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ACO DRAIN was a decisive turning point in the history of ACO. The product would shape the future direction of the company. In the following years, ACO developed from a building materials generalist with a focus on window production, into a specialist provider of drainage solutions.

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  Abb. The first brochures for ACO Drain in 1969. At the beginning, the main material was fibre cement, also known as asbestos cement or Eternit. The raw materials were pipes and sheets made of this material. They were supplied directly by a manufacturer in Bremen. In the cutting department at ACO, the asbestos pipes of 1.20 metres length were then cut with a milling machine. This produced one-third shells, which were glued to the cut panels on the long side, and fitted with the metal gratings on the open side in the same way.
  
  

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  All in all, the production of the channels in the early days was still a long way from mechanical mass production: they were basically handcrafted products. "We are on the right track in terms of the system, but the concept, and the technology are not yet perfect," was Ebsen’s assessment.