Dr. Thomas Grimm-Bosbach will head up the new Kolbus Group GmbH. He said: “I am impressed by the user-friendliness, quality, and efficiency of Kolbus. These attributes have secured its position in the market. This acquisition also highlights Kolbus' long-standing commitment to craftsmanship, including 125 years of iron casting in its own foundry. Together with Max Valier Holding, we are poised to reinforce Kolbus’ reputation as an engineering powerhouse while driving innovation and modernization.”
Hannes Mahlknecht, Partner and Managing Director of Max Valier Holding said: “With its exceptional engineering expertise, Kolbus brings innovative solutions with strong unique selling points to the packaging market. In 2025, Kolbus celebrates its 250th anniversary. We are committed to the company’s long-term success and are thrilled to offer employees and customers a promising future.”
Throughout the UK and Ireland, Kolbus UK will continue to supply sales, service and spare parts for the full Kolbus range of equipment: book casemakers, luxury box production systems, corrugated boxmakers, and a high quality rotary die-cutter. Additionally, the Meccanotecnica range of book production solutions and Schmedt bookbinding machines will be supported.
The new Kolbus UK facility, Trinity Hall Business Park, is conveniently located on the A5 Watling Street, with easy access to the M1 at junction 11A. The nearest railway station, Leighton Buzzard, is just three miles away.
Greg Bird, Kolbus UK Manging Director, said: “This acquisition is excellent news and I believe Max Valier are the perfect fit for the Kolbus group. It provides an ideal solution to ensure that Kolbus UK can continue to support and develop all of our existing customer markets, and we look forward to a future with accelerated innovation enabling the continuity of high-quality customer focused solutions. The new Kolbus UK premises are an integral element of the exciting future for Kolbus allowing us to continue our high level comprehensive customer support, including our valued UK spare part division, in this exciting new chapter for Kolbus and if you are passing by, we would be delighted to show you around our new premises!”.
For further information:
Greg Bird, Managing Director, Kolbus UK Ltd.
Unit 7, Trinity Hall Business Park, Watling Street,
Hockliffe, LU7 9PY
Tel: 01525 309309
mobile: 07920 754830
greg.bird@kolbus.co.uk
www.kolbus.co.uk
