KOLBE-COLOCO - OUR MILESTONES

FOR OUR CUSTOMERS WE AWLAYS THINK ONE STEP AHEAD.

1828 Founding of the bookbindery Kolbe by Friedrich Wilhelm Kolbe.
1911 August Kolbe buys the first foot-operated printing machine.
1960 Werner Kolbe takes the step from letterpress to offset printing.
1968 The company has 70 employees and revenue of approx. 1.4 million DM.
1972 The first 4-color-offset-printing press is installed.
1975 Pioneering: Introduction of UV technology in offset printing.
1978 Installation of the first screen printing system.
1982 New building at the current production site.
1987 Patent for screen print finishing for the production of symbols identifiable by touch.
1990 Installation of the first printing machines for the production of self-adhesive roller chains. 140 employees generate sales volume of 12.3 million DM.
1996 Development of lenticular-technology.
2004 The Kolbe family decides after six generations due to a lack of companysuccession to sell the company to the Invest Equity, Austria.
2008 Company sold to HQ Equita GmbH.
2010 Awarded printer + finisher of the year.
2012 Investment in the first digital printing machine for the production of roll labels.
2015 FSC®-Certification for Kolbe.
2018 Tradition meets tradition: Kolbe-Coloco is taken over by H.O.Persiehl, a family-run company founded in 1849
2020 Investment in the first sheet-fed digital printing machine (3.000 sh./h).
2021 Auditing according to SMETA + ISO 9001.
2022 Auditing according to ISO 22000 + FSSC 22000.