1936: Foundation of the company by Julius Dopslaff, senior engineer in the sanitation and heating sector.
1939: Development and patenting of the Lapidon process for economical boiler supply water treatment.
1952: Launch of the "Impfbiene" (injection bee), the world’s first precision dosing device. Construction of the first company premises in Winnenden near Stuttgart.
1962: Market launch of the world’s first protection filter.
1968: Opening of a production works, with research and development centre, in Backnang.
1975: JUDO produces the world’s first flushable return protection filter.
1983: Production start of the world’s first DVGW-approved water-softening system.
1991: JUDO launches its first water treatment unit based on a physical process.
1992: Establishment of a branch in Strasbourg, France.
1994: Establishment of a branch in Hilden near Düsseldorf.
1996: First certification of the company in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001.
2003: With the world innovation of JU-WEL Amethyst, JUDO offers pure wellness through the medium of jewel-treated water. 2005: The 100.000th. (DVGW-tested) JUDO BIOQUELL softner rolls off the production line. 2005: Hartmut J. Dopslaff and Carsten H. Dopslaff (son and grandson of the company founder) take over the mutual running of the company.
2007: With the BIOSTAT-HY JUDO launches itself into the limescale protection and water hygiene era. Especially developed for commercial application, the DVGW-tested JUDO BIOSTAT 2050 - 2200 requires no change of cartridge and is laid out for a nominal flow rate of max. 20 m3/hr. The DVGW-tested CONTISOFT is the current highlight in this year`s JUDO new product development drive. 2008: JUDO offers the new leakage protection systems JUDO PRO-SAFE and JUDO ECO-SAFE.
The waterworks supplies hygienically pure drinking water however, on
the way from the waterworks, incrustations become dissolved and get
into the water pipe. It is also unavoidable that a certain level of
contamination occurs to drinking water as a result of work on the
public pipeline system. The results are well-known – brown, rusty
water, problems with shut-off and control fittings, dripping taps ...
By far the highest proportion of fresh, drinking water used in the
modern household is used for washing, baths and showers, water for
dishwashers and washing machines and for various cleaning tasks...
To be able to enjoy fresh, sparkling spring water is a very attractive
idea. The drinking water that comes out of our taps complies with all
the legal requirements, but due to its transport through extensive and
sometimes old pipework systems, it has lost many of its original
properties...