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The future is now

21 October 2015. Today we are at the point of time to which Marty Mc Fly travels 1989 in “Back to the Future II” to the future. He expected flying cars, self-drying clothes, hoverboards and remote-control dog walkers. This is not what really exists.

We need your help!

Today is Evaluate-Your-Life Day. grando is using it as an occasion to reflect upon their product range and to think over new developments. What do customers need today? What developments should we expect? Will the colours, materials and styles still go well in the future? How does digitalisation influence our market?

grando rolls into the USA

“Houston, we have a problem” is a sentence we are all familiar with. “Houston, we have a solution” is a new, but true sentence. Houston is bringing us a grando slatted roller cover, with which grando partner Covertech in Colorado is meeting customer requirements other than the classics, “save energy” and “improve water quality”, and …

Children get straight to the point

As adults, we think long and hard how about to explain the advantages of a swimming pool cover in the best and clearest way – but children get straight to the point.

Pool Plus – a Plus for Association Members

The day could hardly be more appropriate. Today, on the International Day of Democracy, we see how association work is based on each individual doing their bit and is shaped by the members’ wishes.

Water fun on International Youth Day

Everyone’s talking about the increasingly ageing population. But first and foremost, today is International Youth Day. A day for the young generation! Is there something that excites the “youth of yesterday” and the “youth of today” in equal measure? A swimming pool spontaneously occurs to me.

Thank you for inviting me as a laudatory speaker

It´s a great honor and delight for me to be invited as a speaker for the awards show of iPool.

It could not be any easier

Everyone knows about Mother’s Day. But did you know that nearly every day is one for action and reflection? Partly for serious reasons and partly because you cannot help grinning. On Sunday is Simplicity Day. A day to be ridiculed?

grando material is celebrating an anniversary

What does the grando solar cover have in common with CDs, optical lenses and the roof of Cologne main railway station? They are all produced from a high-quality synthetic material – polycarbonate. This material developed by Dr Hermann Schnell at Bayer AG was introduced under the brand name Makrolon in 1955. This was the year …

Global competition for poolbuilders

Dear Poolbuilders, have you already uploaded photos of your best projects?

Construction:	Roller system mounted on the edge of the pool
Installation:	New or subsequent fitting
Maximum size:	6 m x 12 m; for larger pools, a Compact type unit should be used.
Drive units:	Side sections semi-circular or rectangular
Cover slats:	Light slats 60 mm wide and 10 mm thick
Guidelines:	Installation approved for private and public swimming pools

Construction:	Roller system mounted on the edge of the pool
Installation:	New or subsequent fitting
Maximum size:	50 m x 25 m (larger sizes depending on pool shape) Where the pool width is larger than 12,50 m, we recommend a cover divided in two.
Drive unit:	Drive unit mounted on the side
Cover slats:	Standard slats 60 mm wide and 14 mm thick
Guidelines:	Installation approved for private and public pools

Construction:	The entire roller system is mounted on rollers and can, when required, be moved manually or electrically on permanently mounted guide rails
Installation:	New or subsequent fitting
Maximum size:	50 m x 25 m (larger sizes depending on pool shape). Where the pool width is larger than 12.50 m, we recommend a cover divided into two
Drive unit:	Drive unit mounted on the side
Cover slats:	Standard slats 60 mm wide and 14 mm thick
Guidelines:	Installation approved for private and public swimming pools

Construction:	Roller system mounted above the bottom of the pool
Installation:	New and subsequent fitting
Maximum size:	25 m x 50 m (larger sizes depending on pool shape) From a pool width of 12.50 m, we recommend a cover divided into two
Drive unit in separate motor pit:	Drive unit mounted on the shaft or chain drive
Drive unit without motor pit:	Tubular motor (not always possible, dependent on pool width and depth)
Cover slats:	Standard slats 60 mm wide and 14 mm thick
Guidelines:	Installation approved only for private pools

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