For the second time in a row, the family-owned company from the Lower Rhine region has received the prestigious award from ZEIT Verlag. OPHARDT has been shaping the hygiene industry for over six decades with its pioneering spirit, innovative strength and lasting influence.
Shortly after the company was founded in 1962, the ingo-man® disinfectant dispenser revolutionised the market. At the time, alcohol-based hand sanitisers were becoming increasingly important for medical hand hygiene, as they were far more effective than traditional products. However, there was a problem: the hygiene dispensers used up to that point could not withstand the new alcohol-based products. The result was contaminated floors and insufficiently sanitised hands. Hermann Ophardt took on this problem, which he solved with technical finesse and unwavering passion. This was the birth of the ingo-man®, which is still the industry standard today.
As a globally active company with more than 500 patents, over 1,000 standard articles for hand hygiene and a total of seven production sites on three continents, it remains true to its German roots. On the Lower Rhine in Issum, high-quality stainless steel hygiene dispensers are developed and manufactured in state-of-the-art production facilities. Today, well-known customers such as the German Armed Forces and Deutsche Bahn trust in the ‘Made in Germany’ hygiene products from OPHARDT.
A brand that people trust
The repeated award as Brand of the Century by the ‘German Standards’ of the ZEIT Verlagsgruppe underlines OPHARDT’s national and international appeal in the hygiene industry.
Following the initial award in 2022, the OPHARDT brand will continue to be synonymous with the entire product category ‘The Disinfectant Dispenser’, which we characterise through quality, innovation and tradition, for a further three years.
Dr Florian Langenscheidt, publisher of the Brand of the Century, emphasises the significance of the award: ‘A Brand of the Century is a brand that manages to define an entire category of products or services.’ The Brand of the Century award puts OPHARDT in an elite circle of top brands such as Tempo® and DIXI®.
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