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point of view . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message lohmann tape group founded 1851 headquarters neuwied germany number of employees 1600 website lohmann tapes.com lohmann is a manufacturer of adhesive tape systems and adhesive solutions for industry . the adhesive tape business offers a wide range of services ranging from formula development to customized adhesive solutions . the lohmann tape group focuses on the core markets consumer goods and electronics transportation graphics building and renewables hygiene and medical . contents 1 history 2 expansion 3 products 4 external links 5 references history edit the company was founded in frankfurt am main by julius l scher in 1851 . the line of business was the import and sale of chemicals for use in dyeworks and for the production of medicines . 1870 august lohmann took over the management of this company . later the company looked for a new location which was then found in neuwied germany . 1938 lohmann started the production of double sided adhesive tapes . today the lohmann tape group is still headquartered in neuwied germany . in 1998 the lohmann corporate areas non wovens and medical became independent legal entities . the latter was incorporated into a joint enterprise with the austrian company rauscher . today lohmann & rauscher is an important provider of medical products . lohmann is nowadays a manufacturer of single sided and double sided adhesive tape systems and adhesive solutions for industry . today the lohmann tape group has 1600 employees worldwide coating plants at six sites in europe asia and america 19 subsidiaries and sales partners in over 50 countries . the company claim is the bonding engineers and the company is currently headed by norman goldberg and j rgen walda . lohmann neuwied expansion edit 1991 acquisition of koester gmbh & co. kg in altendorf . koester gmbh & co. kg with its head office in altendorf germany has been producing self adhesive and mechanical closure systems for baby diapers and incontinence briefs . furthermore we who are a producer of bonding solutions for hygiene medical and technical applications . lohmann has been active in the united kingdom since 1992 . lohmann technologies uk is based in knowlhill milton keynes and offers tailor made technical adhesive solutions for manufacturers designers and oem customers . 1998 lohmann has acquired full ownership of metafol gmbh & co. kg of remscheid . adhesive tape processing adhesive tape converting and high tech die cutting processes are the main skills of the present lohmann gmbh & co.kg site . citation needed lohmann also expanded further in america at the start of 2004 . lohmann created the business unit technical products asia pacific in 2008 . sales activities in asia continue to gain in importance and are being processed from our own sales offices . products edit almost all currently applied pressure sensitive adhesive systems are available in the lohmann tape group . solvent based adhesives environmentally friendly dispersion adhesives or hotmelt based adhesives rubber and acrylic based heat activated trademarks duplocoll duploflex duplomed duplotec external links edit lohmann tapes.com koester.com references edit innovation aus tradition lohmann tapes.com die deutsche bibliothek . barth martin . zeitgeschichte n 150 jahre lohmann isbn 3 934342 99 x 2001 lohmann history retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lohmann company & oldid 742131318 categories manufacturing companies of germany1851 establishments in germanymanufacturing companies established in 1851hidden categories articles needing cleanup from january 2013all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles with a reason field from january 2013wikipedia pages needing cleanup from january 2013articles needing additional references from january 2013all articles needing additional referencesorphaned articles from february 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