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 Trade registration of cardboard factory in Memmingen by HANS KOLB. Initially, the plant produces solid fibreboard, which is gradually replaced with corrugated cardboard.
1936 / Corrugated cardboard accounts for 70% of the total turnover. A number or large-scale investments are made.
1938 / Installation of the first internally built corrugated cardboard production line with a web width of 160 cm and a production rate of 10 m / min.
1944 / Destruction of the company premises by bombs and commencement of reconstruction work.
1951 / Opening of own paper factory in Kaufbeuren. Daily production rate 4 to 5 tons of paper. Total number of employees reaches sixty.
1953 / Transfer of the corrugated cardboard production to Memmingerberg and construction of a second corrugated board production unit. Total workforce at the plants in Memmingen.
At the Memmingerberg and Kaufbeuren plants, the workforce reaches the figure of one hundred.
1960 / The company is finally established on a sound footing. During the subsequent expansion phase, a new corrugator and other modern equipment is installed.
1966 / Construction of an additional plant at Buxheim near Memmingen. The company employs 260 people in the production of corrugated cardboard.
1976 / Commissioning of new paper machine at the Kaufbeuren plant.
1979 / Construction of a new plant in Memmingen and closure of the Memmingerberg site.
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1982 / Acquisition of the sheet processing company Helber Packaging GmbH in Haiterbach and commissioning of a second paper machine at the Kaufbeuren paper production plant.
1984 / Expansion of Memmingen plant and concentration on the production of folding boxes.
18.05.1990 / Official opening of the new office building in Memmingen.
1991 / Opening of the printing centre in Buxheim. Upgrading and restructuring of the machinery at the Memmingen plant.
1992 / ISO 9001 certification. Establishment of company-wide quality assurance system
1995 / Start of production of wave flute cardboard in Haiterbach. HKM develops a growing range of special products made in corrugated cardboard, thus entering various niche markets.
2000 / Commissioning of the new high-output corrugator in Memmingen.
2008 / HANS KOLB Wellpappe celebrates its 75th anniversary in the most successful year in the history of the company
2008 / Commissioning of the new paper production system PM4 at HANS KOLB Papier in Kaufbeuren
2009 / KOLB HighQualityPrint couples its printing expertise with a number of different printing technologies and thus successfully launches KOLB OffsetPrint
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