1979
1985
1988
1990
1992
Purchase of a 1.2-hectare site in the Lübeck industrial area Glashüttenweg.
Founding of the Clear & Clean Research Laboratory.
Production of the first standard cleaning wipers in the Interfold system, introduction of single-removal dispenser systems for cleanroom wipers.
Participation in the Guidelines Committee for Cleanroom Technology of the German Association of Engineers (VDI).
Founding of the company Clear & Clean GmbH by Win Labuda.
1996
Part-Lift Method to determine particulate cleanliness of flat surfaces presented by Win Labuda.
1994
1995
Labuda Bowl Method I to measure particles released during wiping of surfaces with a defined roughness
Beginning of research collaboration with the German Textile Research Center North-West (DTNW), an institute of the University of Duisburg-Essen, in Krefeld, Professor E. Schollmeyer.
1997
1997
1998
Installation of a system to format precision cleaning wipers by means of laser beams.
Presentation of the Labuda Bowl Method II to determine particle release in the wiping procedure dependent on pressure and the friction coefficient.
Cleaning efficiency test devised by Labuda (ellipsometer method to test cleaning efficiency of cleaning wipers for very thin contamination layers).
2000
Patent application for the production of glove wipers for use in the cleanroom (GRIPFOLD™ wipers).
Scientific recognition of the three test methods devised by Labuda.
2000
2002
2002
First Lübeck Clean Technology Symposium.
Second Lübeck Clean Technology Symposium.
2001
Expansion of the production capacity for clean papers.
Inauguration of the renovated warehouse in the Lübeck factory.
2003
2004
Company’s 25th anniversary.
2005
Expansion of production capacity for washable cleaning cloths.
2006
Serial production of the patented GRIPFOLD™ wiper using a new ultrasonic cutting machine.
2007
Commissioning of fully automatic production facility for the manufacture of precision cleaning wipers.
2006
Certification according to ISO-EN 9000.
2009
Commissioning of the new laser fluorescence measuring station.
2010
Participation in the guidelines committee of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) to develop new VDI guidelines.
2014
Company’s 35th anniversary.
2015
Clear & Clean Research Award Goes to Udo Riss 
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2019
Company’s 40th anniversary.
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