The Marbach Group expands
The Marbach Group, a global leader in die-cutting technology, has invested more than €5 million ($5.44 million) over the past two years into a new building and production equipment for its rotary die cutting tools. After expanding and modernizing the machinery park in 2015, the project “New rotary production hall Heilbronn” is now completed. Strong revenue growth in this segment is expected in 2016.
The Marbach Group has been producing rotary tools for the production of cigarette and liquid packaging for more than 20 years. In addition, the company caters to customers in the automotive industry and medical technology sectors.
In order to accommodate the anticipated revenue growth, it became necessary to make room for additional machines and to strengthen the floor. The new hall has a usable space of 1,300 square meters. The base plate weighs 2,000 tons and is 80 cm thick. It is carried by 151 concrete piles that reach between 10 and 12 meters into the ground.
“The major challenge during the construction of the building was the historical background of Heilbronn-Boeckingen,” says Peter 
Marbach. The company is located near an ancient Roman fort and Marbach’s excavations could have very well unearthed additional archaeological treasures.
What’s more, during World War II, Boeckingen was targeted by several air raids. Therefore extreme caution was required. “According to the building permission, we had the duty to contract a company specialized in removing warfare materials at our own expenses,” says Marbach. “This contractor had to look for possibly explosive ordnance and—in case of detection—remove it. Luckily, we came across neither ancient Roman colonies nor explosive remnants of the war while building the new hall.”
After overcoming these obstacles, the new building was finished. At the end of 2014, the production operations moved into the new hall. The total project was finished by the end of 2015.
“We are happy that ‘project rotary’ is now completed and everything is in place,” says Marbach. “We have not only an experienced team, the construction of the hall—which has been tailored specifically to our requirements—also offers great advantages.
“The floor is virtually vibration-free through the special construction. This guarantees maximum precision. Furthermore, we doubled our capacities by building the new production hall. This makes us extremely flexible and enables us to offer considerably shorter delivery times.”
