Kuhne Anlagenbau GmbH – MILESTONES
1934
The company “Maschinenfabrik Heinrich Koch” is founded
1949
Development of the first extruder HKS 80/60
1957
The company Werner Battenfeld takes over “Maschinenfabrik Heinrich Koch”
1959
Dipl.-Ing. Walter Kuhne assumes management of Battenfeld Extruderwerk Siegburg
1970
Dipl.-Ing. Walter Kuhne takes over the company Battenfeld Extruderwerk Siegburg
1975
Kuhne GmbH moves from Siegburg into a new company building in Sankt Augustin
1979
KUHNE Anlagenbau GmbH is founded
80’s
Installation of turnkey plants
Presentation of the first blown film line with IBC-System
90’s
RECYCLING – Environmental technology award
1994
Presentation of a 5-layer blown film line for the production of barrier films.
1996
First Triple Bubble® blown film line
1997
First 5-layer Triple Bubble® blown film line
2000
First “High Speed” Triple Bubble® blown film line (production speed >200m/min)
2003
First 7-layer Triple Bubble® blown film line
First Triple Bubble® blown film line for the production of shrink bags (700 mm double flat)
2005
First Cool Bubble® blown film line
2006
New generation of “High Speed” Triple Bubble® blown film line (production speed > 300 m/min)
2007
50th Triple Bubble® blown film line
2008
First 9-layer Triple Bubble® blown film line with Hy-Con die technology
2009
The first large Triple Bubble® blown film line up to 1.500 mm double flat
2010
The first large Cool Bubble® blown film line up to 1.500 mm double flat and up to 1.100 kg/h in output
First 11-layer Triple Bubble® blown film line with Hy-Con die technology
2012
Delivery of a 9-layer Smart Bubble® blown film line for the production of barrier films to a customer in Italy with Hy-Con die technology
2013
Presentation of a flexible 5-layer blown film line for barrier and only PE film structures with Re-Con die technology
First 11-layer Smart Bubble® blown film line with melt pumps and Hy-Con die technology
First 11-layer Triple Bubble® blown film line with Mo-Con die technology
2014
First 9-layer Cool Bubble® blown film line with Hy-Con die technology
2015
100th Triple Bubble® blown film line
First 5-layer Smart Bubble® blown film line for barrier and only PE non barrier film structures with Mo-Con die technology
2016
First 13-layer Triple Bubble® blown film line with Mo-Con die technology
2017
First blown film line for processing all thermoplastics materials including PVDC