The RAFI Vision RAFI sets the worldwide standard as an innovative creator of communication between humans and machines. RAFI is characterised by independence, healthy growth and profitability. RAFI offers its customers to......The RAFI Vision RAFI sets the worldwide standard as an innovative creator of communication between humans and machines. RAFI is characterised by independence, healthy growth and profitability. RAFI offers its customers top performance worldwide. 1900 Ernst Bucher founds his "Institut für Elektrotechnik, Optik & Mechanik" in Ravensburg, managed by Raimund Finsterh?lzl 1908 Raimund Finsterh?lzl (RaFi) becomes the owner of the company. 1952 Personnel: 64 employees, turnover: € 0.8 million 1970 Development and production of the first RAFI keyboard 1983 Development and production of flat data entry systems 1987 RAFI is taken over by Hoesch AG, later Krupp-Hoesch 1991 Foundation of RAFI Hungary (RAFI Hungaria KFT) 1993 DIN EN ISO 9001 certification (DQS) 1994 RAFI becomes a private company again, new partner: Albert Wasmeier 1996 Takeover of PIM (French membrane keyboard manufacturer) 2002 Introduction of SAP R/3 2005 Foundation of RAFI Systec GmbH & Co. KG Takeover of Elcoteq, überlingen, Germany, now RAFI Eltec GmbH 2006 ISO/TS 16949:2002 certification (DQS) 2007 RAFI Group: 1,843 employees, turnover € 365 million Current management (Managing Directors)