- CEO
- Stephen M. Kimmich
- Full Time Employees
- 5,526
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Address
- Friedrich-Koenig-Strasse 4 Wuerzburg BV Germany 97080
- IPO Date
- Feb 25, 2008
- Business
- Koenig & Bauer AG manufactures printing presses, finishing equipment, and software solutions for industrial printing applications, with a primary focus on packaging, security printing, and commercial products; its core offerings include sheetfed offset presses such as the Rapida series, flexographic presses including the Celmacch Chroma for corrugated board and Flexotecnica models for flexible packaging, digital printing systems via the Koenig & Bauer Durst joint venture, metal decorating presses under Koenig & Bauer MetalPrint, direct decoration machines for glass from Koenig & Bauer Kammann, flat-bed die-cutters from Iberica, folding and gluing machines from Duran, and security printing solutions for banknotes and documents. The company serves diverse sectors including packaging for food and pharmaceuticals, media publishing, metal packaging, and governmental security printing, operating production facilities across 13 locations in seven European countries including Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, and Austria. Founded in 1817 and headquartered in Würzburg, Germany, Koenig & Bauer traces its roots to Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer, positioning it as the world's oldest printing press manufacturer. In late 2024, the company realigned its segment structure from three to two units—Paper & Packaging Sheetfed Systems (P&P) and Special & New Technologies (S&T)—to enhance customer focus and operational efficiency, integrating corrugated board activities and establishing business units for Vision & Protection inspection systems and Kyana digital solutions, while parting ways with its Group COO effective November 30, 2024. Recent strategic moves include spinning off Kyana GmbH as a subsidiary in April 2025, advancing a joint venture with Volkswagen's PowerCo for battery cell dry coating technology, and pursuing partnerships such as with Doshi for financial literacy ecosystems and Aflatoun for banknote-based education initiatives, alongside ongoing implementation of the "Spotlight" efficiency program and preparations for showcasing innovations like the K4 DP digital press at K 2025.