Machines and systems for presses, lamination, liquid coating and industrial digital printing.
Hymmen GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau
Bielefeld · Rödinghausen-BruchmühlenNew on Amplifa
About Hymmen
Hymmen GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau is a plant engineering company founded in 1892 and based in Bielefeld with around 200 employees worldwide. The company develops and manufactures machines and complete production lines for the high-volume production of panel-shaped materials and for the surface finishing of panels or roll goods. The portfolio includes double-belt presses (including IsoPress and the TFL series), multi-daylight presses, laminating lines, liquid coating lines including Calender Coating Inert (CCI), handling equipment as well as industrial digital printing lines of the JUPITER, SATURN and ECHO series with the DLEplus structuring technology. The offering is rounded out by process control, the cloud-based industry intelligence solution smart2i, process development in the pilot plant in Rödinghausen-Bruchmühlen, and worldwide after-sales service with retrofits and spare parts supply. Customers come from the furniture, flooring, wood-based materials, laminate and building materials industries, including Egger, Wren Kitchens and Engineered Floors.
- Site
- Bielefeld
- Processes
- Industrial digital printing (JUPITER, SATURN, ECHO), Digital decor and structure printing (single-pass, DLEplus Digital Lacquer Embossing), Double-belt presses (continuous, e.g. IsoPress, TFL series), Multi-daylight presses (cyclic process), Single- and multi-daylight presses for engineered wood, Laminating lines / thermo-lamination (incl. edge wrapping Wrapping Line), Liquid coating / coating lines (roller coating, printing, casting, structuring; calender, Melamine pressing
- Materials
- Wood-based materials (chipboard, MDF, HDF), Paper, Melamine, Plastic, Veneer, Glass, SPC, LVT
- Founded
- 1892
- Employees
- approx. 200
- Industries
- Furniture industry, Flooring industry (laminate, LVT, SPC, cork), Wood-based materials industry, Decorative laminates (HPL, CPL, compact boards), Engineered wood, Building materials (fiber cement, gypsum fiber boards, facade panels)
- 01
Process development in the pilot plant
- 02
Engineering and plant planning
- 03
Manufacturing and assembly of plant components
- 04
Interlinking with handling equipment and process control
- 05
Commissioning and production support
- 06
After-sales service, retrofits and spare parts supply
Materials and Processes
Digital printing (JUPITER, SATURN, ECHO)
Single-pass decor and structure printing on paper, melamine, plastic, veneer, glass and panel materials from lot size 1.
Double-belt presses (IsoPress, TFL)
Continuous pressing of laminates, decor and industrial laminates with up to 10 million m² annual capacity.
Multi-daylight presses
Cyclically automated production of HPL and laminates; combination with continuous systems possible.
Laminating lines
Register-accurate film lamination including edge wrapping at substrate widths of 1,400 to 2,600 mm and 20–60 m/min.
Liquid coating / CCI
Highly automated coating lines for application widths of 400–2,600 mm, among other things for mirror-gloss and super-matt surfaces.
Digital Lacquer Embossing (DLEplus)
Digital structure printing in register (EIR) to the decor on LVT and SPC flooring materials.
Handling equipment
Tandem gantries, robots and high-precision transports for feeding, stacking and register-accurate transport.
smart2i Industry Intelligence
Cloud-based solution for recording and analyzing machine, production and quality data.
Sites
Bielefeld
DEHeadquarters, engineering, manufacturing and sales (machine and plant engineering)
- Materials
- Steel (plant engineering)
- Manufacturing of machine and plant components
- Process control and control technology
Rödinghausen-Bruchmühlen
DEPilot plant with machine park for process development, test series and pre-series production
- Lot size
- Prototype to pre-series
- Materials
- Wood-based materials, paper, laminate, coatings and inks
- Digital printing lines (JUPITER, SATURN, DLEplus)
- Laminating line
- Liquid coating lines incl. CCI
- Press systems
- smart2i on all production lines
Technologies and Plant Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial digital printing (JUPITER, SATURN, ECHO)Surface | – | – | – | Lot size 1 | Paper, Melamine, Plastic, Veneer, Glass, Wood-based materials, SPC, LVT, Cork, Facade elements, Decor paper, Roll goods |
| Digital decor and structure printing (single-pass, DLEplus Digital Lacquer Embossing)Surface | – | Druckbreite bis 2100 mm (Platten); 1400 | – | – | SPC, LVT, Paper, Film, Wood-based materials |
| Double-belt presses (continuous, e.g. IsoPress, TFL series)Forming | – | – | – | up to 10 million m² CPL/laminate per | Laminates (CPL), Decor laminates, Industrial laminates, Composite materials, Wood-based materials |
| Multi-daylight presses (cyclic process)Forming | – | – | – | – | HPL, Laminates |
