News and press releases

Troisdorf, July 19, 2021: R-Cycle - the digital product passport for sustainable plastics - receives the German Sustainability Award 2021 in the "Packaging" category. The award is conferred by the German Institute for Service Quality (DISQ), the German news channel ntv, and DUP UNTERNEHMER (German Entrepreneurship…

Wolfertschwenden, 15 June 2021 - Today MULTIVAC officially opened its Training & Application Center for Slicing & Automation (TAC) at the company headquarters. The guests included Stephan Thomae, member of the Bundestag, Alex Eder, Chief Executive of the Lower Allgäu Regional District, and Beate Ullrich, Lady Mayor of…

Is recyclable plastic packaging really recycled to a high standard? The answer is: often not yet! The open traceability standard R-Cycle addresses precisely this problem and paves the way for a true circular economy and highly efficient process chains through the use of a digital product passport. Value-chain partners…

Wolfertschwenden / Kansas City, 19 May 2021 – After a construction period lasting about a year, MULTIVAC in Kansas City (Missouri) put its new Logistics Center into operation in the early part of 2021. It was primarily the increasing demands of spare parts logistics and material supplies for production, which were the…

Wolfertschwenden, 5 May 2021 – Slicing and packaging cheese, ham and vegan products sustainably: With its innovative spray system, MULTIVAC Sustainable Liquid Interleaving, MULTIVAC is introducing a sustainable solution for packaging thinly sliced or highly sticky products. This means that there is no requirement for…

Enger, 26 April 2021 – The variety of fish and seafood products is almost endless - as is the wide range of pack types and materials. An effective impression at the point of sale can only be successful however, if the pack design is true to the product and brand, as well as being in harmony with the labelling.…

Wolfertschwenden, 15. April 2021 - Slicing and portioning food without waste, developing packs made of recyclable materials, actively supporting sustainability initiatives and collaboration: In a new short film, MULTIVAC explains how the company is engaging in the battle against climate change - as the only specialist…

Wolfertschwenden, 10 March 2021 - Christian Traumann, Group President of MULTIVAC, has been elected to the Presidium of the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN). He will represent the packaging technology sector for his period in office from 2021 to 2026.

The German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) is the…

Wolfertschwenden, 26. February 2021 – MULTIVAC celebrates its 60th anniversary. In January at the start of the anniversary year, the exclusive monthly offers from the different MULTIVAC Business Units were launched with a prize competition from the Corporate Training & Innovation Center. Four winners can now look…

Wolfertschwenden, 16 February 2021 – Starting with two events in March, MULTIVAC is initiating its Summit 2021 on all aspects of food processing and packaging, which includes face-to-face events as well as virtual concepts. The first two events on the topics of "Sustainability & Digitalisation" and "Solutions for the…

Wolfertschwenden, 8 February 2021 - Four apprentices and one student were given the "Hans Joachim Boekstegers Award" by MULTIVAC for their excellent achievement. The new awards for advancement are bestowed on the best apprentices in the commercial and technical sectors, as well as on students with an outstanding…

Wolfertschwenden, 4. February 2021 - Since January 2021 Philipp Losinger has been working as Vice President of Subsidiary Operations in the Corporate Sales & Marketing division at MULTIVAC. In this position he is responsible for the management and strategic development of the subsidiaries in Africa, the Arab Emirates…

Wolfertschwenden/ Singapore, 25 January 2021 – In addition to his role as Managing Director of MULTIVAC Malaysia, Mr Siew Keat Tung took over the management of the MULTIVAC Singapore subsidiary at the start of the year. The previous managing director, Soon Heng (Robin) Lim, will leave the company at the end of…

Our heritage. Our future.

MULTIVAC is celebrating its 60th birthday this year! On this occasion in 2021, there will be some special offers for you to discover on all aspects of packaging and processing.

For many years MULTIVAC has been a leading manufacturer of integrated packaging solutions. In addition to…

Wolfertschwenden, 13 January 2021 – MULTIVAC is celebrating its 60 year anniversary in 2021, and it is marking the occasion with an informative series about current market trends and innovations. The packaging specialist is using the MULTIVAC Summit 2021 to initiate a new series of events on all aspects of food…

Wolfertschwenden, 30 November 2020 – One of the features of MULTIVAC as a company is its particularly sustainable and responsible management – and it is now the only supplier of packaging solutions among the "50 Sustainability & Climate Leaders". The initiative by Bloomberg and the UN is aimed at highlighting…

Wolfertschwenden, 3 November 2020 - As Executive Vice President for Manufacturing, Dr Christian Lau becomes responsible with immediate effect for manufacturing within the MULTIVAC Group. As part of this function, he also becomes Managing Director of the two subsidiaries, MULTIVAC Lechaschau and MULTIVAC Bulgaria…

