Interroll

Interroll Holding AG, based in Sant'Antonino in the canton of Ticino ( Switzerland ) is a leading global manufacturer of key products for unit load handling, internal logistics and automation. These are found mainly in the food processing, airport logistics, postal services, distribution and various industries. Include easy- to-integrate drive solutions such as drum motors for belt conveyors, conveyor rollers and DC-powered rollers for conveyor systems; energy -efficient flow storage modules for compact pallet and container racking systems in distribution; Cross belt sorters, belt curves and other user-friendly conveyor modules for cost-efficient material flow systems. Interroll serves more than 23,000 customers, mainly regional plant manufacturers and engineering companies as well as system integrators, multinational companies and users. The company employs 1,500 people in 28 companies and has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Under the guidance of a strategic holding company located in Sant'Antonino, Switzerland, two global business divisions: " Global Sales & Service» distributes the full range of Interroll products strictly according to customer types; " Products & Technology " oversees the global centers of excellence and other production locations and is responsible for R & D, product management and strategic purchasing, production technology and manufacturing.

History

Interroll was founded in 1959 by Dieter Specht and Hans vom Stein in German Wermelskirchen. Between 1968 and 1973 concluded Interroll joint ventures in France, the United States, Denmark, the Benelux countries and Spain. The company subsequently developed a set of belt conveyors mini belt drive, ball rolling and in collaboration with the Italian Rulmeca heavy conveyor rollers for bulk applications.

1986, the company concentrated its entire injection molding production at the newly created site in S. Antonio at Switzerland and moved three years later also the corporate headquarters there. 1997, the company went public.

In 2000, company founder Dieter Specht gave the Executive Committee to the new CEO Paul Zumbühl. This taught in the sequence, the group new strategic approach, not sold -core business activities.