DEBATIN celebrates centenary anniversary – definitely worth a second glance!

DEBATIN’s centenary year is slowly drawing to a close. This blog marks our final monthly review of the last 100 years of DEBATIN’s company history. Our innovations, developments, milestones, active commitment to sustainability… and so much more! The DEBATIN archives – a veritable treasure trove All [...]

2024-09-05T09:41:20+02:0019.12.2023|

DEBATIN celebrates its anniversary – innovative and future-oriented since the start

Ever since our foundation, DEBATIN has been all about innovative power, high quality, and groundbreaking products. But naturally our company has evolved over the course of the last century, while remaining bold, forward-looking, and always flexible. In the early years, DEBATIN’s core business was processing, printing, and trading paper, [...]

2023-12-14T08:31:49+01:0029.11.2023|

Happy birthday DEBATIN – how working conditions have changed over the decades

Back in the 1920s, people in Germany tended to work six days a week and more than eight hours a day. There were only a handful of laws to protect employees. DEBATIN was operating at the time from a small office and print shop, and many products were made [...]

2023-11-13T08:40:25+01:0025.10.2023|

DEBATIN celebrates its centenary – sustainability as a core DEBATIN value

Until the nineteen-sixties, the sustainability of our planet was not something people gave much thought to. Environmental awareness only began to creep in as the West gradually became aware of the negative repercussions of industrial activity. Initially, people used phrases like “environmental hygiene” or “protecting the environment”. Only towards [...]

2023-10-20T09:31:15+02:0025.09.2023|

DEBATIN celebrates its centenary – from printing machines to highly specialised production

Back in 1923 when the company was founded, machinery didn’t loom large in DEBATIN’s production facility. One printing press and one typesetter were sufficient to print a variety of papers and various other small items. Paper bags of various sizes were pasted together by hand (often by homeworkers). [...]

2023-11-28T12:35:10+01:0030.08.2023|

Happy birthday DEBATIN – and thank you to the DEBATEAM

Sunshine, nibbles, a band, an exhibition and a guided tour: DEBATIN said thank you to the DEBATEAM in style with a grand centenary party at the beginning of July. Superb weather greeted DEBATEAM members from the Bruchsal and Hoenheim sites for the festivities. They were joined by stockholder Veronika Debatin, [...]

2023-11-28T12:36:25+01:0026.07.2023|

Happy birthday DEBATIN – how communication has changed over the decades

To this day, our name pays tribute to Anton Debatin, the man who founded our company. But the company’s approach to communication, both internal and external, has changed significantly over the last century. In its early years, DEBATIN proudly presented the Debatin family’s coat of arms as its logo. This [...]

2023-11-28T12:14:07+01:0006.07.2023|

Happy birthday DEBATIN: a short history of paper bags, safe bags and DEBAMED® products

In the beginning, DEBATIN sold and processed paper. Then, in the 1920s and 30s, there was a sharp rise in paper consumption as industrialisation continued to spread, new technology developed and the advertising and packaging industries began to take shape. DEBATIN found itself perfectly positioned to cater to the [...]

2023-06-12T08:33:02+02:0025.05.2023|

Happy birthday DEBATIN – how DEBATIN’s look has changed over time

Over the 100 years of our company’s history, our product portfolio and production sites have changed. They’ve moved with the times, adapted to changing requirements and set new standards in the industry. And it’s not just the products... naturally, DEBATIN’s look has also changed over the last decades. [...]

2023-06-09T12:12:45+02:0025.04.2023|

Happy birthday DEBATIN: our journey from a horse stable to a highly modern, energy-efficient production site

Today the Debatin Group operates two production sites: one in Bruchsal and one in Hoenheim. These offer combined floor space of 13,000 m2, equipped with ultra-modern production technology, as well as attractive offices and break rooms, extensive storage areas and cleverly designed bays where lorries can load and unload. [...]

2023-04-11T09:54:02+02:0028.03.2023|
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