Muller Martini
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1946 |
| Seat | Zofingen , Switzerland |
| management | Bruno Müller ( CEO ) Rudolf B. Müller ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | approx. 2,400 |
| sales | 1 billion CHF |
| Branch | Print finishing , web offset printing |
| Website | www.mullermartini.com |
The Swiss Muller Martini Group , headquartered in Zofingen, is active in the development, manufacture and marketing of a wide range of print finishing systems and offers services for variable format web offset printing .
The individual group companies are organized under the umbrella of Müller Martini Holding AG, based in Hergiswil . The globally active family company employs around 2,400 people and has production facilities in Switzerland, Germany, the USA and China.
Business areas
The core business of the Muller Martini Group comprises the following business areas:
- Rotation acceptance
- Saddle stitching systems ( saddle stitcher for wire-stitched journals, magazines and brochures)
- Softcover production ( perfect binders for back-glued magazines, brochures, catalogs and paperbacks)
- Hardcover production (for the production of hard cover books)
- Newspaper mailing systems
- Digital Solutions
Company history
- April 1, 1946: Foundation of the Müller & Ruf general partnership in Zofingen
- June 30, 1947: General partnership dissolved, the sole proprietorship Hans Müller Maschinenfabrik founded in Zofingen
- June 19, 1956: Transformation of the company into a stock corporation, Grapha Maschinenfabrik Hans Müller AG
- 1955: Foundation of the first international agency Grapha GmbH (today Müller Martini Germany)
- 1958: Founding of the Grapha machine factory in Nebikon
- 1964: Foundation of Graphag machines in Zofingen (today Müller Martini Electronic AG)
- 1966: Founding of the Grapha GmbH machine factory in Maulburg / D (today Müller Martini Druckmaschinen GmbH)
- 1969: Acquisition of Martini Buchbindereimaschinenfabrik AG in Felben
- 1970: Founding of Maschinenfabrik Hasle AG in Hasle (LU)
- 1971: Founding of Grapha-Holding AG as the new parent company of the group based in Hergiswil
- 1972: The group of companies is given a new name: Muller Martini
- 1974: Founding of Grapha Manufacturing Corp. in Newport News, USA (today Müller Martini Newport News)
- 1988: Acquisition of the majority of shares in Daverio AG (later Müller Martini Logistik-Systeme AG) in Zurich
- 1988: The IT department of Muller Martini Druckververarbeitung-Systeme AG is outsourced to GIA Grapha-Informatik AG (today GIA Informatik AG) in Oftringen (AG)
- 1992: Acquisition of Graphic Management Associates Inc. (GMA) in Allentown, USA
- 1998: Acquisition of VBF Buchtechnologie GmbH (today Müller Martini Buchtechnologie GmbH) in Bad Mergentheim / D
- 2001: Müller Martini Logistik-Systeme AG is closed
- 2004: Foundation of the new "Digital Solutions" division
- 2008: Introduction of the new generation of machines in the identity-creating color laser blue
- 2009: Change at the top: Rudolf Müller takes over the presidency of the Board of Directors and Bruno Müller becomes the new CEO
- 2013: Company founder Hans Müller, pioneer in the graphics industry, dies at the age of 96
- 2013: Announcement of a major corporate reform in order to adapt to the strongly changed market environment of the graphic industry
- 2014: In November, the company announced that the production of printing machines would be discontinued. On December 1, Muller Martini will take over service responsibility for Heidelberg saddle stitchers and perfect binders.
- 2018: At the end of January, Muller Martini takes over the bookbinding division, which had recently been spun off from Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG, and the associated 250 employees at the Kolbus parent plant in Rahden (Westphalia).
- 2020: Muller Martini Druckververarbeitung-Systeme AG takes over Muller Martini Electronic AG