History
1876 - 1900
1876 Würzburg
Koenig & Bauer ships its first webfed
press, to Magdeburger Zeitung.
1886 Würzburg
Albrecht Bolza, Friedrich Koenig's
grandson, joins the firm. Edgar Koenig develops a
web press with integrated former.
1887 Frankenthal
Frankenthal builds the first Albertina
commercial flatbed press for finest polychrome
printing.
1889 Frankenthal
Shipment of the first web press built in
Frankenthal.
1895 Würzburg
The 5,000th press leaves the Oberzell
factory.
1898 Planeta
Joseph Hauss, a former field engineer at
Albert in Frankenthal, and Alfred Sparbert found
the Dresdner Schnellpressenfabrik, which later
moves to Radebeul, changes its name to Planeta
and is now Koenig & Bauer's sheetfed
facility.
1899 Frankenthal
1899 FT Albert & Cie. ships its 5,000th
press.