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| POLAR-Mohr Maschinenvertriebsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1906 |
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Hofheim am Taunus , Germany
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| management | Michael Wombacher, managing director |
| Branch | mechanical engineering |
| Website | www.polar-mohr.com |
The POLAR-Mohr Maschinenvertriebsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG is a German mechanical engineering company with headquarters in Hofheim am Taunus with Frankfurt . The company mainly manufactures machines for postpress , especially cutting machines and punching machines. The company is the global market leader in its sector and in 2000 achieved a market share of 65 to 70 percent in Germany. The export share in 2012 was 85%. Around 500 people are employed at three production sites. In addition to Hofheim, there is another plant in China , which went into operation in 2006. With its sales organization, Polar-Mohr is active in 170 countries. In 2011, POLAR-Mohr expanded its product portfolio with the purchase of the Hochheim machine manufacturer "Dienst Verpackungstechnik GmbH". The subsidiary manufactures machines and systems for the automatic packaging of goods, so-called cartoning machines.
history
The Polar-Mohr GmbH is the distributor of the products of the 1906 founded in Hofheim Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG . Initially the company produced woodworking machines, mainly for the wood industry. The owner at the time, Adolf Mohr, became known for his knife shafts for thicknessing machines, patented in 1909, which for the first time had ball bearings, which prevented the "poles" from overheating. The product name Polar resulted from this . From 1947, the company expanded its product range to include paper cutting machines, as the previously established manufacturers were all based in the eastern part of Germany, thus opening up a market niche in the west. A. Mohr Maschinenfabrik has been working closely with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG since 1949 . In 1947 Polar developed the first electrically controlled single-knife high-speed cutters, which quickly became known under the name Polar . (This product name was retained for all following models). In 1952 a cutting machine with a light scanning system was developed. In the period that followed, A. Mohr Maschinenfabrik was able to support the rationalization efforts of the graphics industry time and again with numerous new developments and rose to become a global pioneer in its industry for new technologies. In 1958 the 5000th "Polar" was delivered. In the 1950s the company started exporting abroad. In 1956 Mohr presented the first magnetic tape-controlled cutting machine, in 1978 the first computer-controlled one. In 1979 the 50,000. Polar - high-speed cutter sold. In 1989 the company moved into its new technical administration building at its current location on Hattersheimer Straße . In 1992 the appearance was changed with the new company logo "POLAR-MOHR". In the 1990s, production changed to complete print processing systems with individual process components, which were supplemented by components for label production in 2000. In 2006, a production plant in China went into operation, which manufactures cutting machines for local needs.
Group structure
Polar-Mohr GmbH is privately owned by the Mohr family. The company is managed by its managing director Michael Wombacher.
Products
Further processing machines for different processing processes (printed or unprinted sheet materials) are sold under the name "POLAR". The company offers systems (made up of process components) and individual components (stand-alone machines), especially for the graphics industry. In addition, an in-house software solution is offered for networking the individual components for the purpose of automatic programming / presetting. In detail, Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik manufactures the following products:
- High-speed cutter for all format areas in the cutting widths: 780 mm, 920 mm, 1150 mm, 1370 mm, 1760 mm
- Hydraulic cutting machines for digital printing in half and medium format in the cutting widths: 560 mm, 660 mm, 800 mm, 1150 mm
- Peripheral devices: pile turner, pile elevator, Transomat loader and unloader, automatic jogger, buffer devices, conveyor elements and gripper systems
- Solo punching and punching systems for label production: cut labels, punched labels (piercing principle and counter pressure method)
- Banding machines for bundling finished stacks of copies
- Three-sided cutter (book cutter) for automatic three-sided trimming of perfect-bound or saddle-stitched printed matter with just one knife
- Laser cutter for the economical finishing of small, medium and large-volume editions
- Compucut software : automatically creates cutting programs from the prepress data
literature
- Jan-Peter Domschke, Sabine Dorn, Hansgeorg Hofmann, Rosemarie Poch, Marion Stascheit: Mittweida's engineers all over the world. Hochschule Mittweida (ed.), Mittweida 2014, p. 154.
- Margit-Rosa Rehn, Bernhard Zich, Andrea Funke, Sonja Lehnert (Ed.): Hofheim am Taunus Hidden Diversity. Rehn & Zich, Hofheim, p. 98 f.
- Friedhelm Krause, Erhard Hennemann: 100 years of Polar Mohr. Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik (Ed.), Hofheim 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019668-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Publication of the 4th Decision Division of the Federal Cartel Office of April 3, 2001, Gesch.-Z .: B 4 - 29561 - U - 154/00
- ↑ Frank Mayer: 10 years of POLAR Postpress Machinery. In: POLAR-Mohr. POLAR-Mohr, October 11, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Packaging technology service: About us. In: Service packaging technology. Packaging Technology Service, February 18, 2020, accessed on February 18, 2020 .
- ^ Friedhelm Krause, Erhard Hennemann: 100 years Polar Mohr . Ed .: Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik, Hofheim. 1st edition. Hofheim, ISBN 978-3-00-019668-3 .
- ^ POLAR-Mohr: Management. In: POLAR-Mohr. POLAR-Mohr, February 18, 2020, accessed on February 18, 2020 .
- ↑ POLAR-Mohr: Products. In: POLAR-Mohr. POLAR-Mohr, February 18, 2020, accessed on February 18, 2020 .