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ACO and the Olympic Games - the beginning of a success story

In the spring of 1970, ACO received a spectacular major order: the Rendsburg company was to equip the new Olympic Stadium in Munich with ACO DRAIN for the 1972 Olympic Games. But it was not just about equipping the stadium, but also ancillary facilities in Munich, and stadiums at other venues. The initial volume of 1,300 metres of drainage channels was to be followed-up by an order for a further 1,000 metres. For ACO Drain's marketing and prestige, the order was phenomenal. Anecdotes and legends surround the contract negotiations with the Olympic construction committee, and the first delivery to Munich. For ACO, there was also a lot of luck involved. In the end, the superiority of the polymer concrete material was convincing. "That was sensational. Something like that doesn't happen very often in German industrial history," recalls long-serving Sales Manager Arno Ebsen.