Havana, Cuba
Jose Molins opens a cigar and cigarette making business.
London, UK
Incorporation of Molins Machine Company Limited to design, manufacture & sell cigarette packet making machines
Cuijk, Netherlands
H.J Langen & Zonen Is founded by Hermann Josef Langen
Mississauga, Canada
With packaging machinery design ideas – H.J Langen & Sons, founded by brothers; Rien & Sjaak Langen
Yorkshire, UK
Lambert Engineering Ltd. is founded by Chris Lambert & Peter Wainman to provide design & engineering services to local manufacturing industries.
Stock Exchange, Global
Public listing of Molins shares on London Stock Exchange
Cuijk, Netherlands
LANGENPAC, Founded by Rien, Sjaak, Geer & Henk Langen in
Mississauga, Canada
Molins acquires H. J Langen Inc. (Mississauga Canada) and Langenpac
Cleveland, US
Switchback Group, a manufacturer of packaging equipment is founded in Richfield, Ohio and quickly makes its first sale.
Wijchen, Netherlands
Langenpac NL and Langen CAN are consolidated – branded as Langen Packaging Group
Yorkshire, UK
Lambert introduces the Module Technology with the vision of reducing risk, cost and lead time of their equipment.
APAC, Asia
Langen establishes sales & service offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Shanghai and Curitiba to support the APAC region
Coesia, Global
Following shareholder approval; Molins plc sells its instrumentation and tobacco machinery business to G.D.S.p.A, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coesia S.p.A
Rebrand, Global
As part of the sale; Molins plc sells the Molins name, renaming the group – Mpac Group plc.
The ‘M’ representing a nod to our past and the group’s rich heritage, while ‘pac’ is a reference to our role as a world leading end-to-end packaging machinery provider
Tadcaster, UK
Mpac Group acquires Lambert Engineering, rebranding it Mpac Lambert
Cleveland, US
Mpac Group acquires Switchback Group, rebranding it Mpac Switchback
Mpac Group, Global
Mpac Group aligns brands under One Mpac. Each brands’ heritage continued as they represent a product line under Mpac Group.
Mpac website reintroduced to provide information on Group wide products and services.
Newburyport, US Netherlands/ Romania
Mpac Group acquires Boston Conveyor & Automation (BCA) in Newburyport, MA and CSi Palletising in amsdonksveer, Netherlands and Cluj, Romania as well as SIGA Vision, a leading designer of automated visual inspection solutions.
