History of the Möllers Packaging Technology

Partner to the cement industry

Development of bag loading machines for the cement industry.

The headquarters takes shape

Start of the newbuild of today's headquarters of the Möllers Group on Sudhoferweg in Beckum.

Loading of goods trains

Development and delivery of the first large bag loading systems with platform carriages for continuous loading of complete goods trains.

Secure transport through shrink technology

The demand for automatic sack palletizing from industry grows. The Möllers Group begins with the development of pallet-shrink technology for economic transport security.

Pioneer: Presentation of the palletless shipping unit

Presentation of the prototype of the palletless shipping unit according to the counter hood shrink system at ACHEMA in Frankfurt/Main.

Step across the big pond

Establishment of Möllers Corporation of America in Grand Rapids, Mich./USA.

The Group grows

Establishment of affiliate companies in England and France; expansion of the product range through participation in Greif-Velox, Lübeck (specialist in weighing-, dosing and filling technology).

We celebrate the 100th

delivery of the counter hood shrink system®.

Future orientated stretch hooding technology

Möllers offers a new, low-cost system for securing pallets in the form of the trailblazing stretch hooder process. It uses thin film which is flexible when cold, requires no heat energy and is environmentally friendly. 

Presence in Moscow

Establishment of the joint-venture company Möllers Intertec, Moscow.

Development of HSA-Vario

Development of the automatic transverse stretch hooder HSA-Vario; market leadership in the field of palletless wrapping technology.

Mourning for Richard Birkenfeld

Death of long-time managing director and owner Richard Birkenfeld. The company remains family-owned.

Presentation of PHS

Market launch of the worldwide innovation 2in1 PHS series which combines highest quality palletizing technology with high-performance transverse stretch-hood technology.

Full Line. High Quality.

Presentation of the “Full Line. High Quality concept“ at interpack 2014 which offers the customer individual total solutions with products from a single source. 

The process control system PRODUCAT®

The Möllers Group introduces with PRODUCAT® a trendsetting, efficient and user-friendly process-control system which, thanks to a simplified visualizing program, guarantees maximum security in its operation – and thus forms the perfect solution for steering and control of the Full Line.

Opening of the Möllers Group Academy

After around nine months of total build time the Möllers Group Academy commences its training operation in June. The Möllers Group Academy offers customers, business partners and its own competence team an ultra-modern equipped seminar area for theoretical learning covering around 1250 sqm. In the adjacent machinery workshop practical implementation of the knowledge learnt takes place on the world's only palletless line on a production scale.

Interpack

As a pioneer the Möllers Group presents a universally functioning machine which at the push of a button and at maximum speed, wraps packs with pallet, with slip-sheet as well as without pallet – as 2-Way and as the patent pending 4-Way palletless pack. At interpack: Presentation of HSA Vario with its patent pending film-end ejection device. 

Sale of the company's affiliate GREIF-VELOX

Maschinenfabrik Möllers GmbH is focusing on its core business the high-performance Full Line and sells GREIF-VELOX Maschinenfabrik GmbH/Lübeck. 

That's what winners look like! 

The 4-Way pack: nominated for the "ACHEMA Innovation Award" in the category "Wrapping- and Filling Technology". Readers of the trade magazine “cav chemie anlagen verfahren“ and “Prozesstechnik online“ vote the palletless shipping unit the Top-Product of the Year 2017!

Takeover by Arodo Group and rebranding

Following the takeover by the Belgian Arodo Group and the associated rebranding, the former Maschinenfabrik Möllers GmbH now operates as Möllers Packaging Technology GmbH (MPT).

Relocation to Oelde

The plans are in place: Möllers Packaging Technology is moving in 2024 - from Sudhoferweg in Beckum to the "Oelde A2" industrial park in Oelde. With a modern and efficient company headquarters, processes and a positive outlook for the future will be strengthened.

Interpack

Möllers Packaging Technology (MPT) presents the new HSB-2600 form-fill-seal system at Interpack in Düsseldorf. With a patented bag compacting system and K-Seal corner sealing, MPT is setting standards in the high-speed packaging sector with this bagging system. With this trade fair appearance, MPT is strengthening its influence as a full-liner in the packaging industry and demonstrating its presence.

Moving to Oelde

On January 29 in 2024, Möllers Packaging Technology (MPT) officially moved to its new headquarters in the "Oelde A2" industrial park in Oelde, Germany. With this strategic decision, MPT takes a significant step towards future. 

Möllers Packaging Technology is now located under the following address:

Möllers Packaging Technology GmbH
Rosalind-Franklin-Straße 2
59302 Oelde, Germany