Cermex, for comprehensive packaging equipment solutions
History
| 1968 | Creation of Ouest Conditionnement |
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| 1974 | Creation of Cermex |
| 1985 | First international subsidiary: CERMEX UK Ranked as nationwide leader in the cardboard packaging market |
| 1988 | Introduction of Cermex onto the Stock Exchange |
| 1990 | Construction of the first shrink-wrapper without sealing bar |
| 1991 | Ouest Conditionnement acquired by the Sidel group |
| 1996 | Integration of Cermex in the Sidel group |
| 1998 | Ouest Conditionnement is attached to the Cermex group and becomes CERMEX OC Launch of the new range of SB27 cantilever-design side-loading case packers |
| 1999 | Opening of a subsidiary in the US: CERMEX Inc Launch of the first ER60 pendulum-design robot case packer at the Interpack show in Dusseldorf |
| 2000 | Launch of the HMI on industrial PC with CESAM software for shrink-wrappers New range of WB wrap-around case packers |
| 2002 | Launch of the EVOLUTION 3 range of shrink-wrappers (TS 2 – TS 3 – TS 4) Winner of 2 packaging awards for the Dual Injection System (DIS) for automatic reel changeover (Lisieux) and the ER63 continuous robot case packer (Corcelles) |
| 2003 | Opening of an office in Thailand for South-East Asia and Australia: Cermex Asia Pacific |
| 2004 | Launch of the TSi stainless-steel high-speed shrink-wrapper for mini-bricks with its diagonal flight bar collation system (CCO) New SD69 top-loading case packer with numerical axes |
| 2005 | Launch of the complete Ready to Pack range for loading flexible packaging and food trays into cases Launch of the new P45 high-speed palletizer |
| 2006 | Project to open Spanish and Chinese subsidiaries Launch of the F550 multi-packaging erector for Shelf-Ready Packaging |
| 2007 | New sales office in China Launch and sales success of the new SW side-loading case packer for RSC and/or wrap around blanks |
| 2008 | Opening of a subsidiary in China Launch of the new multi-function SD58 top-loading case packer and the P5 palletizing unit |
| 2009 | New sales and services subsidiary in Thailand Launch of the new VersaWrap® continuous case packer and VersaCombi® continuous case packing/shrink-wrapping unit |
| 2010 | Implementation of a WCLE approach (World Class Lean Enterprise) Integration of a 6-axis parallel-link robot in the case packers and 2010 Packaging Oscar for the ProSelex® product collating system |
| 2011 | Opening of subsidiaries Sales & Services in India and Mexico Launch of the new range of seamless shrink-wrappers: Versafilm® |
| 2012 | In the pipeline: new sales and services subsidiary in Brazil |