Company history
1946: Foundation of MABEG
1947: First sheet feeder for sheet-fed printing presses
1971: Delivery of the 25,000th MABEG sheet feeder
1991 to 2003: Part of the manroland Group
1998: Integration of the product portfolio of Georg Spiess GmbH
2006 to 2010: MABEG Machinery (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
The company was sold in 2010, and there is no link to the company any more.
2007: Licensor for sheet feeders for Japanese printing press manufacturers
2009: Start-up of MABEG Systems GmbH
2011: Activities in new markets, e.g. digital printing:
Participation in the Hunkeler InnovationDays 2011
Opening of showroom for MABEG inspection lines and printing systems
Worldwide expansion of the MABEG sales network through distribution agencies
2012: drupa 2012: Presentation of innovative machines and introduction of new technologies
Certification as officially recognised known consignor by the German Federal Aviation Authority (LBA)
2013: Cooperation as OEM supplier in the digital printing sector
2014: Sales partner for SCODIX: digital print converting
2016: “drupa 2016 – there from the start”
Inspection lines for banknote printing machines and banknote paper manufacturers
2021: Succession Plan - Entry of Company Gietz
Technological milestones
Many of today's standard technologies were developed and introduced to the market by MABEG. We still utilise these technologies today.
1956: Introduction of the first non-stop sheet feeder
1977: New development presented at drupa: Suction feed board
1978: Electronic double sheet detector
1990: Introduction of the high-speed sheet feeder for Roland 700
2002: New generation of MABEG RS 104 reel sheeters
2004: New development: MABEG STS Sheet Transportation System
2006: The latest generation of the RS reel sheeter family for medium-size sheets à is the world leader in automation and reliability
2010: New MSF 10 family of large-size sheet feeders 1,650 x 2,500 mm
2012: New developments presented at drupa:
- SharkStack – high-performance sheet stacker
specially designed for digital printing - MABEG NewTec – the new suction head technology
- 50 % more energy efficient
- Freely programmable timing
- A new dimension in speed
MABEG ClassicFeed – a new name for the tried and tested suction head technology
2016: NewTec suction head technology introduced by OEM at drupa
Reel sheeter with register cut based on watermarks
2017: MABEG MSP 54 launched as the new platform for inspection and sorting, sheet coding and serialisation as well as track-and-trace technologies for the half-size format.
High-performance sheet stacker MST 2 for small-size formats