HISTORY

   

1970: Building of the construction hall in Fürstenau
   

1975: Construction hall in Fürstenau
   

80's: Construction

1978: meurer at the Interpack
 

1982: Enlargement of the production
and administration

Construction today

1994: The new administration department

2008: High-speed horizontal
flow wrapping machine

2008: Production and Dispatch hall in Fürstenau
Today the meurer group employs approx. 500 staff members
and has a total manufacturing area, including design and
administration of 27.000 m² – split between two locations.
From the beginning our focus has been our integration of new
innovations. With continual research and application of new
innovations our development department constantly strives for
a technological head start.
1969:
 Company was founded by Franz-Josef and Christel
Meurer. Production began with 4 employees in
rented rooms. Initially designing and building module
building blocks and individual parts for a well-known
German printing press manufacturer. This was
shortly by meurer developing and producing small
devices for shrink film wrapping machines.
1970:
 With the establishment of a manufacturing plant of
2.500 m², the basis for an own production
programme was started.
1972:
 The first fully automatic wrapping machines for shrink
and stretch film were developed and released.
1975:
 A first time presence at the Interpack exhibition: at
which the newly developed and advanced film
packaging machines; were introduced.
1981:
 Introduction of an electronics module system:
1982:
 Expansion of the production and management
facility: through the acquisition of further premises.
The meurer production programme was extended
to include case packaging machines.
1983:
 Introduction of programmable memory controls.
1989:
 Equipments for palletising were introduced within the
product range. Adoption of AC drive technology via
frequency converters, from DC drives.
1992:
 Acquisition of the production hall: with administration
department in Freren: Introduction of a CAD-system
in the design department.
1994:
 Establishment of a new administration department
and enlargement of the production area:
1996:
 Certification according to EN ISO 9001:
Introduction of the touch panels and bus systems.
1998:
 Development of a new machine generation:
incorporating open balcony construction:
Enlargement of the conveying technology to include
buffer systems.
1999:
 Development of a high-speed sleeve wrapper
(one and two-laned) with up to 140 packs/min.
Type CM / HBB.
2000:
 Came the Introduction of the multi-axis servo
systems: Development of the film-wrapping machine
to include Lateral folding. Type CM / VE 40-B.
2003:
 Saw the Introduction of the standard control
concept, consisting of motion/machine control/
communication, and visualisation platform: and
the Development of a second generation,
continuous motion: case packing machine.
Type CM / HTW.
2007:
 Following the death of Franz-Josef Meurer, his wife
Christel Meurer took over the management of the
meurer group, as Managing Director.
Mr. Ludger Richter took responsibility of the
management of the meurer Verpackungssysteme
GmbH & Co. KG with Mr. Walter Schmidt taking
similar responsibility for meurer Elektro- und
Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG.
2008:
 Investment in the enlargement of the production
and dispatch hall in Fürstenau, increasing it’s area
to approx. 1,500 m²: and the development of a new
high-speed horizontal flow wrapping machine;
the CM/HHS from the meurer group convinces with
a performance of 160 packs/min.
 

1970: Production starts on a surface
of 2.500 square meters

 70's: Shrink-Tunnel

1994: Celebration of the 25th anniversary
of the company. Guest speaker:
Prime Minister of the county Lower
Saxony, Gerhard Schröder

f.l.t.r.: Mrs. Christel Meurer, Mr. Gerhard Schröder,
Mr. Franz-Josef Meurer

2008: meurer stand at the Interpack