| 1970 |
Company founded as fb-apparatebau böhnensieker turnover 200000 DM, 2 employees |
| 1973 |
First contacts with manufacturers of components for electroforming baths for LP production and printing industry
Delivery of the first UV sterilisation units
Turnover 1 million DM, 5 employees |
| 1977 |
Manufacture of the first damping solution preparation units for Mohndruck |
| 1981 |
Consistent expansion of a separate product line dampening solution preparation units |
| 1985 |
Company renamed as technotrans böhnensieker gmbh |
| 1987 |
Sale of the UV technology branch
Introduction of the first ink roller temperising units |
| 1988 |
Heinz Harling is appointed managing director |
| 1990 |
Management buy-out by Harling and four more executives as well as West LB and Hannover Finanz.
technotrans graphics ltd. is founded in Colchester, England
technotrans presents a new concept of dampening solution preparation units and ink roller temperising units (system components)
technotrans is one of the three largest suppliers of dampening solution preparation units world-wide |
| 1992 |
Renamed technotrans gmbh, technotrans becomes first choice for the majority of Heidelberg Speedmasters and MAN-Roland 700 machines world-wide |
| 1993 |
Foundation of technotrans france |
| 1995 |
Foundation of technotrans america, inc. in Atlanta, GA
Establishment of a separate department CD technologies |
| 1997 |
Extension of the managing team to 14 persons
Foundation of technotrans china
Conversion of the company into a joint-stock company |
| 1998 |
technotrans AG to float shares
technotrans AG acquires BVS Augsburg and renames it technotrans systems gmbh |
| 1999 |
Foundation of technotrans singapore
Foundation of technotrans italy
Merger of technotrans systems gmbh and AG |
| 2000 |
Takeover of the American company Ryco Graphic Manufacturing, Inc. (Chicago) and merger with technotrans america, inc. |
| 2001 |
Takeover of the American Steve Barberi Company Inc. and its subsidiary, Farwest Graphic Technologies LLC, of Corona, near Los Angeles, California, USA; renamed technotrans america west, inc.
Takeover of the Electroforming Division of Toolex International B.V., which now operates as technotrans scandinavia AB, Täby, Sweden
Establishment of technotrans japan k.k., Kobe, Japan, as a sales and service company
Establishment of technotrans china ltd. Hong Kong, PR China, as a sales and service company |
| 2002 |
Transfer of activities from Atlanta to the principal American location in Chicago
Development of production equipment to manufacture microstructure components for a wide range of applications |
| 2003 |
Consolidation of international production capacities |
| 2004 |
Presentation of the new pre-press product line spinclean for the consumable-free filtration of development fluids |
| 2005 |
Construction of new production plant at Gersthofen, near Augsburg, thus doubling the capacity in the south of Germany
Entry into the new product area of cleaning systems, with first field-test installations of the contex.c blanket cleaner
Integration of the Micro Technologies segment into the company's Technology Division |
| 2006 |
Merger of the two American production locations in Chicago
Establishment of the subsidiary in Brazil |
| 2007 |
Acquisition of rotoclean GmbH and its technologies |
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