design technology

History

History

Our Milestones

2023

Kolb Design Technology GmbH & Co. KG receives the ’’Top Service’’ quality label. The label represents high-quality customer service as well as high qualified and reliable service personnel.

2020

Kolb remains on course for success in 2020 and is a winner of this year’s iF Design Award, the world-renowned design prize. The winning product our newest layout and modeling machine in 2020 – ConceptLine Evo combines significantly higher performance with an unobtrusive appearance.

2019

Presentation of the new machine type ConceptLine Evo as well as demonstration of automatic clay application and clay 3D printing - two absolute novelties within this industry. In the same year Kolb has finished its so far largest contract successfully.

Kolb has been awarded with the Jaguar Land Rover Excellence Award, Reddot Design Award and German Innovation Award.

2018

Presentation of the new machine type ConceptLine Mobile as well as the scanning application.

2017

Opening of our showroom in Deggendorf (Germany).

2015

Integration of Kolb Technology GmbH into the mechanical engineering division of the STREICHER Group in Deggendorf and change of name to Kolb Design Technology GmbH & Co. KG.

2011

Extension of the product portfolio with an assortment of materials, tools and accessories for design studios, former distributed by the company Franz Kolb Nachf..

2001

Foundation of Kolb Technology GmbH as specialist for the development and manufacturing of milling machines for design studios, as subsidiary of Franz Kolb Nachf..

1994

The Franz Kolb Nachf. company is relocating production from Munich to Hengersberg.

1915

Establishment of the company ‘Franz Kolb Nachfolger’ for the production of plasticine, later industrial plasticine.

1890

Invention of plasticine by the pharmacist Franz Kolb in Munich (Germany).