Multivac celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The company was founded in 1961 by Sepp Haggenmüller in Böhen in the Allgäu and has since developed into a leading global full-range supplier of packaging solutions for food, sterile medical products and various industrial goods. Today the Multivac Group has more than 3,000 employees worldwide, including over 1,300 at its headquarters in Wolfertschwenden (Allgäu).
It all began with the first Multivac chamber machine which Sepp Haggenmüller built in 1961. The first Multivac thermoforming machines followed in 1966/67, which brought a breakthrough internationally for Sepp Haggenmüller and his partners.
From the seventies onwards, the machine manufacturer from Allgäu began to develop his machine designs with groundbreaking innovations in the direction of resources conservation, hygienic design and consumer protection, which was pioneering at the time. Today more than half of the thermoforming packaging machines worldwide come from the machine manufacturer from Allgäu.
During the course of its company history, Multivac has continuously expanded its range of products. In the early nineties, the traysealer was added to the chamber machine and thermoforming packaging machine ranges as the third product group. These made it possible to seal pre-fabricated trays and tubs. In 1993, Multivac took over MR Selbstklebe-Technik Etikettier-System-Beratung GmbH & Co. KG in Enger (now Multivac Marking & Inspection) which expanded its portfolio to include labelling and coding.
Over the years, Multivac developed into a full-range, international supplier of automated packaging solutions.
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