The Interroll Worldwide Group is a manufacturer of products for unit-load handling systems, internal
logistics and
automation.
Established in 1959 and listed on the
Swiss Stock Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange (formerly SWX Swiss Exchange), based in Zurich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange (the other being Berne eXchange). SIX Swiss Exchange also trades other securities such as Swiss government bonds and derivatives such as ...
, the Interroll Group employs 2500 people at 35 subsidiaries worldwide and generated 2022 a turnover of 664 million
Swiss franc
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s.
Headquartered and directed by a strategic holding company located in Sant' Antonino,
Ticino in Switzerland, the group operates with two business divisions: "Global Sales & Service" and "Products & Technology".
Field of activities
Interroll is a manufacturer of products for
unit-load handling systems, internal
logistics and
automation. These are used primarily within the area of
food processing
Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing includes many forms of processing foods, from grinding grain to make raw flour to home cooking to complex industr ...
, airport logistics,
postal services, distribution and in various segments of industry. The products include
drum motors for belt conveyors, DC-powered and non-powered rollers for
conveyor systems; flow storage modules for compact pallet/container racking systems in
distribution centres; crossbelt sorters, belt curves and other conveyor modules for material flow systems. Interroll serves more than 28,000 customers, mainly regional plant manufacturers and engineering specialists as well as system integrators, multinational companies and users.
History
Founded in 1959 by Dieter Specht and Hans vom Stein in
Wermelskirchen, Germany.
Between 1968 and 1973 Interroll concluded
joint ventures in France, the UK, Denmark,
the Benelux countries and Spain. The company developed in the subsequent one as a belt drive used
mini-drum motor, ball
caster and in cooperation with the Italian Rulmeca, severe conveyor rollers for bulk material applications.
1986 the company concentrated all
injection molding
Injection moulding (U.S. spelling: injection molding) is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting molten material into a mould, or mold. Injection moulding can be performed with a host of materials mainly including metals (for ...
production at the newly created site in Sant' Antonio in Switzerland and moved 3 years later the groups headquarter there.
1989 Foundation of the Swiss Holding, establishing the holding.
In 1997, the company went public and floated on the
Swiss Stock Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange (formerly SWX Swiss Exchange), based in Zurich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange (the other being Berne eXchange). SIX Swiss Exchange also trades other securities such as Swiss government bonds and derivatives such as ...
In 2000, the company founder Dieter Specht, gave the Corporate Executive Board to the new CEO Paul Zumbühl.
Subsequently, Zumbühl realigned the group strategically and disposed non-core activities.
In 2013, Interoll took over the US-company Portec, Inc. in
Cañon City, Colorado
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.
In 2019, its 18th manufacturing subsidiary started operations in
Thailand,
which will be followed by a factory in
Suzhou
Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...
, PRC.
In 2021, Ingo Steinkrüger followed Paul Zumbühl as CEO. Zumbühl became ''Active Chairman'' of interroll at the same time to ease this transition.
Also, Interroll acquired the Austrian company MITmacher GmbH in
Linz to create the new ''Center of Excellence Software & Electronics''.
References
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External links
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