soci t anonyme traded as six ch0012684657chf4 industry packaging and labeling founded 1890 1890 headquarters mex switzerland area served worldwide key people joseph bobst jean pascal bobst products equipment and services for packaging manufacturers revenue chf 1.30 billion 2014 profit chf 53.0 million 2014 total assets jbf finance sa silchester international investors llp bobst group sa sarasin investmentfonds ag ... 1 number of employees 4 841 december 2014 website www.bobst.com bobst is a swiss company that supplies machinery and services to the packaging industry . products include machines for the manufacture of packaging and its derivatives such as labels bags and adhesive strips from solid board corrugated board or flexible materials plastic films etc. . the headquarters of the organization is in mex near lausanne switzerland . contents 1 history 2 foreign offices 3 corporate structure 4 references 5 see also 6 external links history edit the company was established by joseph bobst in 1890 2 to supply commercial printers in lausanne . the trademark bobst was filed in 1917 3 and was followed by the formation of a limited company with the name j. bobst & fils sa in 1918 . 4 in 1936 the company opened its first sales office outside of switzerland in paris france . in 1938 5 j. bobst & fils sa moved to a new industrial production site in prilly a suburb of lausanne . the autoplaten die cutter was invented by the company in 1940 . in 1965 j. bobst & fils sa acquired the champlain company of roseland new jersey 6 which is now called bobst north america inc. in the same year bobst italiana was created this subsidiary now being called bobst italia spa . 7 nihon bobst kk was established in 1970 and now has the name bobst japan ltd. 8 the group established a presence in latin america in 1974 with the creation of bobst brazil now called bobst latinoam rica do sul ltda . 9 an additional production site at mex near lausanne was established in 1977 . the name of the company was changed to bobst sa in 1978 and in the same year it was introduced to the lausanne stock exchange . 10 foreign offices edit bobst canada was created in 1979 11 and in 1980 a factory was opened in maua brazil . 12 in 1985 bobst sa made two foreign acquisitions martin a company with premises in villeurbanne and bron both near lyon france and peters maschinenfabrik gmbh of hamburg germany . in 1987 bobst group italia took a stake in schiavi spa 13 a company with production facilities in piacenza and modena italy first established in 1927 . bobst group benelux now bobst benelux nv was established in 1989 and bobst group deutschland now bobst meerbusch gmbh was established in 1990 . 14 bobst group africa & middle east now bobst africa & middle east ltd was opened in tunisia in 1992 . 15 in 1993 bobst sa acquired asitrade ag of grenchen switzerland and also established bobst group central europe now bobst central europe s.r.o. in the czech republic . bobst group taiwan and bobst group malaysia now bobst malaysia sdn . bhd were created in 1994 16 followed by the creation of bobst india pvt. ltd and bobst indonesia now pt . bobst jakarta in 1995 and bobst group thailand now bobst thailand ltd in 1996 . 17 in 1997 two new factories were opened one in itatiba brazil and the other in shanghai china . in the same year bobst group latinoam rica norte was established in mexico now bobst latinoamerica norte sa de cv . in 1998 the corrugating roll corporation of rutledge tennessee was acquired and bobst group vostok now bobst cis llc was created in moscow russia . bobst group polska now bobst polska sp . zoo was established in poland in 1999 . 18 in 2000 a partnership agreement was signed with the bhs group of weiherhammer germany . 19 fairfield enterprises ltd of redditch uk was acquired 20 and its bobst business renamed bobst group uk & ireland ltd now bobst uk & ireland ltd ; and bobst group scandinavia now bobst scandinavia aps was created in denmark . 21 2001 saw a legal restructuring of the group with all holdings subsequently managed by bobst group sa . 22 in the same year the shanghai china and itatiba brazil plants were enlarged . 23 in 2002 a factory was built in pune india and a representative office opened in kiev ukraine . in 2003 the site at bron lyon was expanded and bobst group ventas y servicios espa a now bobst ib rica s.l. was established in barcelona 24 spain . a series of acquisitions were made in 2004 25 which included the atlas general midi rotomec and titan brands as well as a majority shareholding in steuer gmbh printing technology of leinfelden germany . 26 in 2006 the companies rotomec spa schiavi spa and bobst italia spa were merged and took the name bobst group italia spa now bobst italia spa . fischer & krecke gmbh based in bielefeld germany was acquired in 2008 . 27 in 2009 bobst group companies fag located in avenches switzerland and rapidex located in angers france were closed . bobst group sa appointed a new ceo jean pascal bobst on may 7 2009 and the group began a transformation program . 28 a structure by business unit and the concept of lean production were introduced in 2010 . 29 in the same year a project was started to consolidate all the operations of bobst sa on the mex switzerland site and to sell the company s land and buildings at prilly . bobst group company atlas converting equipment ltd of bedford uk was sold to its management . in 2011 bobst group acquired 65 % of the shares in gordon ltd of hong kong . 