Kosmos Quality and Safety
More than one hundred years of expertise in
publishing science experiment kits stand behind
every product that bears the Kosmos name.
Kosmos experiment kits are designed by an
experienced team of specialists and tested with the
utmost care during development and production.
With regard to product safety, these experiment
kits follow European and US safety standards, as
well as our own refined proprietary safety
guidelines. By working closely with our
manufacturing partners and safety testing labs,
we are able to control all stages of production.
While the majority of our products are made in
Germany, all of our products, regardless of origin,
follow the same rigid quality standards.
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Text: Hermann-Michael Hahn, Justina Engelmann, Rainer Köthe
Project management: Annette Büchele
Technical product development: Constanze Schäfer
Instruction manual design: Atelier Bea Klenk, Berlin
Layout: komuniki – Michael Schlegel, Würzburg
Illustration and Graphics: Pearson Scott Foresman, p.4 (©
wikipedia.de, public domain); Gerhard Weiland, p. 14 top right;
Gunther Schulz, p.16, 17, 18, 19, 20 top right, lower left; illustrations
on globe/instruction manual: Petra Dorkenwald, Munich; Seyma
Soydan, Frankfurt/Main
Photos: Joi - Flickr, p.12 top right (© wikipedia.de, CC-BY-SA-2.0);
Paul Hirst (Phirst), p.11 top left, (© wikipedia.de, CC-BY-SA-2.5);
Takasunrise0921, p.3 Mfield, Matthew Field, p. 8 top; (all previous
© wikipedia.de, CC-BY-SA-3.0); Don Pettit, ISS Expedition 6 Science
Officer, NASA, modified by Kookaburra p.15 lower left; Genes
Nieminen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, p. 8 middle left; The
original uploader was Rivi at German Wikipedia, p. 15 middle right
(© wikipedia.de, public domain); © Alp Transit Gotthard AG, p. 12
lower right; Kosmopol, p.10 upper left; Daniel Dolev, p.10 lower
left; Loren Thomas, p.11 lower left; Beatrice Heerwagen, p. 11 lower
right (all previous © fotolia.de); Dieter Schmidt, Leonberg, p. 10
lower right; DLR/National Geographic Society/Swissphoto AG, p.10
upper right; Earthobservatory.nasa.gov, p.11 upper right; NOAA-
NCDC, p.12 upper left; www.pixelio.de, p. 12 lower left; Stefan
Seip/www.astromeeting.de, p. 14 lower left; pro-studios Michael
Flaig, Stuttgart, U1, p. 2.
Packaging design: Andrea Köhrsen, Kiel
Packaging layout: komuniki – Michael Schlegel, Würzburg
Packaging photos: pro-studios Michael Flaig, Stuttgart
Globe illustrations: Petra Dorkenwald, München; Seyma Soydan,
Frankfurt am Main
Cartography: Kosmos Verlag
Globe manufacturing: Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard GmbH
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U.S.A.
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Ted McGuire; Additional Graphics and Layout: Dan Freitas
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