... since 1920
Foundation of the company and growth | |
| 1920 | 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 | |
| 1969 | 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 | |
| 1981 | Foundation of Kampf Machinery Cooperation (KMC), domiciled today in Windsor/CT, USA |
| 1988 | Takeover of the KAMPF Group by Jagenberg AG, Düsseldorf |
| 1989 | 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. |
| 2004 | Foundation of Kampf Machinery Shanghai (KMS) in China |
| 2006 | Delivery of the one hundredth Universal model slitter |
| 2008 | Delivery of the five hundredth Conslit model slitter |
| 2009 | Foundation of Kampf Machinery India in Baroda, India |
New markets and leadership in technology | |
| 2008 | Introduction on the market of narrow cutting machines for modern materials for use in new energy technologies |
| 2010 | Establishment of the innovation process as the basis for the strategic further development of KAMPF products |
| 2012 | 60th Sepamat 10 sold 15 years after introduction on the market |
| 2012 | Over 500 employees, service and agency branch offices all over the world |
| 2014 | KAMPF takes over LSF Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG based in Laußig near Leipzig |
| 2017 | KAMPF delivers the 1,000th slitting machine type Conslit |
| 2019 | KAMPF presents its machine program in a new design |