Company' s progression

1929

- Founding of own company in Neubabelsberg near Berlin

1931

- Relocation of the company to Berlin-Dahlem

Die Festschrift von 1932

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1945
- The company is completely destroyed at the end of the Second World War

1947
- New beginning in Kiel-Dietrichsdorf

1961

- Hell-Werk II in Kiel-Gaarden is founded

1971

- Transformation of Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Hell KG to the Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Hell GmbH with Majority

shareholding of Siemens AG

1972
- Dr. Hell retires from active management and becomes a member of the Supervisory Board

as chairman

1981 Japan

- In In Tokyo, the subsidiary "Kaigai-Hell Graphic Center K.K." is founded

1989

- Dr. Hell withdrew from active business life. With the introduction the Hell GmbH of Siemens

as a contribution in kind to the Linotype AG the Linotype-Hell AG. Plant "One" is closed. Later

the work III in Kiel Suchsdorf becomes the headquarter of the branch office.

- In Tokyo, the subsidiary "Kaigai-Hell Graphic Center K.K." converted into the "Hell Graphics K.K".

The company's headquarters are relocated within Tokyo.

1991 Japan
- "Hell Graphics K.K" operates as "Linotype-Hell K.K."

1996
- Takeover of Linotype-Hell AG by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Plant III in Kiel Suchsdorf is

the seat of the branch office of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG in Kiel, Germany.

1997

- The Kiel site is registered under the logo of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, world market

leader for the entire print media industry. Kiel is the location for the development and production

of prepress technology as well for the assembly of digital printing presses.

1998 Japan
- The "Linotype-Hell K.K. merges with the Heidelberg PMT.Co, Ltd.

2002 Japan
- The product line "Engraving" is taken from Heidelberg Japan K.K. and transferred to the

independent company "Hell Gravure Systems".