Spheros – a young company with a long tradition

100% bus air conditioning – that has been the main focus of Spheros GmbH since its founding in 2005. However, the success story of the company and its predecessor Webasto Bus GmbH in the field of thermotechnology and air conditioning goes back almost 60 years. Since then Spheros, whose head office is in Gilching, near Munich, Germany, has established itself as a leading partner worldwide in the bus industry.

1956: First engine-independent bus heating system 

1963: Foundation of Webasto Klimatechnik at Gräfelfing near Munich

1965: First bus air conditioning system 

1994: First gas-powered bus heating system	

1970s: Bus hatch is turned from a legally required emergency exit into a 
	ventilation instrument.

1990: Foundation of Webasto Bus GmbH in Neubrandenburg 

1998: Merger of the Heating, Air Conditioning and Roof Hatch business units into the 
	new “Bus Business Unit” of Webasto AG.

1999: Acquisition of Parabus, the Finish roof hatch manufacturer 

2005: Foundation of Spheros GmbH
	Webasto AG sold its "Business Unit Bus" to Granville Baird Capital Partners, 
	Capcellence and management. Since this time the company has been legally and 
	financially independent, operating under the new name Spheros GmbH with the 
	new Spheros brand. 

2008: Opening of the new Head Office in Gilching near Munich, Germany

2008: Neubrandenburg plant becomes a competence center for heating development 
	and technology, being the only air conditioner production plant in Central 
	Europe.

2009: Foundation of Spheros North America Inc. in Canton/Michigan 

1991-2011: Globalisation in Europe, South Africa, Middle East, USA, Latin Amerika 
	and Asia-Pacific