The story
Founded in 1890 by Joseph Bobst in Lausanne, Switzerland, BOBST has a presence in more than 50 countries, runs 14 production facilities in 8 countries and employs close to 5,400 people around the world. The firm recorded a consolidated turnover of CHF 1.563 billion for 2021.
The company was established to supply commercial printers in Lausanne. The trademark ‘Bobst’ was filed in 1917 and was followed by the formation of a limited company with the name J. Bobst & Fils SA in 1918.
In 1936 the company opened its first sales office outside of Switzerland, in Paris, France. In 1938, J. Bobst & Fils SA moved to a new industrial production site in Prilly, a suburb of Lausanne. The Autoplaten die-cutter was invented by the company in 1940. In 1965, J. Bobst & Fils SA acquired the Champlain company of Roseland, New Jersey, which is now called Bobst North America Inc. In the same year Bobst Italiana was created, this subsidiary now being called Bobst Italia SpA. Nihon Bobst KK was established in 1970 and now has the name Bobst Japan Ltd. The Group established a presence in Latin America in 1974 with the creation of Bobst Brazil, now called Bobst Latinoamérica do Sul Ltda. An additional production site at Mex, near Lausanne, was established in 1977.
The name of the company was changed to Bobst SA in 1978 and in the same year it was introduced to the Lausanne Stock Exchange.
In July 2017, Bobst created a new startup located in Switzerland called Mouvent. This 100 employee company is responsible for the design, integration and production of inkjet printing engines or clusters, chemicals, pre-coating, varnish, inks and software.
From Wikipedia’s article on Bobst (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5