History
Mall + Herlan looks back on a long and eventful history. The present company emerged from two predecessor companies; Maschinenfabrik Herlan, founded by Bernhard Herlan in Karlsruhe in 1917 to manufacture impact extrusion machines for producing solid components, and the company Mall founded by Frank Mall in Berghausen in 1913.
By the 1920s, both companies had already developed important innovations for producing tubes. In 1924, Herlan applied for a patent for the first horizontal impact extrusion machine for lead and tin tubes. In the following decades, both companies promoted the automation of can and tube production time and again with new innovations.
The milestones here were the first automatic tube production line for 60 pcs/min from Herlan in 1965, and the T 10 tube lathe from Mall in 1975. After a series of acquisitions, Mall + Herlan was founded in 1995 as part of the Wifag Polytype Group.
Launch of the new manufacturing lines CMC 200 for cans and TMC 200 for tubes with a capacity of 200 parts per minute
Polytype acquires 100% of the shares in Mall + Herlan GmbH
Takeover of ETA-TECH in Switzerland and integration of washing machines and necking machines in the mall//herlan product portfolio
The Italian company Frattini-Tech becomes part of mall//herlan
Presentation of the new developed impact extrusion press express 4000
Innovative developments and launch of the new DWI division
The brands of all the companies are integrated into the mall/Herlan group
First CMC 180G line with a can diameter up to 76 mm is installed at customer’s site
Mall + Herlan is restructured and production moved to the sites in Pfinztal and Neuhausen
Launch of the new manufacturing lines CMC 160 for cans and TMC 170 for tubes
Introduction of the new CMCx line for cans with a capacity of 250 cans per minute
Mall + Herlan MB GmbH in Neuhausen ob Eck is merged with Mall + Herlan GmbH in Pfinztal
Installation of the first CMC 180G with a can diameter of 80 mm
