1952
Gerhard Hansen founds the company thermo-pack, which extrudes, prints, and cuts PE films to size.

1962
The first prototype of the BFS bottelpack machine is developed.

1964
The newly founded German company Kocher-Plastik Maschinenbau GmbH takes over the development and manufacture of the bottelpack machines.

1964
The first bottelpack machine is launched and Rommelag Switzerland begins to sell bottelpack machines there.

1967
Rommelag Germany is founded in order to sell bottelpack machines, initially in West Germany.

1969
The company Maroplastic is founded in Switzerland for the manufacture of bottelpack machines.

1970
bottelpack takes Asia and South America by storm and is used in the food and pharma sectors.

1975
Holopack, Sulzbach, is founded and henceforth provides contract filling services.

1980
Maropack is founded in Switzerland to provide contract filling services.

1981
Holopack, Untergröningen, is founded.

1983
Rommelag USA is founded to boost sales and service in North America.

1985
Bernd Hansen takes over at the helm of the Hansen Group as its managing partner.

1992
The first cap-welding machine for infusion containers demonstrates its prowess.

1992
The first high-voltage leak detector (HVLD) is introduced.

1995
Holopack International is founded in the USA to handle the contract filling of pharmaceutical products.

1996
Officially first-class – a quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001 is introduced.

2001
Installation of the 50th bottelpack machine for contract filling at Rommelag CMO.

2002
Introduction of a quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001:2000.

2003
The 1,000th bottelpack machine goes into operation.

2003
The Swiss Rommelag representative office is founded in Shanghai.

2005
The fourth generation of bottelpack machines makes its debut.

2007
Rommelag Trading is founded in Shanghai.

2010
Maropack Switzerland’s BIGE biological building featuring biosafety level 2 is inaugurated.

2011
Holopack’s suite-concept Pharma 2020 plant is opened in Sulzbach.

2012
Introduction of contract filling of temperature-sensitive and other sensitive products using the cool-BFS process at the BSL-2 factory at maropack AG, Switzerland.

2013
Inauguration of the bottelpack training center for product training; installation, qualification, and validation of a multifunctional coex bottelpack machine at Holopack.

2014
50th anniversary of Kocher-Plastik and Rommelag Switzerland. The Group has sold more than 1,800 bottelpack machines to over 80 countries.

2014
Flecotec becomes part of the Hansen Group.

2015
Holopack celebrates its 40th anniversary.

2016
The Hansen Group companies are grouped under the strong “Rommelag” brand and are assigned to the four specialist divisions ENGINEERING, CMO, FLEX, and SERVICE.

2017
Rommelag Germany celebrates its 50th anniversary.

2017
Incorporation of Rommelag iLabs GmbH, for digitization solutions of our bottelpack systems.

2018
Maroplastic celebrates its 50th anniversary.

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