Wolfertschwenden/Tampere, 2 November 2020 - The MULTIVAC company Trimaster Oy, which is based in the Finnish city of Tampere, has been sold with effect from 1 November 2020 as a management buyout under the leadership of Leo Johansson. In regard to all automation and line projects, the MULTIVAC subsidiaries will…

Enger, 19 October 2020 – In the second half of 2020 MULTIVAC has launched a new series of BASELINE direct web printers for thermoforming packaging machines in the lower and medium output range. The main features of these cost-effective entry-level models in the BASELINE DP 110/130 series are space-saving design,…

Wolfertschwenden, 15 May 2020 – MULTIVAC is a winner of the Axia Best Managed Companies Award 2020, a seal of approval that is awarded by Deloitte, WirtschaftsWoche, Credit Suisse and BDI to companies, which are judged to be outstandingly well managed. Christian Traumann, Group President of MULTIVAC, accepted the award…

Wolfertschwenden, 18 February 2020 – Using a special exhibition area (in front of Hall 5), MULTIVAC will be showing at interpack a range of simple and needs-based solutions for packing products in small and medium-sized batches. These enable hand-craft businesses and smaller processors to make the entry into automatic…

Wolfertschwenden, 14 January 2020 - At this year's interpack MULTIVAC will be presenting itself as a supplier of integrated solutions in packaging and processing. The company's focus on the main exhibition stand (Hall 5, A 23) will include four fully automated packaging lines, as well as concepts for producing…

Wolfertschwenden, 16. December 2019 - At interpack 2020 in Düsseldorf MULTIVAC will be presenting itself as a supplier of integrated solutions in packaging and processing. International visitors to MULTIVAC's five exhibition areas will be able to learn all about the company's comprehensive range of solutions as well as…

Wolfertschwenden, 27 November 2019 - With immediate effect MULTIVAC has the exclusive rights to market the InteliJet HD series of printing solutions from the US manufacturer BELL-MARK Sales Co. The inkjet printers are based on the piezo technology, and their main features include a large print area and excellent print…

Wolfertschwenden, 25 September 2019 - This year the German Packaging Award in the packaging machine category goes to    MULTIVAC. The innovative TX 710 traysealer convinced the jury not just because of its outstanding performance, reliability and flexibility, but also in view of its cost-effectiveness and the fact that…

Wolfertschwenden, 24 September 2019 - As part of a press conference at FachPack, Hans-Joachim Boekstegers, Director and CEO of MULTIVAC, today gave an overview of the current development of the business, as well as the packaging trends at MULTIVAC and just some of the company's many product innovations on the…

Wolfertschwenden, 12 August 2019 - At FachPack 2019 MULTIVAC will be presenting a new generation of cross web labellers. In addition to improved performance and operating reliability, one of the features of the new models compared to the previous labelling solutions are their lower life cycle costs. The use of…

Wolfertschwenden, 29 July 2019 – After more than 18 years as CEO of the MULTIVAC Group, Hans-Joachim Boekstegers will hand over the business on 1 January 2020 to his director colleagues, Christian Traumann and Guido Spix, and bow out of the company. Mr Traumann and Mr Spix will manage the company jointly in future.

Hans…

Wolfertschwenden, 23 July 2019 - At FachPack 2019 MULTIVAC will be showing a number of forward-looking innovations from its various business units. The exhibits include the new X-line machine generation, which will be presented at the trade fair in the form of the RX 4.0 thermoforming packaging machine and the TX 710…

Wolfertschwenden, 03 July 2019 - MULTIVAC takes over the FRITSCH Group and further expands its range of solutions for the bakery industry.

FRITSCH is a leading manufacturer of bakery equipment with its headquarters in the town of Markt Einersheim in Lower Franconia. The product range consists of high-performance…

Wolfertschwenden/Bruckmühl, 20 May 2019 - As part of an official celebration, the first spadeful of earth was turned today for the construction of a new factory at TVI Entwicklung und Produktion GmbH in Bruckmühl. A state-of-the-art complex covering around 9,000 square metres of available space will be built there, and…

“Contrary to the general market trend, our business continues to develop relatively well,” explained Hans-Joachim Boekstegers. “We are seeing very positive development in all the company's business units, and our production capacity is fully utilised. With a turnover of around 1.1 billion euros, the MULTIVAC Group was…

Hannover, Germany — April 2, 2019 — At Hannover Messe 2019, European companies from the mechanical engineering, industrial automation and software industries are driving the foundation of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance with a cooperation agreement. Founding members include Beckhoff, Endress+Hauser Group, Hilscher, ifm,…

