Once upon a time in a far distant land, a charismatic young man, named Jakob Eschbach, laid the foundation of his business empire in the German city of Essen. Starting work in a former dance hall in the year 1956, he begun producing fire hoses, with a vision of making the world a safer place against fires. Some years afterwards, Jakob’s success enabled him to pursue a larger production hall. In his search, the idyllic village of Marsberg presented itself as the perfect place for the expansion of his vision. In recent years, Jakob, who felt society was not yet safe enough, pursued a solution to this challenge in the form of a new venture; Novotex-Isomat. The company’s main goal is to protect the heroic men and women worldwide, who, as firefighters and forest personnel, need an armour and equipment against the inferno of Mother Nature.