Our Company and Group History
| 1970 | E.C.H. Will GmbH, Hamburg (Germany), an internationally renowned manufacturer of paper converting machinery, joins the Körber Group. |
| 1976 | Acquisition of Womako Maschinenkonstruktionen GmbH, Nürtingen (Germany), developer and manufacturer of machinery for the stationery industry and bookbinderies. |
| 1981 | Acquisition of Pemco Inc., Sheboygan (USA), manufacturer of complete lines for wrapping small paper formats, folio-size cutters and fully automatic cartoning machines. |
| 1985 | Acquisition of Kugler Automation GmbH in Riederich (Germany), builder of machinery and production lines for manufacturing personal documents. |
| 1990 | Acquisition of Wrapmatic S.p.A. of Bologna (Italy), manufacturer of folio-size ream wrapping machines and complete lines for pallet handling. |
| 1992 | Death of Dr. Kurt A. Körber. From this point onwards, the Körber Foundation owns the entire share capital of all companies in the Group. |
| 1994 | Entry into the tissue converting sector through the acquisition of the majority of shares in Fabio Perini S.p.A. in Lucca (Italy) and Fabio Perini S.A. in Joinville (Brazil), leading suppliers of machinery for the tissue converting industry. Acquisition of Cassoli S.r.l. in Bologna (Italy) and establishment of Casmatic S.p.A. in Bologna (Italy) by combining Cassoli and the tissue packaging sector of Wrapmatic S.p.A.. Casmatic manufatures fully automatic machines and packaging systems for wrapping all types of rolls and folded products. |
| 1995 | Structural reorganization of the Körber Group into three divisions: Tobacco Technology, Paper and Tissue Technology and Machine Tools. The Paper and Tissue Division is called PapTis Holding GmbH. |
| 1998 | Acquisition of a majority of shares in Diatec S.r.l. in Pescara (Italy), manufacturers of machinery for the production of hygiene products. |
| 1999 | Renaming of PapTis Holding GmbH into Körber PaperLink GmbH. Merger of Womako Maschinenkonstruktionen GmbH and Kugler Automation GmbH into Kugler-Womako GmbH. |
| 2000 | Acquisition of the small folio sheeter division of Strachan Henshaw Machinery (SHM). |
| 2001 | Acquisition of Green Bay Engineering (GBE) in Green Bay, Wisconsin (USA). |
| 2002 | Foundation of Körber Engineering Shanghai Co., Ltd. (KES) in Shanghai (China). Establishment of Perini Engraving S.r.l. in Lucca (Italy). Foundation of Körber PaperLink America Latina in São Paulo (Brazil). |
| 2003 | Establishment of KPL Packaging S.p.A. in Bologna (Italy). |
| 2005 | Acquisition of the majority of shares in Winkler+Dünnebier AG (W+D), Neuwied (Germany), leading supplier of machinery for the graphic arts industry and paper converting industry. |
| 2007 | Diatec S.r.l. leaves the Körber PaperLink Group. Grouping of the Paper packaging competency: Pemco Inc. takes over the responsibility for the folio-size ream packaging (Wrapmatic). |
| 2008 | Renaming of the division into Paper Division. Acquisition of Langhammer Maschinenbau GmbH, Freiberg and Eisenberg (Germany). |
