HISTORIA

2022

HIGH UP!

A skyscraper in Milwaukee has been certified as the tallest wooden building in the world. It has 25 floors and a total height of almost 87 meters.

Interprint is also setting new standards. With the acquisition of Decotec, Interprint is expanding its global market presence with its ninth production site, IP Decor Spain.

2019

GLOBALIZATION

Millions of people demonstrate for the future of the world's climate. A worldwide movement starts with #FridaysForFuture.

Interprint becomes part of the Japanese Toppan Group. With a new sharehoulder, we shape the future of interior design and work together on new ideas and products.

2016

BESTSELLER

Tesla, the US manufacturer of electric cars, unveiled its new 'Model 3' and received more than 276,000 online reservations within three days although delivery of the cars was not expected to start before 2017.

Interprint's Furniture Days took place for the last time after ten successful years. Creative minds will develop a new concept for 2018.

2015

NEW HORIZONS

A fascination with outer space. The NASA probe, 'New Horizons', is passing the dwarf planet Pluto. 

Interprint starts the production ​at its new location in Curitiba, Brazil and enters new worlds in decor printing with the first industrial digital printing machine worldwide.

2014

TEAMWORK

The world marvels at the German team's amazing football skills as Germany wins the World Cup in Brazil.

Interprint expands its international team by building a new production plant in Curitiba, Brazil, and a sales office in Pretoria, South Africa.

2013

PLURAL

For the first time in nearly 800 years, there are two living popes: Pope Benedict XVI resigns and is succeeded by Pope Francis.

The Interprint decor book Living in Contrasts receives no less than three awards: the Red Dot Award: Communication Design, the renowned Innovation Award of the German Printing Industry and the 2014 iF design award for Communication.

2010

ACTIVITIES

The increased activity of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull paralyses air traffic in northern and central Europe for weeks.

Interprint becomes active in Spain and Turkey, with new sales offices opening in Madrid and Istanbul respectively.

Interprint acquires all shares in OOO Coveright RUS in Samara/Russia. The new location for the production of melamine films will in future do business under the name 'OOO Interprint Samara'.

2009

AT THE TOP

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai reaches its definitive height of 828 metres and becomes the world's tallest skyscraper at this time.

Interprint presents its decors at Design Post in Cologne during the interzum fair for the first time – and reaps top praise from the visitors.

2008

COUNTER-CYCLICAL

The global financial crisis reaches its first critical peak with the bankruptcy of the US financial services company Lehman Brothers.

In the midst of this global crisis, Interprint invests in a new production plant in Yegoryevsk, Russia.

2007

CREATIVITY

Apple invents the iPhone and the age of the smartphone begins.

The Interprint Furniture Days are held for the first time this year. This annual workshop for decision makers from the international furniture industry has since become Interprint's main event.

2006

TIME TO CELEBRATE

The world celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of the composer Mozart.

Interprint celebrates the opening of its engraving and design centre in Arnsberg, Germany, and a new production plant in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.

2003

AN END & A BEGINNING

It's the end of an era: the very last VW Beetle – at that time the top seller around the world in the history of cars – rolls off the production line in Mexico.

Meanwhile, it's the beginning of an era for Interprint as it opens a production plant in Changzhou, China.

1998

NEWCOMERS

In its vibrant shade of Bondi blue, the Apple iMac adds a splash of creative colour to dreary desks around the world.

Interprint sets new standards in the eastern European markets thanks to its new production plant in Poland.

1997

GOING PLACES

The Pathfinder probe navigates its way through space and lands on Mars.

Interprint navigates its way over the Alps to Italy, where it opens its sales office Interprint Italia S.r.l.

1995

NEW TERRITORY

The artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude really know how to push back frontiers: they wrap Germany's Reichstag.

Interprint goes beyond its continental frontiers for the second time, opening a new production plant in Malaysia to cater for the Asian region.

1994

SUCCESS STORIES

Forrest Gump is the biggest film of the year and wins six Oscars.

Meanwhile, Interprint develops a new decor and calls it 'Wild Pear'. It proves to be one of Interprint's most successful decors for the next two decades.

1983

NUMBER ONE

Michael Jackson's Thriller is number one in the US charts for 37 weeks.

Interprint establishes its first subsidiary in the USA. Interprint, Inc. is now the number one for decor printing in North America.

1969

PIONEERS

The first man lands on the moon and the enterprise of space exploration moves into a new dimension.

Meanwhile back on earth, the entrepreneur Paul Wrede is exploring a new dimension in the wood materials market: surfaces. He founds the decor printing company Interprint.