100 Years
1919 - 2019 | Constantly innovative
Excellence in belting From Forbo Movement Systems
1919
Ernst Siegling founds the company in Hanover, Germany. Chrome leather upright belts and other
innovative power transmission products go into production.
1930-1940
Successful launch of the first flat belts with adhesive coatings and the first electrically conductive belts for spaces with an explosive risk.
1943
Invention of the first multilayer flat belt made of nylon and chrome leather, patented under the Extremultus brand name.
1954
Hellmut Siegling (1922 – 2006), son of the company’s founder, takes over as the company’s CEO.
1955
Construction of a new plant and start of production in Hannover-Vahrenheide.
1956
Foundation of EXTREMULTUS, Inc. with sales and fabrication facilities on Long Island, N.Y. (USA). Relocation to Englewood, N.J. in 1960.
1961
An idea is born regarding a conveyor belt for light materials handling: a new product line is developed bearing the Transilon brand name.
1970
A second plant is constructed in Garbsen as a fabrication facility.
1975
Transilon conveyor and processing belts go into production at the plant in Fukuroi, Japan. (The production facility is extended in 1982).
1982
Launch of the new Siegling logo.
1993
Production is started at the Carolina Manufacturing Center (CMC) in Huntersville, N.C. (USA).
1994
Swiss corporation Forbo International SA take over shareholder interest.
1995
The plastic modular belts go into production under the Prolink brand name.
1997
The Forbo Siegling (Shenyang) Belting Ltd. production facility in China is founded and commissioned (photo).
Extension of the production facility for thermoplastic power transmission belts and machine tapes in Wallbach, Switzerland.
1999
Commissioning of the world’s largest plastic calender for coating conveyor and processing belts (production width 4.5 m).
2005
Commissioning of the European fabrication center in Malacky, Slovakia.
2007
New corporate and management culture with a global outlook: Siegling Belting becomes Forbo Movement Systems.
2008
Takeover of the PVC conveyor belt segment from Fenner Dunlop (Georgia Duck) and marketing of the new product group under the Transtex brand name.
Development of a conveyor belt (Amp Miser™) with a particularly low friction coefficient that dramatically cuts energy consumption.
2013
Forbo Siegling develops a bio-degradable conveyor belt made of renewable materials.
Commissioning of a new 5-meter-wide machine to coat conveyor and processing belts in Hanover.
2018
Opening of a new site in Pinghu, China, with production/fabrication, sales and management.
2019
The centenary.
An exceptional milestone for our company and all the people who work in it.
2021
Production of a new Fullsan homogenous belt type starts in Hanover, Germany.
