News Career Other countries Products Industry See for yourself CustomerCare References Company History. Milestones in an extraordinary company history. Maximum possible benefits for our customers: This has been our aim for over 40 years now. It all began with the idea of combining steam and convection into a single appliance. In 1976, we therefore developed our first combi-steamer and have since been constantly working on continuously improving it. 2020 Introduction of the iCombi Pro and iVario cooking systems, which plan intelligently, work together and are flexible. The new iCombi Classic is perfect for those who know their trade and need reliable technology for the daily challenges. 2019 The iKitchen system solution is launched on the market: the two cooking systems SelfCookingCenter® and VarioCookingCenter® and the ConnectedCooking networking solution are combined into one to make everyday kitchen life more flexible and productive. 2019 Equipped with a golden rotary wheel and golden name, the 1,000,000th combi steamer leaves the factory for the Hofbräuhaus Munich. 2018 FRIMA becomes RATIONAL: The VarioCookingCenter® is distributed under the RATIONAL brand. 2017 Invention of the CombiMaster® Plus Invention of the CombiMaster® Plus XS 2017 Production of our 400,000th SelfCookingCenter® 2017 Invention of ConnectedCooking 2016 Invention of the VarioCookingCenter® 112L 2016 Invention of the SelfCookingCenter® Invention of the SelfCookingCenter® XS 2014 Invention of the VarioCookingCenter® 112T 2014 Invention of the SelfCookingCenter® 5 Senses 2013 Company anniversary - 40 years of RATIONAL 2011 Invention of the SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency® 2011 Production of our 500,000th combi-steamer 2008 Third and largest plant opens in Landsberg 2007 Production of our 250,000th combi-steamer 2006 Founding of Academy RATIONAL 2006 More than 1,000 employees 2006 Worldwide introduction of Club RATIONAL 2005 Invention of the world’s first VarioCookingCenter® by our subsidiary, FRIMA 2004 Invention of the world’s first SelfCookingCenter® 2000 RATIONAL AG goes public 1997 Invention of the RATIONAL ClimaPlus Combi® - the first combi-steamer to allow product-specific cooking cabinet climate regulation down to the exact percentage 1996 Production of our 100,000th combi-steamer 1992 Acquisition of FRIMA – Our former French sales partner becomes our subsidiary 1991 Establishment of first sales company in the UK 1976 Invention of the RATIONAL combi-steamer 1973 Foundation of RATIONAL GmbH to produce and sell convection units in Germany - around 25 employees Live Dealer Service Chefline Back to top RATIONAL Company Press Investor Relations Jobs and Careers Link ConnectedCooking Planner Dealer Portal Service Partner Portal Tools Efficiency calculator Dealer Service Partner Subscribe to RATIONAL newsletter. Latest RATIONAL news. Subscribe Imprint Data Protection General Terms Tracking settings © 2021 RATIONAL. All rights reserved.