40 years of experience in adhesive application which bonds. Making a Virtue out of a Necessity

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1 Release Date: years of experience in adhesive application which bonds. Making a Virtue out of a Necessity with headquarters in Muri AG (district capital in Switzerland s Aargau canton) was founded in 1975 by Hans Meyer out of an emergency. The family-owned company used this emergency for its benefit and made a virtue out of a necessity: Today, Robatech is one of the leading manufacturers of sustainable adhesive application solutions worldwide. With originally five employees, the foundation for a solid, innovative, and sustainable company was laid on August 11, We offered a machine in the canning industry and knew in advance that we would use a hot melt in- Developments set Standards With the purchase and relocation into the new company headquarters in 1979, the operating area was increased to 1,000 m2. The first standards for modern adhesive application technologies still applicable today were already set in the early 80s with the market introduction of the Roba series: precise, electronic temperature control, reliable pump systems, as well as durable and fast application technologies controlled by user-friendly controllers integrated into a visionary modular kit struc- The company headquarters in 1979 at Weyermühlestrasse in Muri. stead of a cold glue. This hot melt equipment was available in America. When we asked for a price, it amounted to half of the machine price. With that, we would have been already bankrupted. So, we had to develop our own equipment, explains Hans Meyer, founder of Robatech AG. This equipment was a small pot with a piston applying a dot onto the cardboard. This worked flawlessly from the start and we successfully delivered the machine to the customer. Quality from the Heart of Switzerland High quality standards are the basis for the efficiency and reliability of the company s products and organization. To this day, Robatech products are developed and manufactured in Muri. They convince with their modularity and compatibility for the benefit of the users. ture and realized using latest technologies. With the positive development and increasing demand, the first international subsidiary was opened in Founding the Robatech GmbH in Germany was the first step towards today s globally successful company.

2 Always focused on the customer benefit, the company experts extended the product portfolio in the following years and strengthened the company s presence in the international market. While the initial years of the com- Close to the Customer through Presence Worldwide Today, Robatech is a modern, future-oriented company with long standing traditions. The experiences of the last 40 years are used for competent customer support in all questions around adhesive application. The company has representations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Over the years, the technology has been continuously improved and adapted to new market requirements. A New Generation Under Hans Meyer s great entrepreneurial leadership until 1996, Robatech developed into a worldwide operating small to medium-sized company. Since then, the family pany clearly focused on the packaging and converting industry, the family-owned company quickly established itself in other industries, such as graphics, wood, and hygiene industry. With the market introduction of the Concept series with multifunction ICS electronics in 1995, Robatech offered the first hot melt application units with intuitive user interface, integrated fault diagnostics, and pattern controller. Founder Hans Meyer (ri.) with son Marcel Meyer, CEO and owner of business has been managed and expanded in the second generation by Marcel Meyer. We maintain an intensive exchange with our customers and partners in order to meet the high demands of the market. We jointly search for and develop solutions. Thanks to innovative equipment and technologies, we can enable sustainable production for our customers, explains Marcel Meyer, CEO and owner of the company. Melters of the Concept series: energy-optimized and efficient. Focus on Customer Benefits For Robatech, innovation equals consequent alignment with customer benefits. However, innovation also means

3 continuous progress and striving for improvement: for more sustainability, more reliability, and increased efficiency during processing of hot melt adhesive and cold glue in different industrial production processes. With the modular design of the Robatech products, customers can exactly tune their systems to the process-specific requirements of their production. The modularity of the developments results in low overall process costs and a sustainable production, from procurement, to commissioning, and finally maintenance. Thanks to high component compatibility, already existing systems can be simply retrofitted with new features. This lowers the costs for system modernizations, simplifies maintenance, and significantly increases the efficiency of production systems. SpeedStar Diamond application head: fast and durable. The extremely short switching cycles of the SpeedStar Diamond hot melt application head introduced in 2012 enable small and precise adhesive dots in fast processes at very high speeds of up to 800 dots per second. With a guaranteed service life of at least 250 million switching cycles, this promotes an efficient gluing process. Supported by continued company growth, Robatech moved in 2000 into their new company headquarters with 4,200 m2 operating area. This area was expanded to 9,000 m2 in The last expansion phase was completed in With Solar Power into the Future To create the best possible conditions for a successful presence in the market for its customers, the company focuses on sustainability and efficiency in new and further product developments. The photovoltaic plant completed in 2014, with an area of 1,055 m2 and a yearly output of 170,000 to 180,000 kwh, Modularity and Compatibility The once visionary modular kit structure has been successfully implemented due to its numerous advantages. Solar power: sustainability as a concept.

