Paul Freyburger receives a royal patent in Württemberg for a universal mixing machine
1875
Paul Pfleiderer sets up a company in London. The newly formed company, Hermann Werner Maschinenfabrik, located in Cannstatt, Stuttgart, commences production of dough mixers
1879
Hermann Werner begins production of WERNER & PFLEIDERER mixing-machines in Cannstatt, Stuttgart
1880
Official registration of the name WERNER & PFLEIDERER, engineers, in Cannstatt
1886
First registered logo
Complete systems for the production of army-rusks
1889
WP Vienna founded
1890
First baking-ovens with steampipe heating system
1892
Introduction to the biscuit-industry with a biscuit and rusk cutting machine
1895
First Viennara steampipe peel oven
1900
Subsidiaries in Berlin, Moscow, London, Paris, Vienna and Saginaw/USA
1904
Foundation of factory WERNER,PFLEIDERER & PERKINS in Peterborough/England
1910
Begin of automation of baking (Cont. working tray oven with a capacity of 10.000 rolls/h.)
1933
First steampipe oven made of steel
1938
Cyclotherm-heating-system invented
1950
Product development for the automation of bread producing factories
1955
Patent registered for the continuous mixing systems
1960
Invention of MULTIMAT automatic roll dividing and rounding machine revolutionizes the bakery
1976
First fully-automatic flat bread line
1982
First fully-automated pan bread line
1986
Automation of tunnel ovens (Fresh baked goods)
1991
Automation of tunnel ovens (Dry baked goods)
1994
New development of lab ovens for the product development under production conditions in different oven systems
1998
New development of dough dividing and rounding machine CRD 10, weight/pcs. 26 - 150g, up to 24.000 pcs./h, Gewicht/Stk. 24 - 350g, bis zu 30.000 Stk./h
2000
WPIB is one of the founding members of the BAKERY ENGINEERING ALLIANCE
2001
WPIB acquires the industrial division of Winkler Bäckereimaschinen, Villingen-Schwenningen as well as their US subsidiary
2003
New development of convection oven for the biscuit industry
