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| 1883 Founding of Laemlin Cartonagen und Buchbinderei, St.Gallen (at the location of present-day Globus) 1934 Takeover of Waser Bookbinders by Werner Kuhn Sr. in 1906 1938 The foundation of today’s K+D AG was laid with the merger of AG Laemlin + Co and Werner Kuhn Bookbinders 1964 Son Werner Kuhn takes over the company from his father 1967 Purchase and integration of Lithag in Herisau and hence entry into professional folding box production 1969 Purchase of first part (7,600m2) of current company land. CHF 1 million production turnover achieved for first time 1972 Entry into offset printing technology 1976 New build in the Schuppis industrial quarter comes on stream with 4,000m2 production hall and warehouse 1978 Purchase and integration of Alldruck AG 1991 Takeover and integration of Eidenbenz Druck AG in St.Gallen 1993 ISO 9001 certification by SQS 1996 Stefan Kuhn takes over the position of Chairman of the Board at K+D AG |
1998 First packaging printer in Europe to obtain ISO 14001 (at same time as process-orientated ISO 9001 ceretificate) 2001 100% digital (filmless) prepress 2001 Land purchase increases company area to 12,000m2 2004 Takeover of E.Suter AG in Liebefeld by K+D AG 2004 Production expansion (total 4,500m2) and new administration building come on stream 2004 GMP certification (ISO 15378, packaging for medicines) 2006 6-coulour printing press with double coating and inline cold foiling 2006 First WebCenter for validated and retraceable pre-press processes 2007 Takeover of «Packaging» business field of Huber Print-Pack AG in Frauenfeld and various investments in printing, punching and gluing machines 2008 K+D achieves CHF 30 million turnover, invests CHF 30 million in modern infrastructure, systems and acquisitions from 2003–2008 |
