and a narrower profile geometry. Launch of the new Forster thermfix vario curtain wall system for dry-glazing. It replaces the Forster thermfix system which was designed for wet glazing only. 1999 Jakob [...] passes away. 2000 First tests and approvals for fire resistant curtain walls with the Forster thermfix vario system, which start with a rating of G30/R30 and will be successively extended to include F30/F60/F90 [...] Construction of the new tube-making facility with 12'600 m² in Arbon, Switzerland. 1981 Forster thermfix, a newly developed system for mullion/transom curtain walls, is launched. 1984 Forster fuego, a