Company History

In 1874 Friedrich Herbst invented the dough dividing machine, and this was the first step in mechanising the bakery trade. More than 30.000 machines of this or a similar type have been manufactured. Figure 1 shows the company in the year 1924, when it had a staff of 350 and was still located in Halle on Saale (Eastern Germany).

This was the beginning of the company Herbst, who today are busy not only in the food industry but also in the chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry. Everything is being mixed, i.e. explosives, adhesives, tars, paint, flavours, fragrances, skin creams, mayonnaise, jellies, soups and salads.
After world war II the Herbst Family was expropriated and settled in Western Germany, in order to start a new company.
The Herbst family sold the company in 1997. A modernisation of the production and many innovations were being pushed ahead by a new management and an increase in the number of employees. The production range comprises stand mixer, central mixer rotor-stator-systems and discharge systems besides the successful planetary mixers. Thus the complete spectrum of mixing / stirring technology is covered.
In 1998 the company moved into a newly built business building in Buxtehude, which has been extended in 2008.