the assessment of the electrical conductivity of thermal sprayed coatings.Also in 2010 the most frequently chosen development partner in the field of cold spraying is obz.
 
2011
Manufacturing at obz fascinates also. A state-of-the-art CNC-Vertical-turning centre with driven tools enables a higher degree of vertical integration. obz develops to a company offering the complete manufacturing of parts with thermal sprayed coatings inclusive machining. obz – innovative in development, manufacturing and quality.