30 in 2012 general was renamed bobst manchester ltd. 31 in 2012 the group s historically grown brand portfolio was consolidated under a single brand bobst . the official opening of the consolidated site at mex switzerland took place in 2013 . 32 in 2014 bobst partnered with kodak to develop new products . 33 in 2014 bobst group s consolidated sales amounted to sfr 1.30 billion . 1 the company has eleven production sites in eight countries and employs around 5000 people across fifty countries . bobst group is listed on the swiss stock exchange six swiss exchange . in 2015 bobst acquired nuova gidue srl 34 a manufacturer of inline flexo presses and multi process printing and converting lines for the labels and flexible packaging industries based near florence italy . the company is renamed bobst firenze srl . 35 bobst also acquired full ownership of gordon ltd. corporate structure edit the organization of bobst is based around three business units sheet fed supplies such as cartons and corrugated board ; web fed unit which does printing equipment for packaging ; and services . 36 references edit a b significant shareholders . bobst . retrieved 30 january 2016w . bobst is celebrating its 125th anniversary with dynamism and commitment . packaging europe . 2015 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst trademark details . justia . 2002 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst trademark details . justia . 2002 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . lifetime achievement award . fsea . 2008 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . drupa 2012 . tobaccojournal . 2012 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst italia company profile . hoovers . 2014 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst milestones . fuda . 2015 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst group latinoamerica do sul ltda company profile . bloomberg business . 2015 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst story . hls dhs dss in french . 2010 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . company overview . datalog . 1979 . retrieved 27 november 2015 . hedging . patricklaurent . 2014 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst mex sa . birkner . 2008 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst group deutschland . paper world in german . 2008 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst africa & middle east celebrates 20 years of success . meprinter . 2013 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . renmin chinese law review . google books . 2013 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . bobst history . birkner . 2008 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . bobst polska sp z o o krs 0000147396 . krs online in polish . 2010 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . bhs joins bobst as new partner . paper and print . 2000 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . bhs joins bobst as new partner . paperandprint . 2001 . retrieved 27 november 2015 . bobst scandinavia aps . largest conpanies . 2000 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . groupe bobst tr s bons r sultats en 2000 . pressportal ch in french . 2000 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . packaging machinery market research report pdf . pmmi . 2004 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . bobst iberica informaci n de la empresa . alabrent in spanish . 2008 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . bobst group completed acquisitions . gk technimedia . 2004 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . top dozen new products from bobst . i grafix . 2004 . retrieved 30 january 2016 . bobst buys fischer & krecke . i grafix . 2007 . retrieved 30 january 2016 . ann e noire en 2009 pour le vaudois bobst . rts in french . 2009 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . bobst group announces realignment . flexpaclmag . 2010 . retrieved 30 january 2016 . bobst acquire gordon ltd . canadian packaging . 2011 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . bobst manchester ltd company info . uk company db . 2012 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . inside mex journal du personnel de bobst mex sa . swiss national library in french . 2010 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . kodak and bobst partner to bring new solutions to the packaging industry . highbeam . 2013 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . bobst acquires majority stake in italian printing manufacturer . flexpaclmag.com . 2015 . retrieved 30 january 2016 . nuova gidue is now bobst firenze . highbeam . 2015 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . going large with digital . paperandprint . 2013 . retrieved 30 january 2016 . see also edit companies portal switzerland portal external links edit bobst corporate website bobst group sa investors website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bobst company & oldid 716372121 categories companies of switzerlandcompanies listed on the six swiss exchangemultinational companies headquartered in switzerlandhidden categories cs1 french language sources fr cs1 german language sources de cs1 polish language sources pl cs1 spanish language sources es navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 21 april 2016 at 10 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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