HAVER & BOECKER has recognised a major achievement with year-long festivities as its machinery division celebrated 100 years since its establishment.
HAVER & BOECKER’s headquarters in Oelde, Germany, has been the centrepiece of celebration as the company invited customers and industry stakeholders to mark an important milestone.
The company’s machinery division is celebrating 100 years since its establishment, while two of its subsidiaries, IBAU HAMBURG (50 years) and AML Anlagentechnik (25 years), are also marking notable milestones.
If a week is a long time in business, 100 years is an eternity. While HAVER & BOECKER has seen many industrial shifts, some things have remained the same.
“A lot can change in 100 years, but our commitment to our employees, customers and core values, which are masterfully crafted, inspiring and familiar, remain consistent,” HAVER & BOECKER managing partner Florian Festge said.
“Those principles continue to guide us into the future.”
Past and present
Customers and industry partners were welcomed to HAVER & BOECKER’s headquarters for an innovation showcase.
The exclusive event featured real-time demonstrations of the company’s packaging technologies. Attendees gained hands-on experience with the RADIMAT, ROTOPACKER and INTEGRA systems. New technologies, including the RADIMAT-PATHFINDER for empty bag logistics and AMICUS Depal for empty bag depalletising, also impressed onlookers. The INTEGRA IVT Seal edition, part of the next-generation IVx series, showcased how artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities can enhance packing performance. Its digital solutions, including the QUAT²RO and PROcheck, were demonstrated to the international guests.
The advanced filtration system RPDHiFlow demonstrated a new industrial woven wire innovation.
The company will conduct two more customer events as part of its centenary celebrations on September 4 (which is sold out) and December 3.
“This milestone celebration is a testament to the fact that innovation at HAVER & BOECKER is not merely a response to market trends. It is embedded in our DNA,” Niklas Haver said.
HAVER & BOECKER also celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Haver Academy, which trains apprentices and early-career employees. Academy attendees shared their insights into their early-career development, reflecting the company’s commitment to investing in internal growth.
“We want to express our deep gratitude to our customers for their trust and partnership throughout the years. It is that trust that has truly sustained and inspired us,” Festge said.
“We also thank all the dedicated engineers and the entire team, whose expertise and passion have made this century of innovation possible.”
New innovations
HAVER & BOECKER has launched the RADIMAT PATHFINDER Edition for packing operations especially in the cement and building materials sectors.
The PATHFINDER conveyor system is designed to transfer empty bags from HAVER & BOECKER’s RADIMAT, a fully automatic empty bag separation and application device, to the ROTO-PACKER, a fully automatic packing machine.
This enables the packing line to be fully automated while also working within space constraints.
“Customer success is at the forefront of our design process at HAVER & BOECKER,” HAVER & BOECKER machinery division’s cement business unit Frank Ormeloh said.
“It’s why we’re so pleased to offer a solution to improve flexibility in the packing process while also boosting efficiency, reducing maintenance and improving worker health and safety.”
The PATHFINDER can work with the full portfolio of HAVER & BOECKER’s automated packing solutions across the full production cycle. The AMICUS Depal depalletises empty bags onto the RADIMAT, the PATHFINDER transfers them to the ROTOPACKER before the AMICUS Pal palletises and prepares the filled bags for shipping.
In its statement, HAVER & BOECKER said the new innovation can help to protect workers from dust development.
“For those producers currently applying bags by hand who want to take the journey to automation in phases, the PATHFINDER Edition can also be implement in a simplified version without the use of a RADIMAT,” the company said.
“Rather than having to place the bag on the actual spout, operators simply feed the bags into the conveying system itself, which then applies the bag to the spout automatically. In this situation, the worker experiences many of the safety benefits of the fully automatic system.” AB
