History
Our history – providing high-quality deep-drawn metal components for a wide variety of applications and industries for nearly 50 years.
Our history – providing high-quality deep-drawn metal components for a wide variety of applications and industries for nearly 50 years.
Gemi Metallwarenfabrik is established in Berlin
Gemi Metallwarenfabrik is establish in Berlin and will eventually move to Marsberg, Germany. Gemi will join the Heitkamp & Thumann Group in 1978 eventually be renamed as H&T Presspart Marsberg.
Presspart Manufacturing is founded in Blackburn, Lancashire
Presspart Manufacturing Ltd. is founded in Blackburn, Lancashire, manufacturing deep-drawn components for industry.
Sister company, Decorpart, is founded
Decorpart, the sister company of Presspart, is founded in 1977 in Nelson, Lancashire. Decorpart specialises in the manufacture of deep-drawn components for the cosmetic industry.
H&T Group acquires Gemi
H&T Group purchase Gemi in Marsberg.
Presspart and Decorpart are awarded the Queen’s Award for Export Achievement
Presspart and Decorpart are awarded the prestigious Queens Award for Export Achievement for excelling at international trade in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise programme. The awards are the highest official UK award a British business can win.
Presspart and Decorpart are sold to Rockware Group plc
Rockware Group PLC purchase Presspart Blackburn and Decorpart.
BTR purchases Rockware Group
Rockware Group PLC purchase Presspart Blackburn and Decorpart.
Presspart Inc. is established at Cary, North Carolina
Presspart establishes Presspart Inc., based in North Cary, North Carolina, in the United States of America, to support the company’s growth in the key markets of North and South America.
Management buy-out of all three companies (Presspart, Presspart Inc., and Decorpart)
Presspart establishes Presspart Inc., based in North Cary, North Carolina, in the United States of America, to support the company’s growth in the key markets of North and South America.
H&T Group acquires Presspart
The Heitkamp & Thumann Group, a family owned global Group of companies based in Dusseldorf, Germany acquires Presspart Manufacturing Ltd. The Heitkamp & Thumann Group is a family of twenty companies specialising in the supply of World Class Precision Formed Components.
Presspart Medical is founded in Heerlen, Holland
Presspart acquires Nemo in Tarragona, Spain. Nemo manufacture MDI Actuators and dispensers
Presspart further strengthened its position as a leading manufacturer of MDI components with the acquisition of Nemo, based in Tarragona, Spain, who are a major manufacturer of injection-moulded components for the pharmaceutical industry including MDI actuators and healthcare dispensers.
Presspart launches its revolutionary plasma process technology for coating and treating the internal surfaces of MDI cans.
Presspart opens its Inhalation Product Technology Centre – an industry first
Presspart created the Inhalation Product Technology Centre (IPTC) R&D facility to support the strategic objectives of Presspart, and those of our pharmaceutical customers in the respiratory drug delivery market. IPTC’s core focus is supporting the development of new devices and components, developing new products, and analytical support.
Presspart introduces the Quantum dose indicator system to the MDI market
Presspart launch the Quantum dose indicator to the market, which is the first on-can MDI end-of-life indication solution, ensuring patients don’t run out of their medication. Quantum also offers patients treatment monitoring and compliance management through an optional smartphone app.
Presspart Manufacturing rebrands as H&T Presspart
Following a change to the organisational structure of the Heitkamp & Thumann Group, and to underline Presspart’s membership of the H&T Group, Presspart is rebranded as H&T Presspart.
H&T Presspart introduces the eMDI – the first market-ready, fully embedded, connected MDI
H&T Presspart’s eMDI powered by Coheroe Health’s BreatheSmart app improves patients’ adherence to medication doses, encourages self-care, and helps health professionals maintain real-time monitoring.
H&T Presspart launches the PowdAir Plus capsule-based dry-powder inhaler
H&T Presspart’s eMDI powered by Coheroe Health’s BreatheSmart app improves patients’ adherence to medication doses, encourages self-care, and helps health professionals maintain real-time monitoring.
Distribución
Global.
1800
The number of employees in the Heitkamp & Thumann Group.
25
Our deep drawn components are delivered to 25 countries around the world.
15000000
Invested in the manufacturing site on infrastructure and equipment since 2002.