... since 1920
Foundation of the company and growth
Foundation of Kampf by Erwin Kampf in Wiehl, manufacture of slitters and winders for the paper-processing industry
Development of the patented biaxial stretching units in the sixties
Delivery of the world’s first station machine for foils up to a working width of 5 m
Continuous portfolio expansion to include laminating, painting and coating systems as well as winding and adhesive foil machines.
From family business to group affiliation
Foundation of Kampf Machinery Cooperation (KMC), domiciled today in Windsor/CT, USA
Takeover of the Kampf Group by Jagenberg AG, Düsseldorf
Construction of the technical centre with 400 square metres floor space at the Wiehl location. Stepping up of research and development work.
Globalisation and international major projects
2001/2005
Two stages of expansion of a major project in China.
Delivery in each case of three separating machines (Sepamat 10), a Duplomat and a foil slitter (Unial) to a well-known producer of aluminium foil.
Foundation of Kampf Machinery Shanghai (KMS) in China
Delivery of the one hundredth Universal model slitter
Delivery of the five hundredth Conslit model slitter
Foundation of Kampf Machinery India in Baroda, India
New markets and leadership in technology
Introduction on the market of narrow cutting machines for modern materials for use in new energy technologies
Establishment of the innovation process as the basis for the strategic further development of Kampf products
60th Sepamat 10 sold 15 years after introduction on the market
Over 500 employees, service and agency branch offices all over the world
Kampf takes over LSF Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG based in Laußig near Leipzig
Kampf delivers the 1,000th slitting machine type Conslit
Kampf presents its machine program in a new design
ATLAS Converting Ltd. becomes member of Jagenberg Group
Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik GmbH & Co. KG becomes Kampf GmbH