Bobst Group SA supplies equipment and services for printing, coating and laminating, cutting, folding, gluing, and other processes in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. It operates through BU Printing & Converting; and BU Services & Performance segments. Its products comprise vacuum coaters and metalizers, extrusion coating and laminating lines, coating lines, and laminating machines; digital inkjet printing presses, flexo post-printing presses, CI flexo presses, inline flexo presses, and rotogravure printing presses; flatbed die cutters, hot foil stampers, folding-gluers, Web-fed converting, and litho-laminators; and flatbed die-cutting lines, flexo folder gluers, flexo rotary die cutters, and converting lines for printing and converting. The company also provides equipment monitoring, performance tooling, consumables and spare parts, maintenance, performance management, tooling storage, process optimization, and relocation services. Its products are used in label printing, flexible packaging, corrugated boards, folding cartons, food, beverages, personal care, home and office, industrial films processing, tapes production, security and textile printing, e-commerce packaging, and transit and other industrial applications. The company was founded in 1890 and is based in Mex, Switzerland. Bobst Group SA is a subsidiary of JBF Finance SA.

History

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 1 529 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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.

Mission

At Bobst Group, we strive to deliver innovative solutions for our customers by continuously improving our products, services and processes in order to be the preferred supplier in our industries.

Vision

Our vision is to provide the most innovative, reliable and cost-effective machines and services for our customers, in order to enable them to succeed in the ever-changing printing and related industries.

Key Team

Mr. Alain Berger (Head of Bus. Unit Printing & Converting)

Raphael Indermuhle (Head of Bus. Unit Services & Performance)

Recognition and Awards

Bobst Group has been recognized with numerous awards over the years. These include awards for product innovation, corporate social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.