One hundred years of Berger!
2010 | After receiving the Eco-label for sheet-fed offset printing in 2006, Druckerei Berger has now also been awarded the Austrian Eco-label for web offset printing and digital printing and therefore now fulfils the highest ecological requirements in all areas. |
2009 | Austrian firsts: |
2008 | Austria’s first privately owned web printing press. |
2007 | Kolbus Publica 12.000 – the most up-to-date adhesive binding conveyor in Austria. The latest CTP Technology – Lüscher XPose 160 UV |
2006 | The largest black and white digital printer in Austria. |
2005 | Bookbindery – Heidelberg steel-folding machine |
2004 | MAN Roland 705 + Eagle Eye + Coating Unit. |
2003 | Renovation of the administrative department and the reception area. |
2002 | Takeover of the Manz Printing House. |
2001 | Commissioning of the first Agfa/Lüscher CTP system in Austria and the biggest domestic printing plate consumer |
2000 | The fifth generation of the Berger family, Ferdinand Junior and Peter Junior, progress to management level. |
1998 | 130th anniversary of the Berger Printing House. The biggest individual investment in the company’s history: the 24-page web offset printing machine “Sunday-Press” – the first of its kind in Austria. |
1995 | Berger-Print-Shop opened. |
1993 | Commissioning of the most up-to-date web offset printing machine in Austria, the “Harris-Heidelberg M 600”. |
1986 | Commencement of web offset printing technology. |
1977 | Produktionsumstellung auf Filmsatz und Offsetdruck. Restructuring of production to phototypography and offset printing. Construction of a new building – Werk III - in a rural area. |
1965 | Peter Berger begins work in the company after completing his training and a stay abroad. |
1961 | Ferdinand Berger IV joins the company after gaining professional experience in Germany and devotes his time to continuous form printing. |
1938 | Acquisition of two special rotary presses – the only two of their kind in Austria – for the production of chequebooks. |
1925 | Ferdinand Berger III joins the company after gaining professional experience abroad. |
1911 | The first Linotype typesetting machine is set up in 1911. |
1868 | Ferdinand Berger I goes into business by himself. |