Milestones
People, patents, innovation prizes, changes, and new products.
For more than 40 years, our list of milestones has been growing longer and longer, shaping the face of our company.
1974
Founding of the company
1997
Market launch of the Deskcoater
1997
Innovation award from the Techtextil trade fair
2000
First Coatema symposium
2001
New corporate HQ with connected R&D centre
2001
Research and innovation award from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2003
Patent for the double side coating system
2003
Patent for the indirect case doctor blade system
2003
Publication of standard work "Coating Substrates and Textiles" by A. Giessmann, Springer Verlag Publishing House
2004
New development and innovation award from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2005
Innovation award from the Techtextil trade fair
2006
New HQ, extension of overall surface area to 10,000 m²
2006
Patent for Jetdryer
2007
Click&Coat™ registered as trademark
2007
Opening of the world's most diverse R&D centre for coating, printing, and laminating, covering a surface area of 1,200 m²
(left-right: Herbert Giessmann, Dr. Jens Baganz, Heinz Hilgers, Dr. Andreas Giessmann)
2008
Market launch of Easycoater
2010
Market launch of Smartcoater
2010
Winner of the JEC Innovation Award
2010
11th Coatema symposium (annual event since 2001)
2011
IDTechEx „Technical Development: Manufacturing Europe“ award
2011
IDTechEx „Technical Development: Manufacturing USA“ award
2012
Opening „PrintoCent Pilot Factory“ with a Coatema pilot plant for solar cells
2013
New corporate design
2013
Market launch of Thin Film Coater / Printer
2014
Market launch of Test Solution
2014
5th place in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry research and innovation prize
2016
Award for the successful structural transformation of the company of machinery and construction to high-tech equipment by the Ministry of Economy and energy
2018 – KROENERT and Coatema join forces
Hamburg/Dormagen, August 29, 2018 – Hamburg-based ATH Altonaer-Technologie-Holding GmbH (owner of KROENERT GmbH & Co KG) acquires all Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH company shares.
(left-right: Detlev Dieke, Markus Schröder, Dr. Andreas Giessmann, Dr. Tarik Vardag, Burkhard Meyer, Thomas Kolbusch, Dr. Valentino Villari)
