Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Rahden, Westphalia, in northern Germany, is proud of a long tradition of engineering excellence. The company, with around 650 employees, 80 apprenticeships. Founded in 1775, Kolbus has been supplying paper processing machinery since 1900. The company built a world reputation for its highly automated bindery machines. Today, the focus is on special machine construction for packaging production and corrugated board processing. Kolbus engineers machinery and systems for the production of book and large format cases and packaging made from paper and cardboard, and flexoprint-rotary die-cutter for the corrugated board packaging industry. Apart from the main plant in Rahden, Kolbus also operates production plants in Krostitz near Leipzig/Germany,in Kalamazoo/Michigan and Houghton Regis, England.