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Update 072812
The confirmed date for the Taunusstein Futuro can now be updated to 072812. Achim Breiling aka "futurohunter visited the Futuro and took these photos 072812. Thank you for sharing them Achim! 
Original Images 101511 By Expotechnik Holding GmbH & Co. KG | Date Unknown 
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Update 072812
I was looking through old emails I had received to see if I had missed any information and of course I had. One referred me to this document; a press release on company history from Expotechnik Holding GmbH & Co. KG. The document recounts some details of an exhibition presentation created for Diehl to be displayed at the 1970 CeBIT expo held each year on the world's largest fairground the Hanover Fairground in Hanover, Germany. No mention is made of the word "Futuro"; instead the document refers to "UFO's" and describes the presentation as one of the most unique of its time centered around an unusual, futuristic design with UFO's as the featured element. One of the "UFO's" is the Futuro that to this day remains on the companies campus in Taunusstein. The "half" Futuro in Frankfurt am Main was donated by Expotechnik. It is unclear if there were other Futuro's; the bottom image in the left column is an image of this display and though it is difficult to tell it looks like to the right of the image are Futuro sections that have not been fully assembled and that there may well be more sections that a single Futuro's worth. Purely speculation but perhaps the company subsequently manufactured or distributed Futuro's. It is also worth noting that as well as the Futuro on the Expotechnik campus and the "half" Futuro in Frankfurt am Main there is also another very close by in Niedernhausen and it is perhaps possible that one too came from Expotechnik. Original information 101511 My best guess is that this Futuro has been located on the property of the German company Expotechnik Holding GmbH & Co. KG in Taunusstein, Germany for quite some time. Several web searches have not revealed any information about the Futuro but a look through some of the pages on the Company website suggests the Company has likely had something to do with the Futuro since the late 60's/early 70's; the manufacturing era for the Futuro. The second of the two images to the left showing Futuro's in what appears to be an exhibition or sales setting is displayed in the Company history section and is dated to the period 1968-1977. Given that one part of the Companies core business is exhibitions it seems not unreasonable to assume that they were involved in some of the early Futuro exhibitions and it is not a stretch to think they may have acquired one themselves at that time - no way to prove that of course; just seems a likely scenario and of course, as always, if you know better I would appreciate you letting me know. Sources & Reference:
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