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improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message forbo movement systems founded 1919 founder ernst siegling headquarters hanover germany key people jean michel wins group executive vice president products conveyor and processing belts flat belts modular belts timing belts number of employees 1 925 ftes worldwide 2013 website www.forbo siegling.com factory and administration in hanover company founder ernst siegling in middle at back with his employees the forbo siegling group s headquarters are located in hanover germany . the company is an international manufacturer of conveyor and power transmission belts flat belts made of synthetic materials . the group has eight production facilities in europe asia and america as well as warehouses and workshops in over 50 countries . there are forbo siegling service points in more than 300 places all over the world . contents 1 history 2 products 3 industries & applications 4 literature 5 external links history edit in 1919 ernst siegling founded a drive belt factory under his own name . soon afterwards he started producing traditional leather flat belts . early in the 1920s chrome leather upright belts were being made and consisted of many riveted leather belts placed upright . at the beginning of the 1940s a patent was registered under the extremultus brand for a multi layer flat belt made of nylon and chrome leather . the over 98 % energy efficiency offered was a vast increase compared with traditional belt and chain drives . automation and efficiency became key issues in the years of the german economic miracle . during this period hellmut siegling the son of the company s founder developed a lightweight conveyor belt for inter company material flow at the request of biscuit manufacturer hermann bahlsen . this new belt has since been marketed under the transilon brand name . it was comparatively thin and light but at the same time featured low elongation was dimensionally stable very quiet to operate and robust and durable into the bargain . the light conveyor belt required much more compact machinery and therefore only a fraction of the space . consequently automation in many areas such as parcel sorting centres or major bakeries was possible . just as they did in the past today s conveyor belts make high speeds and very small end radii possible . as a result they enable efficient production and processing guaranteeing efficient continual material flows and better working conditions . back in 1956 the company had already started to found numerous subsidiaries and affiliates abroad . early companies to be founded were in the us switzerland mexico japan italy france sweden the netherlands denmark australia austria and spain . these were joined later by canada china malaysia new zealand india korea belgium the uk slovakia slovenia the czech republic romania hungary ireland russia turkey indonesia brasil chile and singapore . in 1971 the world s first production machinery for three metre wide conveyor belts was purchased . since 1999 conveyor and processing belts even up to a width of 4.5 metres have been made using a calendering process . over time several hundred different belt types with specific characteristics for various industries and applications have been developed . new product groups such as plastic modular belts and plastic timing belts gradually turned the company into a full range supplier of belts . in 1994 the company was bought out by the swiss corporation forbo holding . in 2007 siegling belting became forbo movement systems products edit conveyor belts siegling transilon flat belts siegling extremultus plastic modular belts siegling prolink high efficiency timing belts siegling proposition tools and accessories extra products industries & applications edit food industry logistics airports tobacco industry raw materials textiles industry industrial production paper industry letter sorting printing industry sports and leisure literature edit s. falkenberg t. wennekamp doping of conveyor belt materials with nanostructured fillers to adapt innovative performance characteristics . proceedings of the ieee international conference on automation and logistics . qingdao china 2008 . isbn 978 1 4244 2503 7 http ieeexplore.ieee.org stamp stamp.jsp tp & arnumber 4636396 external links edit www.forbo siegling.com foodprocessing technology.com forbo siegling conveyor and processing belts for the food industry indonesia belting solution siegling transilon conveyor and processing belts s & s tex associates airport improvement dallas fort worth int l establishes new model airport business energy saving conveyor video mica 2012 corporate awards forbo siegling llc wikimedia commons has media related to forbo movement systems . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title forbo movement 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