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Forward-looking growth – for more than 175 years

Our company history
Innovative from the very beginning

As a sixth-generation family business, we can look back on more than 175 years of company history. The key to our success: innovation. The continuous search for new ideas and even better solutions has always been what drives us. This is how H.O.Persiehl has evolved from a Hamburg paper trading company into a leading packaging developer and manufacturer with five locations and strong partnerships with globally renowned brand manufacturers.

2024
Company Anniversary: 175 Years of H.O. Persiehl
2022
Acquisition of WB Verpackungen, a manufacturer of folding cartons and multipacks based in Bremen. (Area of expertise: multipacks for beverages)
2018
Acquisition of WB Verpackungen, a manufacturer of folding cartons and multipacks based in Bremen. (Area of expertise: multipacks for beverages)
2017
Replacement investment in a Bobst Expertfold 110 A2
Expansion investment in a manroland Inlinefoiler (cold foil transfer) synchronized with an 8-color sheetfed offset press plus a double coating unit
2016
Installation of a packaging robot
Expansion investment in a Heidelberg XL 106
2015
Implementation of Energy Management in accordance with DIN ISO 50001 at the Norderstedt and Wanfried plants
2014
Commissioning of the Polish production facility H.O.Persiehl Polska near Poznań (equipped with an 8-color KBA printing press with a dual coating unit, a BOBST 106-PR hot foil stamping machine, and a BOBST 106-LER die-cutting machine)
Completion of the expansion at the Norderstedt facility and investment in a BOBST Masterfold 110 adhesive binding line with fully automated pallet logistics, including a palletizing robot and a high-bay warehouse with 11,000 storage locations
2013
Acquisition of Wanfried-Druck Kalden GmbH and investment in an 8-color printing press with a dual coating unit and a 4-color printing press with a coating unit
Start of construction on the expansion at the Norderstedt site (to increase production space by 6,000 square meters and expand the high-bay warehouse)
Investment in an Expertcut-106-PER-2.0 die-cutting machine with Power Register
2012
Expansion investments in a Heidelberger Speedmaster XL 162-7+LX sheetfed offset printing press and a Foil Commander FSA 1060 foil stamping machine
2011
Expansion investment in a CTP plate imaging system—Lüscher X-Pose 260 UV
2010
Investment in the expansion of a Roland 8-color sheetfed offset printing press with a dual coating unit
2009
Expansion investment in a sheetfed rotogravure printing press with 3 inking units
Replacement investment in a Bobst Expertcut LER-102 die-cutting machine
Replacement investment in a Bobst Steuer Foilmaster 104 FBR hot foil stamping machine
2008
Expansion investment in a sheetfed rotogravure printing press with 3 inking units
Replacement investment in a Bobst Expertcut LER-102 die-cutting machine
Replacement investment in a Bobst Steuer Foilmaster 104 FBR hot foil stamping machine
2007
Expansion investment in a Bobst Spantera LER-106 die-cutter
2006
Start of operation of the rooftop solar power system (one of the largest solar power systems in Schleswig-Holstein)
2005
Commissioning of a MAN Roland 906-XX (one of the world’s largest sheetfed offset printing presses) and another Roland IIIB-706 printing press
Replacement investment in a Steuer Foiljet 104 FBR hot foil stamping machine
2004
Expansion of hot foil stamping capacity to three Steuer-Foiljet-104-FBR machines
Expansion of the production facility to 20,000 m²
2003
Expansion investments in a Roland IIIB-706 sheetfed offset press and a Bobst IIIB die-cutter
2001
Expansion of digital prepress operations.
Expansion of hot foil stamping capacity to two Steuer Foiljet 104 FBR machines.
2000
Commissioning of a Roland IIIB-706 sheetfed offset printing press with a dual coating unit
Expansion investment in a Bobst IIIB die-cutter
1999
Company Anniversary: 150 Years of H.O. Persiehl
1994
Commissioning of the web offset press
1984
Complete relocation of the company to the Norderstedt site (with a machine fleet consisting of 27 sheetfed offset printing units, three die-cutting machines, two gluing machines, and two folding machines)
1975
Second expansion of the Norderstedt site
1968
First expansion of the Norderstedt site
1962
Opening of the Norderstedt Location
1900
Milestone: 260 employees at H.O.Persiehl
1870
Milestone: Improved Work Quality Thanks to Exemplary Social Benefits
1849
Hermann Otto Persiehl founded the family business as a paper merchant in Hamburg
Sustainability

We also think about the future – and therefore the environment

Our sustainability strategy