Wolfertschwenden, 12 March 2019 – In February MULTIVAC signed an investment agreement to establish a new production company in Taicang in China. The new production facility will enable MULTIVAC in future to react to the requirements of customers in China with even greater speed and focus. The production of packaging…

Enger, 28 January 2019 – MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection is today among the leading manufacturers of innovative labelling, marking and inspection solutions. The company has been part of the MULTIVAC Group since 1993. As part of a strategic realignment, there was a change of personnel in the company management in January.…

Enger, 10 December 2018 - Last Friday MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection inaugurated a new production and office building during a celebratory opening ceremony - and at the same time it celebrated 25 years as part of the MULTIVAC Group. The official speakers included Christian Traumann, Director and CFO of MULTIVAC, Volker…

Wolfertschwenden, 28 September 2018 – As part of an official ceremony, the Directors of MULTIVAC Hans-Joachim Boekstegers (CEO), Guido Spix (CTO and COO) and Christian Traumann (CFO) today turned the first spadeful of earth for the construction of a new building complex in Wolfertschwenden. It is intended primarily for…

Wolfertschwenden/ Nuremberg, 26 September 2018 - As part of a press breakfast at FachPack, Hans-Joachim Boekstegers, Director and CEO of MULTIVAC, gave an overview of the current development of the business as well as the packaging trends at MULTIVAC and the company's product highlights on the exhibition stand.

“Contr…

MULTIVAC is expanding its printer portfolio with the addition of a versatile thermal inkjet printer
Enger, 17 September 2018 – For the first time starting in March 2019, MULTIVAC will be offering a MULTIVAC TIJ printer in addition to TTO printers. It will be able to be used in direct web printers as well as in label…

Enger, 13. August 2018 – Last year MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection launched the DP 230, the first model in a new generation of direct web printers, for integrating into R 08x and R 1xx thermoforming packaging machines. From the 4th quarter of 2018 onwards, the new models of direct web printers will also be available for…

Wolfertschwenden, 31. July 2018 - At FachPack 2018 MULTIVAC will be presenting an innovative concept for packing medical and pharmaceutical products, where the main feature is the easy removal of the product thanks to a novel opening aid. In addition to this, a packaging line with automatic syringe infeed will be…

Wolfertschwenden, 11. July 2018 - From 25 to 27 September MULTIVAC will be presenting at FachPack 2018 in Nuremberg a complete range of solutions for packing food and non-food products. A major focus at the trade fair will be on the presentation of packaging concepts, which meet the growing requirement for ease of…

Vejle, d. 11. juli 2018 – På Fachpack i Nürnberg i dagene 25.27. september præsenterer MULTIVAC et komplet program af pakkeløsninger til fødevarer og nonfood produkter. I fokus er pakkekoncepter, der imødekommer de stigende krav til let genbrug og ressourcebesparelser. MULTIVAC viser en R 105 MF skinpakningsmaskine og…

Wolfertschwenden, Germany / Bozhurishte, Bulgaria, 7 June 2018 – Yesterday, the new production plant of MULTIVAC Bulgaria Production Ltd was inaugurated in Bozhurishte, near Sofia, with a festive opening ceremony. The guests included Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Emil Karanikolov, Minister of Economy of…

Enger, 23 May 2018 – With its I 410 model MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection offers an automatic inspection solution, which is precise, fast and consistently reliable. Thanks to its high-resolution and height-adjustable line scanners as well as its powerful image processing, it ensures that reliable marking and quality…

Wolfertschwenden, 14 February 2018 – Christian Traumann, Director and Group CFO of MULTIVAC, has been elected as President of interpack 2020 by the constituent assembly of the Trade Fair Advisory Council. Christian Traumann has already held the position of interpack President in 2011 as well as Vice President for the…

Wolfertschwenden, 18. January 2018 – The X-line, a new generation of thermoforming packaging machines, has been given the Gold International FoodTec Award 2018. The thermoforming packaging machine sets a new benchmark in the market thanks to its range of innovative technology. As a result of its seamless…

Enger, 18 October 2017 – With its DP 230 direct web printer, MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection has brought the first model of its new generation of direct web printers onto the market. The space-saving and hygienic solution, which is very flexible in its use, complements the comprehensive range of existing products with a…

Enger, 9 October 2017 – MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection has expanded its product range with the addition of a new, network-enabled thermal transfer printer. As a cost-effective and highly flexible marking solution, the compact TTO 06 is suitable for narrow print widths in a wide range of applications.

