nilpeter.com The Nilpeter Mission The Nilpeter Key Milestones

Through continuous development, market research and dialogues with clients and partners, we will maintain and expand our position globally as the preferred supplier of narrow-web presses and printing solutions.

As business increasingly goes global, the need for high-quality flexible label solutions is constantly growing.
At the same time, new technologies in the label and packaging market are making product decoration more and more sophisticated. At Nilpeter, we use our global knowledge and local expertise to create narrow-web printing solutions for your specific business needs - no matter how complex they may be.

Working in your language
Nilpeter is dedicated to serve the world on a local level. We provide services for customers in more than 70 countries, and it is our goal to offer you local knowledge in a language you understand.

Using the best local technicians and service staff, we are proud to be able to provide the latest solutions tailored to meet your financial status and local requirements - no matter where you are. Our two large manufacturing and assembly sites in the USA and Denmark combine state-of-the-art components and the best skills, so that every single press is of the utmost top quality, whether it is assembled just outside Cincinnati or Copenhagen.

Globally developed solutions
A family-owned company during three generations. Nilpeter's forward-looking leadership has maintained a constant commitment to the global innovation. Today, Nilpeter remains at the cutting edge of narrow-web printing, developing ever-competitive solutions to the international label market.

Our innovation has always been driven by our customers. We have manufacturing sites, sales and service companies and branch offices on four continents, and we receive feedback and input from customers all over the world - ensuring our skilled, international development team to constantly revise, review and renew our technology to meet all local demands.

Driving innovation through partnerships
Today, more than ever, a close relationship is essential for your preferred suppliers to help a continuous development. At Nilpeter, we work with an international network of label printing partners, from glue suppliers to ink producers, to constantly improve label printing techniques.

Such partnerships have contributed to Nilpeter's continuous line of ground-breaking presses - all of which have revolutionized the concept of label and packaging printing.

The Nilpeter Key Milestones
Following the introduction of self-adhesive material by Stanton Avery.

The 50s The Simplex, Nilpeter's very first press, is launched. Later it becomes a semi-rotary letter printing press for printing tickets. It remains in production until the late 80s.

The 60s The Viking Dominator letterpress range is introduced. It stays in production until the late 70s.

1977 At the Drupa exhibition, Nilpeter launches its first full rotary and modular flexo press, the Rotolabel F-200. A landmark in the development of flexo presses, it continues to form the basis of flexo rotary printing presses today.

1980 The first full rotary and modular UV-letterpress, the B-200, is introduced at Ipex in Birmingham. Another key innovation in label printing. It stays in production until 2005.

1988 Nilpeter develops UV-flexo. Demonstrated on an F-240 at Ipex in Birmingham, it offers the ability to combine UV with conventional flexo printing.

1990 At the Nilpeter Open House, the first B-280 combination UV-flexo and hot foil press is launched, featuring Stork rotary screen technology. These presses conquer the market for combination printing and remain in production until 2005.

1994 At Nilpeter’s 75th anniversary, the first true platform press is launched. Featuring full rotary offset. The MO-3300 is the preferred choice of global brand owners today.

1996 Nilpeter moves into digital printing through an alliance with Xeikon in Belgium and introduces the DL-3300 digital printing press. At this time Nilpeter is a preferred original equipment manufacturer to HP-Indigo and remains on the forefront of digital printing.

2000 Nilpeter launches the first full 16” servo-driven press at Drupa in Düsseldorf. Ushering in a new wave of high-end technology, the presses give users a whole new way to increase their competitive edge.

2001 Nilpeter acquires the esteemed company of Rotopress in Cincinnati, USA, and establishes a solid platform in the pan-American markets.

2005 At the LabelExpo in Brussels, the FA-Line is launched in various formats. Utilising cutting-edge technology, the FA-Line features direct servo-drives, chill drums, and advanced IT to provide incredibly competitive multi-substrate printing.

2006 Chicago – the FB-Line goes servo at LabelExpo Chicago, increasing its value for money as the industry’s quality workhorse.