History

2008

2008

Two months before drupa 2008 RIMA-SYSTEM invites dealers and OEM partners to an Open House to present the newest products for the exhibition and to discuss current and future trends of post press. During two days, print plants are visited, products are shown in the manufacturing in Moenchengladbach and experiences are exchanged.

At drupa 2008 RIMA-SYSTEM presents technical innovations in the fields of conveying, trimming, stacking, log stacking and palletizing. All newly developed solutions are presented in a fully operational post press line to demonstrate the outstanding quality and efficiency to the visitors. Besides innovative machines, software solutions for the digitalization of production processes are presented on the 270 m² booth. Thanks to the extensive presentation of new and efficient products, many international visitors attend RIMA-SYSTEM's booth.

SYSTEM UK Ltd. in Swindon in England is founded and takes over sales & support for the UK market for all RIMA-SYSTEM products.

The subsidiary CIVIEMME-SYSTEM is founded in Bogogno in Italy and specializes in the product field of vertical log stacking equipment of the former CIVIEMME SpA. The core team of the Italian company is taken over to guarantee the further development of vertical log stackers as well as spare parts support for all installed CIVIEMME components with its experience and know-how. The Italian employees are supported by Mr. Klaus Kalthoff and Dr. Christian Tuebke as Managing Directors and by Dr. Gunnar Streidt as President.
2007

Development and installation of the RS 610 horizontal log stacker.
2006

RIMA-SYSTEM celebrates two anniversaries at once. What started 30 years ago with RIMA Enterprises Inc. and SYSTEM GmbH as two separate enterprises has grown into one of the leading suppliers of complete Post Press systems. Under the new brand "RIMA-SYSTEM" the two companies merged 15 years ago and started to grow continuously.
As a result RIMA-SYSTEM reported in the IPEX year even several records: 8500 installations worldwide, the sale of the 4500th Bindery Stacker and 130th Palletizing Robot for the printing industry.
2005

The new RS 36 Compensating Stacker with Indexing Technology, presented at DRUPA 2004, is successfully integrated in many projects in newspaper, rotogravure and commercial printing.

Since setup of the new RIMA-SYSTEM assembly in Germany, the production volume and number of personnel has been more than doubled.
2004

The fastest palletizing robot with gripper technology and speeds up to 1,000 stacks/h is installed in Germany.

Establishment of the Italian branch office.

At DRUPA 2004 RIMA-SYSTEM presents its new enhanced product range to the numerous, mainly international visitors. Today RIMA-SYSTEM is a worldwide enterprise with production facilities in the United States of America and Germany offering complete solutions producing floor and overhead conveying systems, rotary trimmers, compensating stackers, blocking units, log stackers and palletizing robots. These products are marketed through Project Centers and worldwide dealer networks.
2003

Installation of the third generation RS 600 log stacker in Germany, Italy, Poland and Singapore in April/May.
2002

Establishment of Project Center RIMA-SYSTEM Atlanta to better serve and support the American market activities.
2001

Establishment of the new development and assembly center in Moenchengladbach, near Duesseldorf. Foundation of the Austrian branch office responsible for activities in Austria and Southeast Europe.
2000

Development and installation of the first RIMA-SYSTEM rotary trimmer. RIMA-SYSTEM presents a complete reprocessing system at Drupa 2000 centered around multi-product palletizing of packages and bundles. A multitude of RIMA-SYSTEM machinery is displayed at the partner stands of HWS, Kolbus, Hugo Beck and others.
1999

Development and installation of the first bookbindery robot RS 700.
Installation of stacker no. 6000.
1998

Open House in Huntington Beach for the celebration of the production of RIMA-SYSTEMstacker no. 5000.
Installation of the first overhead conveyors in the United States of America, Europe and Asia.
1996

Introduction of low cost bookbindery stacker RS 11.
1995

Beginning of cooperation with Fanuc Ltd. for robotic technology. Development and installation of the first palletizing robot for loose packages. First palletizing robot is exhibited with Heidelberg press M3000 at DRUPA 1995.
1994

Development and installation of the first horizontal log stacker RS 6200.
1993

Establishment of RIMA-SYSTEM Far East in Singapore for support of the Asian and Australian market.
1991

SYSTEM GmbH and RIMA Enterprises Inc. set-up RIMA-SYSTEM as a marketing and distribution company for worldwide distribution of the consolidated product portfolio.

Duesseldorf becomes Project Center for Europe, Huntington Beach for North and South America.

SYSTEM GmbH is founding member of PBS (Press and Bindery Systems Ltd.) in Great Britain serving as Project Center for UK and Scandinavia.
1990

Development and installation of the first gantry style robot in the graphics industry.
1989

Establishment of SYSTEM Berlin for servicing the Eastern European markets and as a development site for robotic palletizing solutions.
1988

The RS 50S vertical stacker with integrated compression is developed for the US market.

RIMA installs stacker number 2000.
1982

RIMA Enterprises celebrates the production of its first 500 stackers.
1981

Development and installation of the first shingled stream stacker, the RS 25. It becomes one of the most successful stacker within just a few years.
1976

Dr. Axel Tuebke launches SYSTEM GmbH in Duesseldorf, Germany. The company markets solutions, including Rima stackers, for the graphics industry.
1975

RIMA Enterprises develops and installs the first RS 10 bookbindery stacker, quickly establishing itself as the standard in this market segment.
1970

In the 70s Horst Steinhart establishes RIMA Enterprises Inc. in Huntington Beach, California USA starting with the development and production of stackers.