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SCHOBER USA,INC. founded in 1994 to sells and services the North American market for the Schober GmbH high performance and quality built equipment. It's standard high end technology will be customized for retrofitting or installation into a new piece of equipment.

When reading the following list you might recognize the know how Schober accumulated during its close to 50 years of existence.

Milestones in Schober History

1949 Founded by G. Schober
1951 Resharpening service for individual knives
1956 Rotary sheet-fed cutting, perforating and creasing machine
1958 Consumable items for business forms industry
------- first hardened and ground punches for smooth holes
1959 Rotary sheet-fed machine with automatic feeder
1961 Custom-built modules
1962 Customized machine for computer punch cards
1963 Module for packaging industry for smooth holes
1965 Pack-to-pack collators
1968 Module with a working width of larger than 3 ft (1 m)
1973 Off line systems form tickets and packaging
1977 Solid hardened rotary cutting dies
1979 Film punching machine with electronic line shaft, drive and register control
1984 New Generation line hole tools tungsten carbide punch and die inserts
1985 Heat-sealing modules sanitary napkins
1987 Electronic-dynamic balancing equipment for rotary tools up to 9 ft (3m)
1989 Tungsten-carbide cutting dies for sanitary napkins
------- Capacity enlargement to handle tools of up to 9 ft (3m), tool diameter of 20" (500 mm)
------- New Generation line hole tools speeds go up to 2,100 ft/min.
1990 High speed rotary die cutting modules for sanitary napkins and panty shields
1992 Rotary heat sealing equipment for thermo transfer of magnetic tape
------- First "TC" tungsten carbide rotary cutting die for sanitary napkins and panty shields
1994 First "TC" tungsten carbide cutting die for baby diapers
------- ISO 9001 certification
1995 Foundation of Schober China, Jiarui
------- Foundation of SCHOBER USA,INC.
1996 Regrinding service for rotary cutting dies at Jiarui
1997 First wide web in-line punching module to run 2,300 ft/min.