4 covers approx. 50 percent of the power requirements of the company headquarters. The employees directly benefit from the solar power as well. Some of the newly built parking spaces are equipped with electric charging stations. Electric cars can be recharged comfortably and free of charge during the working hours. advantages guarantee more productivity at lower costs, as e.g. Rivella AG from Rothrist confirms. Robatech realized this project for the future. The company also demonstrated that alternative energy sources could be used cost-effectively in the industrial sector with reasonable amortizations periods and without subsidies. Impressive in Real-life Applications For now 40 years, Robatech has delivered high-quality solutions and outstanding services for the industrial adhesive application. Moreover, the focus has always been on the benefits for the customers. Quality, service, efficiency, and economical resource use are decisive for products and solutions. From the start, these aspects together with technology innovations and worldwide presence have been part of Robatech s core competences. LabelStar M: has been used successfully for years at Rivella AG. Robatech offers the EasyStar hand applicator as powerful and reliable product for manual adhesive application. Here, a renowned Swiss manufacturer of packaging solutions is one of the convinced users. The EasyStar hand applicator is a user-friendly, safe, and flexible tool for the manual, non-tiring application of thermoplastic hot melt adhesives in bead form. LabelStar M is Robatech s cost-effective hot melt adhesive application solution for magazine-based wrap-around labeling. For this labeling type, an adjustable slot-type nozzle applies a spiral adhesive strip onto the end of the label. Then, the label is wrapped around the bottle and glued along the overlap using an adjustable coating head. The system impresses with short changeover times, easy format changes, and a low maintenance effort. These EasyStar hand applicator: non-tiring and safe manual adhesive application.

5 Everything from a Single Source With its comprehensive portfolio of products, solutions, and services, Robatech offers everything around adhesive application from a single source. This increases efficiency and profitability of industrial customer processes. Maintenance is optimized, downtimes are avoided, and system modernizations are implemented cost-efficiently. In close collaboration with customers, machine builders, adhesive manufacturers, and suppliers, Robatech has also developed high-quality complete solutions and customized service solutions for a problem-free gluing process. With the strategic alliance with W.H. Leary for the paper converting process that Robatech agreed to in 2014, the company extended the product portfolio with the high-quality cold glue applications and quality assurance offered by W.H. Leary. Customers worldwide benefit from perfectly aligned complete solutions for optimum cold and hot glue application. Robatech made a virtue out of a necessity and is today one of the leading manufacturers of sustainable adhesive application solutions worldwide with potential for the future. Development Milestones 1979 Roba series 1985 Roba MCS: Microprocessor-controlled hot melt adhesive application systems with optional, integrated application control 1992 First high-speed pattern controller IK 40 with intuitive user interface; First hot melt adhesive application head with integrated filter 1995 Melters of the Concept series 1999 ECX electrical cold glue heads 2002 High-precision FKW coating heads, highly precise and continuously adjustable for widths up to 2600 mm/6.5 ft 2004 PUR applicator MOD 20 with adhesivepreserving, patented Melt-On-Demand technology 2008 SX Diamond, electro-pneumatic hot melt application head: the first fully insulated application head worldwide, providing optimum operator protection 2010 ErgoStar, ergonomic hand applicator for manual adhesive application 2012 Startup of the in-house hose production; SpeedStar Diamond, electro-mechanic application head 2013 Concept Diamond, extension of the Concept product series with the modernized adhesive melter 2014 AX Diamond hot melt application heads, robust jetting heads for the application of lowto medium-viscosity thermoplastic hot melt adhesives; Electric cold glue heads of the ECX Platinum series 2015 Drum melter RobaDrum 200; FK IT intermittent coating head with mask technology