Frank Eichhorn, MD of Winkler+Dünnebier
Winkler+Dünnebier has acquired envelope printing equipment manufacturer Halm Industries.
Part of the Barry-Wehmiller family, W+D offers a range of system solutions for the mail and postal industry, as well as for the tissue and hygiene industry. The company is headquartered in Neuwied, Germany, and has production and distribution sites in Germany, Malaysia and the US. Its 89th acquisition, Halm (located in New York and Warmond, the Netherlands), grows Barry-Wehmiller to more than 11,000 team members in 100-plus locations worldwide.
‘Halm’s new four-color digital inkjet envelope overprinting press [the Halm Jet Press D415MJ], designed to meet customers’ rapidly growing demand for personalisation and short-run envelope overprinting production, will be a perfect complement to W+D’s short-run, highly flexible and easy-to-use line of envelope converting, inserting and printing solutions,’ said Frank Eichhorn, managing director of W+D.
‘We are eager to globalise this new product’s very successful North American introduction,’ he continued. ‘Plus, W+D will assume the service for the installed base of all Halm machines, with the support of key team members in the US and in Warmond, Netherlands.’
‘It gives me great pleasure to warmly welcome the team members of Halm to the people-centric culture of W+D and Barry-Wehmiller,’ said Bob Chapman, Barry-Wehmiller chairman and CEO. ‘We are looking forward to collaborating and creating additional value for customers.’
