History

1901 - 1925

1901 Wüzburg

Koenig & Bauer moves to a new site which is still the company headquarters.

1902 Planeta

Dresdner Schnellpressenfabrik registers the first patent for its planet drive. This new, reliable drive lays the foundation for the company's worldwide reputation.

1910 Würzburg

Development of the Iris - the first four-colour sheetfed press - and the Rollrenner, a cranked-movement press.

1911 Würzburg

The Hexe (witch), a high-speed letterpress press, goes into production in Würzburg.

1911 Planeta

Dresdner Schnellpressenfabrik moves to Naundorf (Radebeul), to the site now occupied by Koenig & Bauer´s sheetfed facility Karat Digital Press GmbH.

1911 Frankenthal

Albert & Cie. starts building sheetfed offset presses.

1912 Würzburg

Shipment of the first rotogravure press.
Development of the Sturmvogel two-revolution press.
Establishment of the Benno Bolza fund, forerunner of the company suggestion scheme.

1913 Würzburg

Acquisition of Schnellpressenfabrik L. Kaiser's Söhne, Vienna, now called KBA-Mödling.

1913 Frankenthal

The first webfed rotogravure press off the Frankenthal production line. Today our Frankenthal facility is the world market leader in publication rotogravure presses.

1919 Würzburg

Dr. Hans Bolza (1889 - 1986), Friedrich-Koenig's great-grandson, joins the firm.

1922 Planeta

The first Planeta sheetfed offset press leaves the Radebeul factory.

1922 Frankenthal

Frankenthal starts manufacturing web offset presses.

1923 Würzburg

Construction of the first collect press for coloured banknotes.

1924 Planeta

The company merges with Leipziger Schnellpressenfabrik and brings out the world's first convertible perfecting press, the Dresden.