The former HUBER Packaging Group (as a 150-year-old traditional company) has been part of the world-renowned Envases Group with over 12,000 employees worldwide since 2021 and is now part of Envases Europe A/S based in Denmark. The Envases Group has 84 locations spread across four continents. The affiliation of Envases Öhringen GmbH was confirmed by a logo and name change.

 

 

Management Board

 

Jochen Massa (Managing Director / Cluster Vice President | CENTRAL EUROPE) 

 

 

Facts about Envases Öhringen

• founded in 1871 in Öhringen (Baden Württemberg) by Karl Huber, master plumber
• since 02-2021 a company of Envases Europe A/S within the Envases Group, Mexico

 

2021

• 02-2021: Envases Europe A/S, a company of the Envases Group, a leading global manufacturer of consumer goods packaging, acquires Huber Packaging Group.

2019

• 11/2019: Sale of the Finland plant.
• 03/2019: Closure of the plant in France.

2016

• Andreas Meister retires from management.

2015

• International expansion through the acquisition of 4 plants from Crown Packaging in England (Liverpool), France (Rouen), and Finland (Helsinki) for chemical-technical tinplate packaging, and in Switzerland (Aesch) also for plastic packaging.

2014

• Consolidation of production at the German sites in Öhringen.
• Closure of the plant in Bottrop.

2013

• Closure of the HUBER plant in Russia as of December 31, 2013.

2011

• March 21, 2011: The company HUBER was founded 140 years ago.
• June: Sale of the subsidiary HUBER Decorative Packaging, Landshut.

2010

• Andreas Meister joins the management of the company (fifth generation of the founding family).

2008

• Establishment of the HUBER Packaging Group in Russia.

2007

• Rebranding of the company, renamed to HUBER Packaging Group.
• Merger of BMG and Klann into HUBER Decorative Packaging in Landshut.
• Expansion of Plant II in Öhringen, doubling of production capacity for party kegs.

2005

• Discontinuation of the plastic packaging business in Neuhütten, Worms, and Lindlar.

2002

• Death of Horst Meister, fourth generation.

2001

• Establishment of HUBER Westform GmbH + Co. KG, Lindlar, production of plastic buckets.

1998

• Development of the first party keg with built-in tap, new construction of Plant II in Öhringen, commissioning in 1999.

1997

• Acquisition of Züchner, Barmstedt.

1993

• Construction of Plant Wiedemar near Leipzig.
• Establishment of HUBER Hungary, Györ.

1989

• Acquisition of Hermann Klann Metal and Tinware Factory, Landshut.

1988

• Acquisition of Berg Metallverpackungen, Budenheim.

1986

• Acquisition of shares in BMG, Braunschweig.

1984

• Death of Otto Meister, honorary citizen of the city of Öhringen.

1984

• Relocation from Linz (A) to Haid (A), new plant construction.
• Acquisition of the two Austrian tin packaging factories Skutezky and Bauer.

1970s

• Acquisition of further competitors: Wecker in Düsseldorf, Schmidt-Hausmann in Bonn, Kastil in Linz (A).

1978

• Construction of Plant Bottrop.

1974

• Establishment of the Otto Meister Foundation.

1973

• Establishment of HUBER Packaging in Austria, HUBER gets a supervisory board.

1972

• HUBER develops the first 5-liter party keg.

1960s

• Acquisition of various metal packaging manufacturers: Bühler in Stuttgart, Dilger in Esslingen, Schmitz in Opladen.

1966

• New plant construction in Neuhütten, production of plastic packaging.

1960

• New construction of a loading hall for wagons and trucks, first data processing system, 650 employees.

1955

• Start of plastic packaging production, initially in Öhringen.

From 1950

• Under the leadership of Otto Meister, the company grows rapidly.
• New plant constructions in Öhringen, 2nd to 6th construction phase, rail connection of the main plant, distribution warehouses in Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and Munich.

1939

• New plant construction in Öhringen, 1st construction phase (stamping shop).
• The company has 205 employees.

From 1935

• Partners from 1935, third generation: Otto Meister and Paul Meister, the sons of Karl Meister.

1935

• Karl Meister dies, conversion into a general partnership.

1934

• Complete acquisition of the Hohenlohe tin packaging factory Franz Schütt.

1930

• Acquisition of a 50 percent stake in the Hohenlohe tin packaging factory Franz Schütt.

1923

• New factory construction in Öhringen, at Güterbahnhof 4.

1920

• Karl Huber dies. Karl Meister becomes the sole owner.

1898

• Acquisition of the property on Schillerstraße and relocation of the business premises. The picture shows the tinsmith's shop with retail store on Schillerstraße in Öhringen around the turn of the century.

1889

• For the first time, the name Meister appears in the owner family. Karl Meister joins as an apprentice. He later marries Berta Huber, the daughter of Karl Huber. In 1900, Karl Meister becomes a partner.

The Beginning...

• The first tin packaging was buckets for wagon grease, closed with wooden lids and hung at the end of a wagon.

1871 Foundation Period

• On 21 March 1871, master plumber Karl Huber founded the Huber company in Poststraße in Öhringen