15/10/2026
You've unfolded thousands of leaflets. Ever wondered what folded them? π
Meet our MBO B30, a buckle folder from Oppenweiler, near Stuttgart, Germany.
The story starts in 1965. Heinz Binder founded MBO to make parts for the aviation industry. βοΈ
A year later, chief designer Hermann Kistner joined, and in 1967 MBO delivered its first folding machine. By 1968 theyβd built their first buckle folder, the same type youβre watching now.
Nearly 60 years on, MBO folders are sold in over 100 countries, and in 2020 the company joined Japanβs Komori Group, one of the biggest names in print. π
How it works: each sheet is pushed into a metal plate until it βbucklesβ, then the rollers catch it and crease it. Ours can run up to 205 metres of paper a minute. Thatβs over 3 metres every second. Same spot. Every time.
Get it 1mm out and your brochure looks amateur. Get it right and nobody notices. Thatβs the point.
We run two of them, and right now theyβre folding Christmas cards. π
Whatβs the oldest machine still running where you work? π