HERMA
| HERMA | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1906 |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
Number of locations | 4 |
Key people | Martin Kühl, Head of Labelling Machines; Oguzhan Celil, Managing Director; Dr. Guido Spachtholz, Managing Director; Sven Schneller, Managing Director |
Number of employees | 1065 |
| Website | www.shibaura-machine.eu |
Company Profile
HERMA is one of Europe's leading suppliers of self-adhesive technology solutions, with almost 1,100 employees and an annual turnover of over € 430 million. The company is family-owned for almost 120 years and is value-driven, innovative and sustainable. HERMA has a reputation as the world's premier address for self-adhesive materials, labels and labeling machines. The company manufactures high specification, high quality labeling equipment and has a range of standard and special purpose machinery. The labeling machines guarantee quality, flexibility, connectivity and support around the globe. HERMA creates added value throughout the process with our superior strength in consulting, implementation and service.
With its extensive portfolio, HERMA covers all special requirements in any industry.
The company has four divisions:
- Material - Production of self-adhesive paper and film laminates with a wide range of adhesive properties
- Office and Home - Self-adhesive labels for PC printers, products for school and attractive household items
- Labels - Self-adhesive labels for manufacturing, trade and logistics – supplied on rolls, sheets and fanfolded, printed or unprinted
- Labeling machines - Reliable labelers and labeling machines for integration into industrial packaging processes
Products
- Label Stock
- Adhesives
- Release Liner
- Self-adhesive materials
- Office and home labels
- Labels – custom manufactured
- Labeling machines
History
- 1906 – founded by Heinrich Herman
- 1910 – relocation to a new building
- 1913 – first abroad branch office in England
- 1951 - developed a special process for coating adhesive paper and marketed self-adhesive labels under the arco brand
- 1956 – 50th Anniversary
- first manual label dispensers
- 1960 – first electric label dispenser
- 1961 – new coating plant in Bonlanden
- 1963 – first computer labels
- 1968 – Herma 200 labeller introduced
- 1969 – HERMA is now the official name of the company
- 1969 to 1973 – new plants in Deizisau and Filderstadt-Bonlanden are build
- 1970 – restructuring of company to align wiht three markets: Adhesives, Labelling sytems and stationary products
- 1971 – subsidiary HERMA France
- 1978 – Subsidiaries Austria and Belgium
- 1985 to 1987 - ESC 12/18 labelling machine Laser-printer
- 1991 - HERMA founds a subsidiary in Haverhill in the United Kingdom
- 1994 - all lines of business were certified to DIN EN ISO 9001
- 1995 - the first manufacturer of adhesive coatings to use UV acrylic adhesives
- 1999 - first company in the industry to use a curtain coater
- 2003 - new HERMA 400 labelling machine sets international standards
- 2004 - HERMA Benelux founded in the Netherlands
- 2006 - 100th anniversary
- 2008 - HERMA inaugurated modern coating facility in Filderstadt
- 2011 - investment in its Filderstadt production plant for adhesives
- 2012 – Martin Kühl is the new head of Labelling Machines Division
- 2014 - HERMA expands its administrative building at its headquarters
- HERMA basic debuts at Interpack
- 2016 - Investment of 100 million euros for completely new coating plant for adhesives and production lines for label applicators and labelling machines
- foundation of a subsidiary in Fairfield, NJ, USA
- 2018 - HERMA 500 label applicator presented at the Fachpack and PPMA trade fairs
- 2019 - HERMA Labelling Machines division moves from Deizisau to Filderstadt.
- 2020 - new coating plant for self-adhesive materials in operation
- 2021 – HERMA finances climate protection projects in Filderstadt
- 2022 - HERMA sees sustainable action as a strategic corporate task with the target of carbon neutrality in 2040
- 2023 - HERMA participates in the globally active Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi)
- 2024 - HERMA achieved a silver medal in the EcoVadis sustainability audit
- HERMA installs own photovoltaic system
- 2025 - awarded with a gold medal in the EcoVadis sustainability audit
- 2025 - Long-standing managing director Sven Schneller announced his retirement from the company in mid-2026
- 2025 - advisory board appointed HERMA CFO Oguzhan Celil as managing director alongside the two existing managing directors, Sven Schneller and Dr. Guido Spachtholz, with effect from August 1, 2025
- the entire HERMA headquarters are certified by TÜV Süd for its environmental management system in accordance with the internationally recognized ISO 14001 standard
References
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 09 / 2025: Wash-off adhesives supporting sustainable packaging