2005

• Establishment of Christiani Didactica S.L. in Spain.
• Formation of a company in Lebanon: Christiani Middle East
• Taking over of Berg Communications, Esslingen

2004 

• All of the measures for qualification are concentrated in the new „Christiani Academy”
• Cooperation with the Association of German Vocational Trainers” (setting, printing and distribution of the member’s journal)

2002

• Setup of a new business field: „Automation Technology“
• Purchasing and continuing of the specialist magazine „Bildungspraxis“ covering the latest news and subjects around vocational education
• Setup of an e-learning platform for Christiani customers.
• Taking over of AMD - a metal processing company - to provide own manufacturing of examination material.

2001

• The examinations for the craftman’s diploma for ARGE Metallbau are carried out by Christiani
• Setup of an own export department to expand into foreign markets

2000

• Cooperation with BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education). Christiani’s responsibility comprises of update and marketing of all media of BIBB and for practical education.
• Establishment of a branch in Berlin: Christiani Berlin GmbH
• Cooperation with the educational branch of DIHK (German Chambers of Commerce). Setting, printing, marketing and distribution of the new journal “IHK – Die Ausbildung”.

1999 

• Cooperation with ZFA (Central Committee for the Printing Industry) in the field of examination exercises
• DIN EN ISO 9002:1994 – certification successful
• 1st Christiani Trainer Symposium in Konstanz with 80 participants nationwide.

1998

• Management Buy Out to four executives of Dr.-Ing. Paul Christiani GmbH
• Cooperation with the metal trade associations of Bayern, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen to produce professional documents for training and examination.

1997

• Setup of a project team „Multimedia“ for the inhouse development of interactive training programs.

1996

• Pilot project Tele-Learning – Christiani approaches development of digital media.

1994 

• Conrad Group new shareholder of Christiani.

1990

• Christiani exceeds 1,000,000 course participants.

1981

• Dieter Sobaczinski appointed as representative director
• 50 year’s anniversary of Christiani

1979

• New training courses IC laboratory and metal jobs

1974

• Continuous consolidation and expansion of the division “Vocational Education”.
• Dr.-Ing. habil. Paul Christiani dies.

1972

• Shortage of space forces reconstruction of stocks

1971

• Start of a successful cooperation to date with the PAL (Institution of Development for Examination Exercises and Teaching Aids of the Chamber of Commerce, Stuttgart) for all industrial technical occupations.

1970

• Entscheidung, im Verlag Christiani programmierte Prüfungsaufgaben in Buchform erscheinen zu lassen

1968

• Edition of training course Chemistry and Plastics

1967

• Edition of the new course „Electronics Lab“ and introducing a new business in distance learning: The student receives additional laboratory equipment with his courseware.

1966

• Roland Christiani appointed as managing director.

1964

• Edition of the new training courses Basic Knowledge, Data Processing and Construction

1960 

• The company moves into the new errected building Hermann-Hesse-Weg 2 in Konstanz

1958

• Registrations reach peak at 31.081 for the training courses Engineering, Electronics, construction, Radio Technologies and Mathematics

1956

• Total amount of students peak at a quarter million.
• Company comprises staff of 60

1955

• Approaching the field of electronics by publishing the course „Radiotechnik”.

1954

• In August second removal to the reconstructed Rheinperle

1950

• Revised edition of the courses „Mechanical Engineering” and “Construction Technology”.
  Republishing of the journal “Ausbau” after a break of ten years with more than 100,000 subscriptions of old and faithful Christiani students..

1948

• Immediately after the monetary reform, Christiani students even spend their head money in order to get the lessons..

1945

• Definite closure of the institute for the 31st of May 1945 by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt.
  Dismission of all staff. Closure is rendered invalid by end of war.

1944

• Draft of Dr. Christiani
• Troubles with Gestapo, perils of company’s close-down

1941

• Im Herbst Einzug in die zum Bürohaus umgebaute ehemalige Rheinperle in der Mainaustr. 5

1940

• Taking up publishing business by editing of the technical journal “Ausbau”, later „Technik Heute“

1938

• Purchase of the first delivery van, an Opel P4, and the first Ormig-Machine

1936

• The company moves to Konstanz, Zollernstraße 10

1934

• Dispatch of the first lesson of the course „Mechanical Engineering” in October.

1931

• Establishment of the business Dr.- Ing. Paul Christiani GmbH in Frankfurt.
• Start of the course „Bautechnik“. Only one apprentice in the first month