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1869
Gottfried Windmöller and Hermann Hölscher founded
Windmöller & Hölscher
in Lengerich
Company purpose:
Conversion of paper into cone shaped bags and capsules
1877
Three days after the Imperial Patent Office is founded in Berlin,
Hermann
Hölscher files patent application for manufacture of
his cone shaped
bag machine (patent number 130)
1878
Decision is made to begin in-house machinery construction:
W&H becomes
machinery supplier
1880
Single color and rotary printing press for sheets and bags
1884
Production halls are built on company property
1885
Inception of company health insurance company
1894
First cross bottom bag machine
1913
W&H now has 230 employees
Customer base comprises 311 companies, 180 of those
outside of Germany
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