With a print…

Enger, 24 August 2017 – The production capacity of MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection in Enger is to be expanded with a modern extension to the production hall – and this will also enable the logistics and assembly processes to be optimised. The building work has already begun, and the planned date for putting the new…

“We greatly regret this step but are also very grateful to him for supporting us in recent months in implementing the smooth transition of TVI into the MULTIVAC Group. Mr Anton relinquished the company management in May 2017,” says Christian Traumann, Director and Group CFO of MULTIVAC.

It has been possible to appoint…

The number of employees in the Group increased to 5,065 worldwide, while the turnover in 2016 rose to 952 million euros, a 7.1 percent increase over the previous year. The German part of the Group achieved a turnover of 395 million euros in 2016, which equates to an increase of 7.0 percent over 2015.

Investment

“We are…

MULTIVAC Pack Pilot enables the machine to be set up to the optimum level using machine control support. When new recipes are created, the machine parameterises itself to the optimum operating point, using the die set data and the features for pack, product and packaging material that have been selected. This means…

Meyn is the market leader in complete solutions for poultry processing with solutions, which range from live bird arrival to packing. The company plans and completes whole factories – for all processing stages from the delivery of the living birds through to the dispatch of the packed products ready for sale.…

The innovative solution from MULTIVAC enables even small businesses or companies, for which the systems available up to now on the market have not represented an economically viable solution, to produce portion packs such as jams, salad dressings and sauces very cost-effectively and highly efficiently.

Thanks to short…

Thanks to visual inspection systems that can be integrated seamlessly into packaging lines, automated quality control can be performed reliably even at high output. In the light of more exacting legal requirements and greater liability risks, food-processing companies are faced with the task of making the labelling of…

A standard cycle output of 25 cycles and a standard operating range of 200 by 800 mm - which can be extended as an option if required - make the H 052 a versatile automation module within the packaging line.

The propulsion unit, which is equipped with dynamic linear motors, brings products of up to four kilos in…

In the presence of government officials and local politicians, including Mr. Lyuben Petrov, Deputy Minister of Economics, Georgi Dimov, Mayor of Bozhurishte Municipality and Doncho Barbalov, Deputy Mayor for Investments and Building of Sofia Municipality, and, additionally, representatives of the Agency for Investment…

With its R 105 MF thermoforming packaging machine, MULTIVAC will be showing an entry-level model for producing high-quality MultiFresh™ vacuum skin packs. The R 245, which is equipped with a die changing system and a film quick-change system, offers maximum flexibility at high output and quick conversion to other pack…

The project is very important for the region. The density of coverage by doctors in Uganda is low, and the medical provision in the countryside is a long way from being adequate. The construction of the healthcare center is of particular help to children, women and elderly people, who can not afford medical treatment.…

The solution comprises five high-performance components: the sausages are transported via an inclined conveyor to the centrifuge plate that is constantly turning.  There they are orientated at the outside edge of the plate by the centrifugal force and are taken up individually from the centrifuge ring. Then a V…

MULTIVAC's figures can be clearly seen: the Group's turnover in 2015 was some 900 million euros. This equates to an increase of over 19 percent compared with the previous year. There are now 1,900 employees at its headquarters in Wolfertschwenden, and worldwide there are 5,100. With its own more than 80 sales and…

The main feature of the new die concept is that all the stages necessary for the process take place within the die – without restricting the use of the full die format. This also includes the heating of the skin film. Thanks to this controlled process, a high level of pack quality The main feature of the new die and…

The new machine in the BASELINE series enables the manufacture of valuable pouch packaging with reliable MULTIVAC quality at an attractive price. Compared to models in the C series, it offers limited equipment options and a simplified machine control.

With a chamber size of 850 x 850 x 250 mm (W x D x H), the P 650 is…

Using multimedia content as well as 3D views and videos of machines and examples of packs, the new website gives even more comprehensive information than before about the range of products from the packaging specialist. By using a sector filter, which is supported visually with colour codes, users can select in a…

Thermal transfer printers are characterised by their high level of print quality and their flexibility as regards the print layout. They are therefore particularly suitable for the growing requirements of product marking, since the information content on labels is increasing continually: food information regulations…

In 2015, MULTIVAC has been able to further strengthen its market position. The turnover of the Group is expected to exceed the threshold of 800 million euros by the end of the year. "If one looks at the situation regionally, we are recording strong growth in Europe, particularly in Germany, and in the USA," explains…

When setting up and operating a labeller, situations occur in which labels are not supposed to be dispensed. This is, for example, the case when the length of the label is determined by means of a measurement run, in the event of a change of label or when there are still labels with the print data for a preceding batch…