E.C.H. Will
E.C.H. Will is based in Wedel is a company of machinery for paper manufacturing and converting industries. The company is part of the Paper Systems Holding GmbH, based in Wedel, which in addition to ECH Will the two companies Kugler- Womako and Pemco Inc., headquartered in Sheboygan (Wisconsin, United States) include ..
E.C.H. Will developed along with its sister company Pemco systems for the paper industry. In the small format cutting machines, on which, for example Copy paper is manufactured, the company has a leading market share. Also machines for exercise book manufacturing products includes.
Products and services
The product of E.C.H. Will includes cut-size sheeters for the production of communication paper ( 2-16 pockets ), folio-size sheeter for paper and cardboard and processing lines for the production of lined and unlined large sheets, exercise books and folded layers for low and medium production volumes as well as for high-performance applications. In addition, the company offers a processing solution for the industrial processing of digitally printed books.
History
The company was founded in 1866 by Eduard Christian Heinrich Will. 1946 took over his granddaughter Annelise Will the company. In 1970, the E.C.H. Will GmbH acquired by the Körber AG, which got out again on 1 January 2012 and ECH Will sold together with its affiliates, Pemco and Kugler -Womako GmbH Inc. to an investor group. The group was advised by the Munich Orlando Management AG. In connection with the sale of the Paper Systems Holding GmbH was founded, which functioned as a holding company for the three companies.
The management of Paper Systems Holding GmbH presented on June 28, 2013, in consultation with its shareholders bankruptcy petition with the District Court of Pinneberg, just for the ECH Will GmbH and Kugler- Womako GmbH. The company went under the protection proceedings. The request was justified by the fact that in mid- 2012, the orders have slumped in the new machine. Some weeks later, the Körber AG explained that they wanted the shares in Paper Systems Holding, which also includes ECH Will heard back purchase. With this repurchase the Involvenzverfahren could be averted.
On March 25, 2014, the E.C.H. reported Will GmbH that the MarquipWardUnited, Inc., a subsidiary of American Barry - Wehmiller Group, have signed an agreement to acquire the business operations of Paper Systems Holding of the Körber AG. Was intended for the necessary approvals from the Federal Cartel Office the operations of three companies ECH Will GmbH to take Pemco and Kugler -Womako Inc. GmbH. Should the acquisition be approved antitrust law, the approximately 350 employees of three companies workforce of around 1,100 employees comprehensive MarquipWardUnited would continue to belong to the world so far.