Heidelberg Celebrates 60 Years of Stahlfolder Production in Ludwigsburg
Folding machines - a global success story
Operations moved to the current site in Ludwigsburg in 1960 and the 10,000th folding machine was assembled there as early as 1968. The 20,000th machine was delivered twelve years later in 1980. The designers worked to ensure that the productivity, user-friendliness and quality of the machines underwent a process of ongoing development. The highly successful models of the 1960s included the "Stahl Variabel" machines with working widths of 58, 72, 86, and 100 centimeters, and the combination folding machines with working widths of 58, 72, and 86 centimeters. The Stahl-O-Mat generation was introduced in time for drupa 1977. 1984 then saw the advent of the KC "Compact", the first combination folding machine with an electronic folding knife.