2015

HERMA succeeds in acquiring an 80,000-square-metre property for expansion directly adjacent to its headquarters in Filderstadt. The master plan envisions that all three divisions will be located at this site in the future.

2016

HERMA announces the largest investment in the company's history: For around 100 million euros, another completely new coating plant for adhesives and the most advanced production lines in the world for label applicators and labelling machines are to be built on the new campus by 2019. The first preparations for the new buildings begin in early 2016.

Architectural model of a modern building complex featuring multiple structures and surrounding green spaces.

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2016

After Thomas Thumm reaches the maximum age for management participation, the current management board is composed of managing directors Dr. Thomas Baumgärtner (on left) and Sven Schneller (second from left) as well as Martin Kühl (second from right) and Mario Zirn.

2016

HERMA founds a subsidiary in Fairfield, NJ, USA. It focuses on sales and service for label applicators and labelling machines.

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2016

The Labelling Machines division of HERMA UK celebrates its 25th anniversary. It has become an industry-leading company in the UK – and continues to see great growth potential. Production capacities are now being expanded by more than 30 percent with major investments in production.

2017

HERMA has already been able to make many production processes even more efficient in recent years with the “Total Productive Management” approach, or TPM for short. The findings are now being adapted and used effectively for office workplaces.

“Werkdrei” goes on stream. This "innovation engine" has been created by a team of employees who, aside from their existing business activities, are engaged in new business models, primarily using agile methods and tools. The team members rotate regularly to bring experience to their respective areas.

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A digger is working in a demolished building, surrounded by debris and construction materials. Windows and walls have been partially removed.

2017

Spectacular demolition work is taking place on the newly acquired company premises opposite HERMA’s headquarters. The site will then be prepared for the new buildings for the Self-adhesive Materials and Labelling Machines division.

2018

In Filderstadt, the year is all about construction activities on the new HERMA site. Numerous huge cranes and large construction vehicles form an impressive building ballet at times.

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2018

World première in Nuremberg and Birmingham: the new HERMA 500 label applicator is presented for the first time at the Fachpack and PPMA trade fairs. It is unique worldwide in terms of connectivity, flexibility, usability and performance. Its predecessor, the HERMA 400, has already been sold more than 40,000 times – a world record in this performance class.

2019

The HERMA Labelling Machines division moves from Deizisau to Filderstadt. It starts production there in its completely new plant. From the very beginning, this plant was specifically designed to meet the material flow and production requirements for label applicators and labelling machines. This enables HERMA to concentrate all three business divisions in a single location: the entire chain of self-adhesive technology know-how in a competence centre – this is unique worldwide.

Modern, multi-story buildings with large windows and a bright facade, surrounded by green landscapes and parked cars.

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2019

The HERMA InNo-Liner system receives the German Packaging Award in the sustainability category. It enables the use of logistics and shipping labels without any supporting material, thus saving thousands of tonnes of paper.

2020

The new coating plant for self-adhesive materials is put into operation. The €90 million investment in Filderstadt has a driverless transport system, state-of-the-art packing robots and a pioneering energy concept. With the so-called plant 2, HERMA is increasing its annual self-adhesive material capacity by 50 percent to 1.2 billion square metres – an area as large as New York City.

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2021

From the beginning of 2021, the company will finance climate protection projects in Filderstadt in the amount of the calculated emissions, thus making a valuable contribution to climate protection.

2021

The founder of HERMA, Heinrich Hermann, is posthumously honoured at the beginning of the year: a section of the former Fabrikstraße in Filderstadt, where the company's headquarters are located, is rededicated as Heinrich-Hermann-Straße.

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2021

There is also a sustainable change in the management of the company in 2021. Dr. Thomas Baumgärtner, Managing Director and Head of the Self-adhesive Materials Division, will retire in March after a 16-year history of growth and success at HERMA. His successor will be Dr. Guido Spachtholz (centre) who also has a PhD in Engineering.

2022

HERMA increasingly sees sustainable action as a strategic corporate task. The target for 2040 is therefore carbon neutrality, also taking into account indirect emissions and by offsetting unavoidable emissions. Moreover, the company is creating the position of Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and the area of sustainability management for the first time. The first CSO will be Marcus Gablowski.

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Globe with a thermometer showing a temperature of 1.5°C, symbolizes climate change and global warming.

2023

HERMA participates in the globally active Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi). On the basis of science-based climate targets, companies in the SBTi commit to voluntarily taking measures that are actually necessary to limit the further increase in global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. We are therefore committed to the 1.5 degree Celsius target.

2024

For the first time, HERMA is providing transparent and detailed information in a sustainability report on how it intends to achieve its sustainability goals and what progress has already been made in this area and is being targeted. It relates to the 2022 financial year and was prepared in accordance with the globally applicable standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

2024

Despite some of the more stringent criteria, HERMA has once again achieved a silver medal in the EcoVadis sustainability audit. In relative terms, we have even improved significantly: whereas HERMA was among the top 20 per cent of companies audited by EcoVadis last time, we have now even managed to make the leap into the top 12 per cent. To receive a silver medal, companies must be among the top 15 per cent for the first time. Previously, the threshold was 25 per cent.

2024

HERMA is installing its own photovoltaic system on the roof of Plant 2.
Around 100 electric cars could each drive 30,000 kilometers a year using the green electricity generated by this system.

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2024

The renowned Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) officially confirms the end of 2024:
HERMA is doing its part within its direct sphere of influence to ensure that the important 1.5-degree climate target can continue to be achieved.
To this end, HERMA is reducing its own absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 42 percent by 2030 - relative to the base year 2021.