The first precision torque wrench from HAZET with an accuracy of +-2% deviation from the scale value is launched on the market. It was thus possible to fix the set value with the aid of a locking mechanism (cylinder lock) for the first time. The torque wrench – with built-in angle gauge and without reference arm – was a total newcomer to the market too. Experts from the automotive industry were already saying at the time: "... you're 25 too early!"‒ this turned out to be true.

This also applied to the development of an electronic screwdriving tool for angle-controlled screw tightening on the HAZET 6000 CT torque wrench system, which was ahead of its time at the time.

A few years later, HAZET introduced another world first to the market: The first ratchet box under the HAZET product name "854" in a plastic box (previously almost always sheet metal) with precisely fitting tools inside in a replaceable polyurethane foam insert (previously the tools were housed in so-called "chocolates packaging"). Nowadays, plastic and soft foam inserts are standard worldwide – a good 25 years ago, this was an innovation. The "854" box is a 30-piece, 6.3-mm = ¹4" tool set, which to this day remains one of our "best sellers".