This year sees hubergroup, the specialists for printing inks, coatings and press room chemicals, celebrate its 250th anniversary with a ceremony including more than 200 international guests.
On 22 October 2015 the official ceremony will be taking place in the Hofbräukeller, in Munich, not far from where it all began. More than 200 international guests are expected, including representatives from politics and business, shareholders and members of the founding family. Among the speakers are Dieter Reiter, mayor of Munich, and Dirk Ippen, publisher. The festivities will take place at the very close of the first company headquarters in Munich-Haidhausen. It was not until 1965, the premises became too small and the facility was moved to Kirchheim into new buildings east of the city.
‘We are very proud of our long tradition,’ said Ulla Borgmann, member of the management board. ‘We are the ‘living proof’, that despite all political and economic turbulences within these 250 years successful business can be maintained. We feel the obligation against our shareholders and employees to sustain the success through well-defined strategies that fit to the continuously changing market conditions.’
Mathias Mittermayr was first granted a permit from the electoral court in Munich to sell the inks Vienna Varnish, Prussian Blue, Carmine Red and some Yellows in Germany and abroad, in 1765.
The company’s management is using the 250th anniversary as an opportunity to look back at the success story of the family business and to thank the employees for their commitment and the shareholders for their support.
This document is proof for the earliest, still operating printing ink maker, named after the grandson Michael Huber.
