Why Quadro? With QUADRO you can: Build, climb, drive, slide and splash all year round! QUADRO construction kits grow with the children: From baby to teenager QUADRO simply grows with each model and each kit. All QUADRO kits can be combined with each other so you can create your own private playground designed for you individual wishes and needs! In addition to its high play value QUADRO also stands out with its high educational value: QUADRO enhances creativity, gross and fine motor skills and the imagination of children. With QUADRO you are not confined to a few designs: You can work with your ideas and create new models according to your wishes again and again. There are no limits with QUADRO from wendy house to pool, a tree house or a fort with a slide - with QUADRO everything is possible. With QUADRO you buy a product that can be used 24 months of the year indoor and outdoor! Please note that Quadro is not compatible with any other constuction system and we do not endorse the use of Quadro in this manner. All our products are manufactured to the highest standards, UV-stabilised thermoplastics (no fading) and fully recycleable. NETQUOTEVAR:LINK Quadro for Schools Here at quadroplay.co.uk we actively encourage the use of QUADRO within schools, playgroups and nurseries. We welcome official orders from local authorities, if you require more detail please call or email us to request a catalogue. A History of Quadro 1. Product idea On watching children when playing with construction systems like Lego and fischertechnik, Dipl. Ing. Dipl. Ing. Hubert Rüther, supported by his wife Doris Rüther, had in 1976 the idea for the product QUADRO. On watching the play instinct of children he developed the idea of a construction system in large scale that could not only be used to play with but also to play on, like built, climb, drive, slide and so on. Right from the start is was supposed to be a product not only for one market but for many markets in the leisure time area, with the target groups... - children and grownups: in house and garden! Archetypes were Lego, fischertechnik, and Gardena. From this basic idea in 1976/77 it was a long way to go until the system worked. In addition to some happy incidents the contact to tubes/yarn carriers for the textile industry led to the final solution: There was a "click" and the system made of tubes and connectors fastened by screws was born! Quadro, a whole new world, the first giant construction kit of the world, containing of only 12 basic elements: - four different three-dimensional connectors - four different two-dimensional connectors - three different tube lengths - one panel size 2. Implementation and market launch First proto types were built in 1977/78 and tested in 16 German kinder gar-dens, always in close cooperation with TÜV Germany (technical supervision association). The results were that positive that the TÜV though entering new grounds certified the system, so that in 1979 it was presented at the Nürnberger Spiel-warenmesse (Nürnberg toy fair), see first brochure from 1979. The response at the fair was a world-wide success. The new product was lit-erally run over. Everyone realised the innovation and market potential of this product. From then on it went on uninterruptedly: 3. Market development / Highlights / Awards 1979 Founding of QUADRO company and delivery in the whole world. Patents and registration of other trade marks worldwide, 1979 Tested security by continuous safety certificate in cooperation with TÜV, awarding of GS/-CE- sign (tested safety). 1980 Germany play good study group good toys in Ulm. 1981 Germany Gold medal for good design of Design- Center Stuttgart. Germany Gold medal for QUADRO system, awarded by Trade Association Consumption- Plastics in GKV. 1982 Germany Award from Design- Center, Stuttgart. 1982 Japan Award as best consumption good Import product in the annual hit list of the Japanese newspaper ASAHI- SHIMBUN. 1983 Elephant test with "CITA", 11 years 2,4 to, see picture. 1985 Market test of the brand new drive system QUADRO DRIVE. 1986 USA Parent’s Choice Award ´86 / Boston. 1988 German Award spiel gut, also for Mini QUADRO. Market introduction of Mini QUADRO, in scale 1:5, that is delivered as Design KIT in each construction kit. 1993 Market test of the first children green house of the world, see picture. 1994 Market introduction of Dacta-/ playcenter- program. 1995 Introduction of the first QUADRO internet site www.quadro.de by Marc Rüther. Germany award PRODUCT OF THE YEAR ‘95 Gold medal of Trade Association Consumption- Plastics in GKV for the QUADRO Pool House. 1996 Market test of children furniture program, see picture. 1997 Introduction of QUADRO computer design program for virtual planning of QUADRO, developed by Marc Rüther. 2001 Creation of large playcenter at the new Hongkong airport. 2002 Deutschland Certification of baby program by TÜV Market introduction of baby program with playpen in two levels as well as the high chair, developed by Marc Rüther. 2004 Market introduction of the new unrivalled Quadro straight slide.