History

1873

Paul Freyburger receives a royal patent in Württemberg for a universal mixing
machine

 

1875

Paul Pfleiderer sets up a company in London. The newly formed company, Hermann Werner Maschinenfabrik, located in Cannstatt, Stuttgart, commences production of dough mixers

 
 

1879

Hermann Werner begins production of WERNER & PFLEIDERER mixing-machines in Cannstatt, Stuttgart

 
 

1880

Official registration of the name WERNER & PFLEIDERER, engineers, in Cannstatt

 
 

1886

First registered logo

Complete systems for the production of army-rusks

 
 

1889

WP Vienna founded

 

1890

First baking-ovens with steampipe heating system

 

1892

Introduction to the biscuit-industry with a biscuit and rusk cutting machine

 

1895

First Viennara steampipe peel oven

 
 

1900

Subsidiaries in Berlin, Moscow, London, Paris, Vienna and Saginaw/USA

 
 

1904

Foundation of factory WERNER,PFLEIDERER & PERKINS in Peterborough/England

 
 

1910

Begin of automation of baking (Cont. working tray oven with a capacity of
10.000 rolls/h.)

 
 

1933

First steampipe oven made of steel

 

1938

Cyclotherm-heating-system invented

 
 

1950

Product development for the automation of bread producing factories

 

1955

Patent registered for the continuous mixing systems

 
 

1960

Invention of MULTIMAT automatic roll dividing and rounding machine revolutionizes the bakery

 

1976

First fully-automatic flat bread line

 

1982

First fully-automated pan bread line

 

1986

Automation of tunnel ovens (Fresh baked goods)

 

1991

Automation of tunnel ovens (Dry baked goods)

 

1994

New development of lab ovens for the product development under production conditions in different oven systems

 

1998

New development of dough dividing and rounding machine CRD 10, weight/pcs. 26 - 150g, up to 24.000 pcs./h, Gewicht/Stk. 24 - 350g, bis zu 30.000 Stk./h

 

2000

WPIB is one of the founding members of the BAKERY ENGINEERING ALLIANCE

 

2001

WPIB acquires the industrial division of Winkler Bäckereimaschinen, Villingen-Schwenningen as well as their US subsidiary

 
 

2003

New development of convection oven for the biscuit industry

 

2007

New development of the THERMADOR tunnel oven

 

2012

New development of a multi-product peel board

 

2014

Realization of a turnkey industrial bakery project in Azerbaijan

New development of an intruder for twisted sticks

 

2015

New development of a high-performance basket bread line with 3 basket forms, 4.200 breads/h.