History
2021
![HANSA_Design_Awards_2021_web](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%20Group%20website/images/HANSA_Design_Awards_2021_web.png?width=860&height=777&name=HANSA_Design_Awards_2021_web.png)
Oras Group's brands Oras and HANSA have won a total of seven awards in 2021.
The awards were given for Oras Hydractiva Digital / HANSAACTIVEJET Digital and Oras Stela / HANSASTELA washbasin faucet with diamond-structured waterfall spray.
Oras Hydractiva Digital / HANSAACTIVEJET Digital was the winner of the German Innovation Award, the iF DESIGN AWARDS, the Red Dot Award, the ICONIC AWARDS, and the German Design Awards in the categories "Bathroom and Wellness" and "Eco Design".
The Oras Stela / HANSASTELA faucet with waterfall optics convinced the jurors of the Red Dot Award as well as the iF DESIGN AWARDS.
2021
![HANSASTELA_duo](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/News%20releases%20EN/HANSASTELA_duo.jpg?width=640&height=480&name=HANSASTELA_duo.jpg)
110 years Hansa Armaturen GmbH
In 2021, Hansa celebrates its 110 year- anniversary.
HANSASTELA has won the reddot and iF design awards.
2020
![Oras 75v](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%2075v.png?width=186&height=260&name=Oras%2075v.png)
75 years Oras
In 2020, Oras celebrated its 75-years anniversary.
2020
![Hansa / Oras SMART products](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Smart.png?width=1029&height=1030&name=Smart.png)
Oras Group SMART product range
HANSA SMART and Oras SMART are a new generation of sanitary fittings embedded with Bluetooth® technology.
2010
![Hansa Bluebox](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%20Group%20website/images/Hansa%20Bluebox.png?width=166&height=166&name=Hansa%20Bluebox.png)
HANSABLUEBOX
2010
![HANSAFIT_Oras Optima composite materials.tif](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%20Group%20website/images/HANSAFIT_Oras%20Optima%20composite%20materials.tif.png?width=230&height=230&name=HANSAFIT_Oras%20Optima%20composite%20materials.tif.png)
Oras Optima - Composite materials
1990
![Hansa Vario Unterputz](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%20Group%20website/images/Hansa%20Vario%20Unterputz.png?width=150&height=172&name=Hansa%20Vario%20Unterputz.png)
HANSAVARIO body for bath and shower faucets
1985
![Thermostatic faucets](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Thermostatic%20faucets.png?width=135&height=124&name=Thermostatic%20faucets.png)
Oras thermostatic faucets
1980
![Oras](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%20Group%20website/images/Oras.png?width=138&height=166&name=Oras.png)
Oras touchless faucets
1978
![HANSA Mix hand lever mixerpng](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%20Group%20website/images/HANSA%20Mix%20hand%20lever%20mixerpng.png?width=220&height=166&name=HANSA%20Mix%20hand%20lever%20mixerpng.png)
HANSAMIX hand lever mixer
1970s
![70ies](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/70ies.png?width=300&height=282&name=70ies.png)
Oras single lever faucets with plastic technology
1967
![HANSA SLM](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HANSA%20SLM.png?width=216&height=166&name=HANSA%20SLM.png)
Hansa designs and produces the first concealed single-lever mixer.
1965
![Bidetta 1965](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Bidetta%201965.png?width=300&height=272&name=Bidetta%201965.png)
Oras Bidetta
Oras is founded
1945
![Erkki Paasikivi black and white](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%20Group%20website/images/Erkki%20Paasikivi%20black%20and%20white.jpg?width=230&height=262&name=Erkki%20Paasikivi%20black%20and%20white.jpg)
Oras is founded by Erkki Paasikivi in 1945.
HANSA Metallwerke is founded
1911
![Goehring_KA_4c_GCR_ret](https://www.orasgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Oras%20Group%20website/images/Goehring_KA_4c_GCR_ret.jpg?width=1200&height=1001&name=Goehring_KA_4c_GCR_ret.jpg)
Hansa Armaturen GmbH is founded in 1911 by Karl Göhring.