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2001
Opening of W&H Printing Technology Centre
AM 2185
Tuber, AD 2390
Bottomer, and ARCOMAT 2
Robot Palletizer
– these are the components of the new W&H Cement
Sack Line
2002
Opening of FFS Technology Centre
First issue of EXTRA, W&H's newsletter for customers
2003
Klaus Reinhold Maschinen- und Gerätebau GmbH & Co. KG / Lengerich
joins the W&H group
Introduction of the new NOVOFLEX C
and PRIMAFLEX C
range of flexo presses
Launch of new mid-size multiwall machines: AM 8115
Tuber,
AD 8320
Bottomer and TRANS-TOWER Tube Storage System
2004
On the occasion of drupa 2004 W&H introduces the new HELIOSTAR
G
rotogravure press series
The AD 8310
multi-purpose bottomer completes the W&H bottomer program
The 1000th W&H bottomer goes on stream
2005
EASY-SET, the patented W&H automatic impression setting system is
proclaimed the "technical innovation of the year" by international
juries
on several occasions
Opening of the W&H Extrusion Technology Center and introduction of
the
new generation of FILMEX cast
film lines
2006
The first W&H rotogravure press designed for use with hollow cylinders,
a HELIOSTAR GH, goes on stream
A world speed record in flexographic printing is set on the occasion
of
the W&H in-house EXPO and numerous 'World Firsts' in the printing
and
extrusion sector are presented.
Some of these are:
– EASY-REG, the automatic register set-up system for flexographic
printing presses
– HELIOSTAG GS,
the new gravure press series designed for the
use of sleeves
– and the new MAXICONE
3-layer die
2007
Die factor 3.0: A new world record in blown film extrusion output is
demonstrated on a VAREX line at K 2007 in Düsseldorf.
2008
Demonstration of the redesigned FFS system RUBIN for lower output
applications
and of the new MIRAFLEX C central impression flexo press
at interpack
in Düsseldorf. Only four weeks later, during drupa, the latest
innovations
developed by W&H are presented to the trade: the new rotogravure
printing press HELIOSTAR S, the VISTAFLEX C central impression flexo
press with its robot handling system VISTA-PORT, and the ink formulation
and metering system EASY-COL.
The AD 8330, the first W&H valve sack bottomer featuring the revolutionary
digital paste application technology, is launched end of 2008.
2009
In November, W&H stages a house EXPO at Lengerich headquarters - it is the
biggest performance show in the history of Windmöller & Hölscher. In the field
of printing and extrusion alone, as many as nine new technologies make their
world debut and more than 1,200 visitors from 57 countries witness the impressive
performance of the equipment on show: In addition to the new MIRAFLEX AM and
VISTAFLEX CL flexo printing presses, the 3-layer blown film line OPTIMEX, the
"upside down" blown film extrusion line AQUAREX for the production of water cooled
film, and the FILMEX cast film line featuring nano layer technology are launched
into the market.
At the same time, the "greenovation" logo symbolizing W&H's continued commitment
to environmentally sustainable developments is introduced.
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