Although there have been many changes in the GSB over 30 years, our focus on quality assurance and environmentally conscious progress has remained constant throughout.

The GSB looks back on 30 years of dedicated research, development and quality assurance in the field of Aluminium and Steel Coating of Building Components. So the GSB International is the most established and oldest organisation within this industry that is widely acknowledged for its pioneering work.

Regular quality control procedures for material suppliers and coaters supported by the GSB quality label are carried out by accredited and approved test institutions and serve as a reliable guarantee to architects, project managers and authorities of a consistently high quality standard.

In the 30 years since its conception, the GSB International have considerably extended their area of activity and today has approx. 170 member companies in over 22 countries – a success story that we take great pride in.

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19th November 1976
Founding assembly in Munich
30 delegates from 23 companies
Formation of a Founding Commission consisting of 12 delegates

19th November 1976
First meeting of the Founding Commission
Harald Knufinke is unanimously elected as Chairman

24th October 1977
Entry into the Register of Associations in Nuremberg
Harald Knufinke becomes Chairman of the Board

1978
Klaus Stahl is elected Chairman of the Board

15th January 1979
Dr Fedor C Strahl is elected Chairman of the Board

8th May 1981
Recognised as RAL- Quality Association
Quality Assurance in accordance with RAL RG 631

31st December 1982
25 Member Companies

23rd November 1983
Members’ Assembly at Nuremberg with election of the Board
Dr Herwig Nielsen is elected Chairman of the Board

25th April 1985
Members’ Assembly at Nuremberg
Review of the Quality and Test Regulations
Implementation of test procedures

9th April 1987
Members’ Assembly at Roedermark
Unanimous re-election of the Board

17th April 1989
Members Assembly at Berlin
Increase of residual gloss requirement to 50% for accelerated wheathering
Compulsory training courses
64 Member Companies
Change of Name to GSB International

1/2nd February 1990
International Assessors Meeting in Bernried (Obb)

24th April 1991
Members’ Assembly in Nuremberg
Harald Knufinke is elected Chairman of the Board
Dr Erich Silzer retires as Managing Director
Appointment of Manfred Junkert as Managing Director
81 Member Companies from 11 countries

1st July 1991
Head Office moves to Schaebisch Gmuend

16th June 1992
Extraordinary Members’ Assembly at Bielefeld
Bundle and Basket Chromatising are discussed and are rejected unanimously by the Members’ Assembly

4th August 1994
The ILF at Magdeburg is approved as the second accredited test institute alongside the FEM at Schwaebisch Gmuend to carry out system testing. Pre-anodising is approved as a pre-treatment.

19th May 1995
Members’ Assembly at Frankfurt Main
Suppliers of pre-treatment chemicals are admitted as ordinary members

4th December 1995
Negotiations with Qualicoat to discuss mutual recognition

26th June 1996
Two Day Information Event at Duesseldorf
Dr Axel Blecher succeeds Erich Schunter as Chairman of the Technical Commission

23rd April 1997
Members’ Assembly at Muenster
Extension of the Quality Assurance to the coating of cured steel building components
New Image Brochure

16th June 1999
Members’ Assembly at Landshut
Hans Joachim Kemper is elected as Chariman of the Board
Harald Knufinke becomes an Honorary Member

8th May 2001
Members’ Assembly at Cologne
157 Member Companies from 19 countries

5th – 7th May 2003
Members’ Assembly at Bamberg
Event to celebrate 25 years of GSB International

Harald Knufinke is appointed honorary chairman

22nd December 2003
GSB South East Europe Regional Group meets for the first time at Thessaloniki

3rd September 2004
GSB International and Austrian Quality Assurance Association enter a co-operation agreement

10th May 2005
Members’ Assembly at Hamburg
Launch of a new Marketing Campaign

 

Extraordinary Members' Assembly in Schwäbisch Gmünd

Resolution on new Quality Standards

 

Ordinary Members' Assembly in Landshut

Chairman of the Board Mr. Hans-Jürgen Alfort

First Premium-Coater

 

REACH - Information Event in Schwäbisch Gmünd

October 21st 2008

GSB Information Event in Brünn / CZ

 

Ordinary Members' Assembly in Berlin

Resolution on further Quality Standards

Recommendation of new classification of weathering