Innovative from the very beginning. Ever since the company was founded, the development of advanced products has been an essential component of the Toko philosophy. Today, Toko is a leading global company with excellent future prospects in the areas of ski, textile and footwear care.
Toko - the company
| 1916 | The company is established as "Tobler & Co." by Jakob Tobler; Manufacture and marketing of care products for footwear and leather goods. |
| 1926 | The first factory is built in Altstätten, Switzerland |
| 1933/34 | Tobler & Co. changes its name to Toko AG |
| 1948 | First international marketing activity on the occasion of the Olympic Games in St. Moritz with an official wax service |
| 1962 | Toko procures the new factory building in Altstätten |
| 1970 | Inauguration of the new administration building |
| 1982 | Company takeover by Alexander Schmidheiny |
| 1993 | Conzzeta Holding becomes the owner of Toko AG |
| 2003 | Integration of Toko AG into Mammut Sports Group AG |
Toko - the products
| 1916 | Marketing of Tobler care products for footwear and leather goods |
| 1933 | Marketing of the first ski care product SkiGliss - the red-coloured varnish for wooden skis. |
| 1940 | Market introduction of the legendary rub-on wax 1-3-5, which revolutionised ski sport and was sold successfully for 40 years. |
| 1948 | Olympiawax Combi is launched, blue-red-green; at the same time, the Toko logo and yellow colour are introduced and have remained in service to the present day. |
| 1969 | The first Paraffin-Skiwax in the colours blue-red-green com onto the market. |
| 1974 | Introduction of Toko System 4 - the wax system used bye numerous Olympic winners and world champions. |
| 1975 | New concept for the hot wax range with the colour concept that has remained unchanged to this day yellow (warm), red (medium) and blue (cold). |
| 1979 | Introduction of Toko System Elite. |
| 1985 | Development of the new World Cup Wax system. |
| 1989 | Wet Jet and Streamline for racing - 100% fluorinated wax. |
| 1991 | Breakthrough in adding fluorine to paraffin waxes (Dibloc waxes). |
| 1991 | Sale of the footwear care brand Tobler; Toko AG is still the producer today. |
| 1992 | The first Dibloc Wax comes onto the market |
| 1996 | Nordlite Molybdenum is introduced - Toko is the first wax company to use this "lubricant". |
| 1998 | The Carbon Grip Wax range is launched for cross-country skiing. |
| 1998 | The introduction of Toko's own care range Toko Care for footwear and textile care. |
| 2002 | Toko AG is the first manufacturer to bring a 100% fluorinated liquid wax onto the market: HelX. Olympic winners in alpine, nordic and snowboard disciplines thanks to HelX. |
| 2003 | Introduction of the cross-country ski pole and glove collection. World Cup and Olympic winners as well as Wold Champions trust the Toko-developed and patented 232 grip system. |
| 2004 | The care product, Textile-Proof is crowned test winner by Outdoor magazine with the grade of "outstanding". |