Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller

MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG is a German company providing integrated processing and packaging solutions. Its stated areas of application include food, medical and pharmaceutical products, and industrial goods. The company is headquartered in Wolfertschwenden, in the Unterallgäu district of Upper Swabia, Bavaria. Its history began in 1961, when Sepp Haggenmüller founded the business in a small garage in Böhen. The first machine he made was an A4 vacuum chamber machine. The company later broadened its offering from vacuum chamber equipment into thermoforming packaging and a wider range of packaging, food-processing, marking, inspection, and line-handling equipment. Packaging machinery remains central to the portfolio. The supplied account lists thermoforming packaging machines, vacuum chamber machines, chamber belt machines, tray sealers, flow-pack machines, handling modules for complete system lines, marking systems, and inspection systems. Food-processing offerings include slicers, portioning equipment, and bakery technology. Machines are used chiefly to package food, but also medical sterile goods and consumer products. The source describes MULTIVAC as a market leader in Germany in thermoforming packaging solutions; it explains that a thermoforming machine shapes a pre-produced plastic tray, which can then be filled and sealed with a lidding film. The company developed from its original Böhen base to a headquarters and production site in Wolfertschwenden, where the supplied account locates research and development, engineering, manufacturing, and production of packaging machinery. Its German operations also include marking and inspection activities in Enger, resale and service in Nettetal-Kaldenkirchen, and a slicer development center in Buchenau. The group expanded its processing portfolio through a majority stake in TVI Entwicklung und Produktion GmbH in 2017, and its bakery-technology activities include Fritsch Bakery Technologies, which became part of the group in 2019. International expansion began early: the company had a sister company in Switzerland from 1969, established its first foreign subsidiary in France in 1972, and subsequently added operations in Austria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The source describes MULTIVAC as a multinational group with 85 subsidiaries and 16 production sites, serving customers in more than 165 countries, with about 7,800 employees and an export ratio of 90 percent. These figures are reported in the supplied encyclopedia text and are not independently dated there. The company’s product development and customer-facing capabilities are also reflected in its Wolfertschwenden Training and Application Center for slicing and automation, opened in June 2021.

Sepp Haggenmüller founded the company in 1961 in a small garage in Böhen, about 20 kilometres southeast of Memmingen. The first machine he produced was an A4 vacuum chamber machine. By 1963, the business had ten employees. In January 1965, it moved into a new building in Böhen, and in 1967 it built its first thermoforming packaging machine. In 1970, the company left Böhen and relocated to nearby Wolfertschwenden, which later became its headquarters. Haggenmüller, the founder and sole managing director, died in a car accident on May 25, 1971. Company leadership then passed to Heinz Brenne and Artur Vetter. Vetter died in 1981; Brenne led the company until 2003, when Hans-Joachim Boekstegers took over. The headquarters in Wolfertschwenden became the site for research and development, engineering, manufacturing, and production of packaging machines. The company expanded its German footprint with a marking and inspection operation in Enger from 1993, resale and service activities in Nettetal-Kaldenkirchen from 2005, and a slicer development center in Buchenau from 2017. In 2017, a majority stake in TVI Entwicklung und Produktion GmbH in Bruckmühl expanded the group’s portfolio into processing. On July 3, 2019, the company announced that it intended to take over the insolvent machinery manufacturer Fritsch, excluding its land and buildings; Fritsch Bakery Technologies became part of the MULTIVAC Group in 2019. International development began early. A sister company in Switzerland dates to 1969, and the first foreign subsidiary was established in France in 1972. The source also dates the Austrian production plant in Lechaschau to 1974, the Netherlands subsidiary to 1981, the United Kingdom subsidiary to 1985, and the United States subsidiary in Kansas City to 1987. The company’s international presence has since grown into a network described in the supplied account as 85 subsidiaries and 16 production sites, with customers in more than 165 countries. The same account reports about 7,800 employees and a 90 percent export ratio, without attaching a specific date to these figures. At its Wolfertschwenden headquarters, MULTIVAC opened a Training and Application Center for slicing and automation in June 2021. The supplied source reports that the center covers more than 17,000 square metres and that more than 100 employees develop customer-specific processing and packaging lines and demonstrate equipment and solutions in use. The source also reports a 2021 investment volume of about 38 million euros. The company’s documented development reflects a progression from its founder’s early vacuum chamber machine to a broad industrial portfolio spanning packaging, food processing, marking, inspection, and bakery technology.

• Company founded in Böhen

• Workforce reached ten

• New building in Böhen

• First thermoforming packaging machine

• Swiss sister company

• Relocated to Wolfertschwenden

• Founder Sepp Haggenmüller died

• First foreign subsidiary established

• Austrian production plant

• Leadership transition and Netherlands subsidiary

• United Kingdom subsidiary

• United States subsidiary

• Marking and inspection operation in Enger

• Leadership passed to Hans-Joachim Boekstegers

• Resale and service site in Nettetal-Kaldenkirchen

• Slicer development center and TVI majority stake

• Fritsch takeover plan announced

• Fritsch Bakery Technologies joined the group

• Slicing and automation Training and Application Center opened

An industrial machinery provider focused on integrated processing and packaging systems for food, medical and pharmaceutical products, and industrial goods. The supplied source describes the company as a market leader in thermoforming packaging solutions in Germany.

• Thermoforming packaging machines

  Packaging machines that form a plastic tray, which can then be filled and sealed with a lidding film.

• Vacuum chamber machines

  A4 vacuum chamber machinery was the first machine type made by the founder.

• Chamber belt machines

  Listed among the company's packaging machinery.

• Tray sealers and flow-pack machines

  Listed among the company's packaging machinery.

• Handling modules, marking systems, and inspection systems

  Equipment for complete system lines, product marking, and inspection.

• Slicers, portioning equipment, and bakery technology

  Food-processing products included in the company's portfolio.

• Expanded into processing through TVI investmentOther

• Fritsch takeoverOther

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