| Single- and multi-daylight presses for engineered woodForming | – | up to 6000 mm panel length × up to 2300 mm panel width | – | – | Veneered boards, Multi-layer boards (3/5 layers), Laminated veneer lumber, Laminated veneer plywood, Plywood |
| Laminating lines / thermo-lamination (incl. edge wrapping Wrapping Line)Joining | – | 1,400 - 2,600 mm substrate width | – | Line speed: 20–60 m/min | Furniture panels, Flooring films, Finish foils based on pre-impregnated substrate, Thermoplastic decor films, Wood-based materials |
| Liquid coating / coating lines (roller coating, printing, casting, structuring; calenderSurface | Mirror gloss / super matt | 400 mm to 2600 mm application width | – | – | Wood-based materials, Furniture panels, Fiber cement boards, Flooring materials, Laminate, Edge material, Formwork panels, Wood slats |
| Melamine pressingSurface | – | – | – | – | Wood-based panels, Flooring (melamine-pressed floors), Digitally printed papers |
| Coating and gluing of edge materialJoining | – | – | – | – | Edge material, Furniture panels, Formwork panels, Wood slats |
| Handling: feeding, stacking (tandem gantries, gantries, robots), high-precision transportsAssembly | – | – | – | – | Panel materials, Roll goods |
| Postforming / bonding of worktops with seamless laminate coatingJoining | – | – | – | – | Chipboard, Laminate, Thermoplastic edges |
| UV, excimer and thermal dryingSurface | – | – | – | – | Coated surfaces, UV coating, UV inks, Water-based inks |
| Digital printing in 24h industrial production (direct printing on SPC)Surface | – | – | – | 25-50 m/min printing speed | SPC, LVT |
| Digital Lacquer Embossing (DLE) - digital structuring in register to the decor (EIR)Surface | – | – | – | – | SPC, LVT, Flooring material |
| Gloss and matt finishes via resin formulation with back cooling (CPL)Surface | Gloss / Matt | – | – | – | CPL, Laminates |
| Glue application / gluing (units for adhesive, hardener, resins)Joining | – | – | – | – | Veneer, Engineered wood |
| Coating and sealing of building material boardsSurface | – | – | – | – | Fiber cement, Gypsum fiber boards, Facade panels |
| Process development, test series, pre-series production in the pilot plantEngineering | – | – | – | – | Panel materials, Laminate, Paper |
| After-sales service: field service, retrofits, conversions, spare partsEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Control technology / smart2i Industry Intelligence (process control, digital twin)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
18 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital printing line (single-pass) | Hymmen Jupiter JPT-C | – | Printing speed 25-50 m/min, >1000 dpi, line length 120 m | – | Dalton, USA (at Engineered Floors) |
| Digital printing line | Hymmen JUPITER Digital Printing Line | – | Paper roll-to-roll 1400 mm width; panels up to 2100 mm printing width | – | – |
| Digital printing line (water-based inks) | Hymmen SATURN | – | – | 2020 (Tech | – |
| Digital printing line (uni-area in the print image) | Hymmen ECHO | – | – | – | – |
| Double-belt press | Hymmen IsoPress | – | – | 1983 (Mark | – |
| Double-belt press (TFL series) | Hymmen TFL | – | – | – | Biskupiec, Poland (at Egger) |
| Continuous CPL line with double-belt press and cooling section | Hymmen | – | – | 2014 (Inbe | Gifhorn (Egger plant) |
| Multi-daylight press | Hymmen | – | – | – | – |
| Laminating line / glue application machine | Hymmen | – | Substrate widths 1,400-2,600 mm; 20-60 m/min | – | – |
| Liquid coating line / coating line (roller applicator and trowel machines, casting heads) | Hymmen | – | Application widths 400 mm to 2600 mm | – | – |
| Calender Coating Inert (CCI) line | Hymmen CCI | – | – | – | – |
| Wrapping line (surface lamination and edge wrapping) | Hymmen | – | – | – | – |
| Tandem gantry for feeding and stacking | Hymmen | – | – | – | – |
| High-precision transport | Hymmen | – | – | – | – |
| Robots (stacking, in-house programming) | Hymmen | – | – | – | – |
| Coating application and topcoat machines (incl. DLEplus) | Hymmen DLEplus | – | – | – | – |
| Machine park in the pilot plant | Hymmen | – | – | – | Rödinghausen-Bruchmühlen |
| Industrial coating line (roller coating and casting machines) | Hymmen | – | – | 1952 (Mark | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Company History
- 1892
Theodor Hymmen founds the company for machine and steel construction.
- 1952
Introduction of roller coating and casting machines, the foundation for coating lines in the furniture industry.
- 1973
Hymmen thermo-laminating lines set standards in surface finishing.
- 1983
Market launch of the IsoPress double-belt press for decor and industrial laminates.
- 2009
Market launch of the JUPITER Digital Printing Line for industrial digital printing on roll and panel goods.
- 2020
Digital structure printing (Digital Lacquer Embossing) and digital printing with water-based inks (SATURN series).
- 2023
Market launch of the cloud-based industry intelligence solution smart2i.
- 2026
Establishment as the world's leading provider of presses, laminating lines, liquid coating, digital printing and control technology; new ECHO technology.