![The company history of THIMM](/fileadmin/user_upload/thimm-gruppe/unternehmensgeschichte/unternehmensgeschichte-thimm.jpg)
Company history
Milestones in the company history of THIMM
![Early corrugated cardboard production](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/2/csm_wellpappenproduktion-thimm_ab3d326061.jpg)
1949
- Walter Felix Thimm founds the company in Herzberg am Harz.
1959
- Start of the company's corrugated cardboard production.
![Walter Felix Thimm and Klaus Thimm](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/9/csm_walter-felix-klaus-thimm_498d18b523.jpg)
1970
- Klaus Thimm becomes a personally liable shareholder alongside his father.
- Establishment of the company’s European sales network in France, the Netherlands and Denmark.
1978
- Introduction of the patented belt pre-print process for high-quality packaging printing.
1990
- Expansion of the corporate strategy with the Central and Eastern Europe strategy along with the specialisation and key account strategy.
![THIMM printing centre in Northeim in 1997](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/7/csm_druckzentrum-northeim-thimm_7524b0c239.jpg)
1994
- Market entry into the Czech Republic through the construction of a corrugated cardboard plant on a greenfield site near Prague.
1996
- Construction of the central print works for flexo-roll pre-print in Northeim.
1999
- Introduction of the company umbrella brand THIMM – THE HIGHPACK COMPANY and structuring of the product and service portfolio into the packaging, print, display, service (multi-materials) and consulting business divisions.
![Market entry into Romania](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/b/csm_rumaenien-thimm_3f12450d25.jpg)
2000
- Departure of Klaus Thimm from operations to join the company advisory board. Mathias Schliep takes over the management board.
- Expansion of the display division by the takeover of a manufacturer in this market segment.
2006
- Market entry into Romania and construction of a new plant for further expansion in Eastern Europe.
- Takeover of a multi-material packaging specialist in southern Germany.
![Strategic partnership with Christiansen Print (Ilsenburg).](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/8/csm_christiansen-print-ilsenburg-thimm_47dca211d6.jpg)
2007
- New market branding under the umbrella brand THIMM – THE HIGHPACK GROUP. All business divisions receive an independent logo for their independent further development in their market segments.
2010
- Strategic partnership with Christiansen Print (Ilsenburg); expansion of its market position as the largest flexo pre-printer in Europe for the corrugated cardboard industry
2011
- Expansion of the production network in Central and Eastern Europe through a majority stake in a corrugated cardboard factory in Southern Poland as part of a joint venture with the Spanish packaging company SAICA.
![Ground-breaking ceremony Holledau plant](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/a/csm_holledau-bau-thimm_073836e7c9.jpg)
2013
- Takeover of display manufacturer Hohendahl Wellkarton GmbH by THIMM Display (Essen).
- Commissioning of new production sites in the Bremen freight centre and Duisburg Inner Harbour.
2014
- Takeover of the REKA corrugated cardboard plant in Lohhof and foundation of THIMM Verpackung Süd.
2015
- Commissioning of a new production site in Germersheim.
- Construction of the new THIMM Verpackung production site in Holledau.
![Commissioning of the first digital HP PageWide T1100S web press](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/7/csm_inbetriebnahme-rollendruckmaschine-thimm_fb18d9a751.jpg)
2016
- Full takeover of Christiansen Print GmbH with sites in Ilsenburg and Garancières-en-Beauce (France).
2017
- Commissioning of the new production site in Wolnzach (Holledau plant).
- Kornelius THIMM joins the Management Board of THIMM Group.
- Commissioning of the first digital HP PageWide T1100S web press in Ilsenburg.
![Übernahme des polnischen Anbieters von Wellpappenverpackungen United Packaging SA durch TOP Packaging.](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/8/csm_polen-uebernahme-thimm_cfd323a074.jpg)
2018
- Foundation of CARTONARA®, the e-commerce platform for standardised packaging and added-value accessories.
2019
- Brand merger of THIMM Display and THIMM Verpackung and THIMM Packaging to create THIMM pack‘n‘display.
- Takeover of the Polish supplier of corrugated cardboard packaging United Packaging SA by TOP Packaging
- Takeover by THIMM Packaging Systems of the German ISL Gruppe, a supplier of foam solutions and technical moulded parts.
![As the 3rd generation of the Thimm family, Kornelius Thimm takes on the role of CEO](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/b/csm_generation-kornelius-thimm_fbf2f1b9f3.jpg)
2021
- Commissioning of new office space in in Göttingen by THIMM Group start-ups
2022
- Focus on the consumer goods industry through the sale of the industrial goods division THIMM Packaging Systems to the Japanese Rengo Group.
- Mathias Schliep moves to the Board of Directors. As the third generation of the Thimm family, Kornelius Thimm takes on the role of CEO.
2023
- THIMM is implementing a new brand and cultural project across the Group. When simplicity feels good. It’s THIMM time.
Would you like to find out more?
![THIMM corporate head office in Northeim](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/0/csm_kontakt-thimm_844b465251.jpg)
THIMM Group
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info@thimm.de