In 1973 ICARO 2000 was the first hang glider factory in Europe.

Since 1983 we have always been committed to top quality, using only the best aluminium tubes in the aeronautic alloy 7075.

All our gliders are certified by the DHV (Germany).

In 1992 Manfred Ruhmer starts to develope all new models and to win in competitions. In a few years he will become the world's best pilot.

With the successful model Laminar Manfred starts to reach very important competition results:
3 times World Champion
4 times European Champion.
Today the Laminar model is at its 9th evolution grade.

Beside the top kingpost less model Laminar, we build all hang gliders categories, from the school and recreational glider to the intermediate, advanced and biplace models.

ICARO will reach in 2008 the milestone figure of 9.000 gliders manufactured and sold, most of them being top-end models very successful in competitions.

ICARO aims to improve constantly the technology, the performance  and the overall quality in all his hang gliders models.