In 1949 Herbert Olbrich started with building lines for the production of wallpaper. It was necessary to create the production conditions in order to cover the requirements of a country under reconstruction. Mr. Olbrich soon recognized that knowledge and experience gained with the production of one web product, actually wallpaper, can quite well be applied to another product. The extension of the activities of OLBRICH to the fields of artificial leather and floor covering was a consequent translation of this idea into action. The production of lines for making technical textiles and adhesive tapes was another step in this direction.
Some milestones of the company's history:
1949 The company was founded in May by Mr. Herbert Olbrich and Mr. Werner Borgers. It started with repairing damaged textile machinery and rapidly developed to a manufacturer of special machinery for processing material rolls.
1954 Surface-type printing lines for the wallpaper industry become a great success.
1956 Olbrich supplies the first production line for foamed PVC-artificial leather.
1976 The first line for the production of 4 m wide PVC-floor covering in the world is developed, built and supplied by Olbrich.
1980 The company extends its activities by the construction of moulds and tools.
1990 Engagement in the automotive industry was once again extended. Olbrich sets its mark in system development (simultaneous engineering).
1998 A branch is founded in Holoubkov in the Czech Republic - Olbrich CZ.
