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PROBAt 150 MAGAZINMAGAZINE 1868 – 2018 THAT’S HOW IT ALL STARTED THE FUTURE OF COFFEE In 1868 Theodor von Gimborn, Johann Hein- Does the global coffee production need to rich Lensing and Alexius van Gülpen found- double by 2050? Is China going to succeed ed Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei van the USA and Brazil as the largest coffee Gülpen, Lensing und von Gimborn, revolu- consumer worldwide in the near future? Will tionizing the coffee market in the following machine learning and artificial intelligence years. CEO Wim Abbing and his wife Tina belong to everyday life in the coffee industry von Gimborn-Abbing, great-granddaughter soon? And is anyone still going to talk about of the company founder, look back on the “specialty coffee” in a decade? In two guest four generations of entrepreneurs since contributions Michal Molčan, founder of the then and talk about the greatest milestones coffee magazine Standart, and David Fox- and the most exciting moments in the histo- well, editor at Coffee & Cocoa International, ry of Probat. take a look at the future of coffee. PROBAT 150 CONTENTS Dear partners, Editorial 02 Contents Imprint Probat in numbers 03 04 Press review The preparations for our anniversary celebration, including this special issue An intergenerational dialogue PROBAT 150, made me realize once more that it is our stories and experiences that make our company history come alive. These stories are stories of people – 06 our customers, staff, management, and shareholders. The coffee business has always been and will continue to be about people. And we’re proud to have been a part of it these past 150 years – from our beginnings as a small engineering com- Guest contributions pany on the Lower Rhine to this era of globalization and digital transformation. On the opportunities of artificial intelligence, We have always maintained a strong network that encompassed the interna- 07 decentralized solutions and online coffee courses tional world of coffee as well as the regional economy, be it by casting propellers for the growing steam boat industry on the Rhine or manufacturing agricultural New markets set to shape equipment for regional farmers. Our forefathers were often on the road. It was the coffee industry of the future not unusual to see them ride their bikes to business meetings in Germany and Benelux. As early as 1912, they crossed the Atlantic by boat to visit partners in the United States. Probat celebrates 150 years The stories that make up our history are stories of connections across conti- nents. Up to the 1980s, client dinners were conducted in the home of our manag- 08 ing directors. To this day, many of our customers and partners around the world are like family – and not only on the executive level. Our customers have always been a source of inspiration. Last, but not least, there are the stories of our loyal and highly motivated staff who have written Probat history for 150 years. So many families in our small town on the Rhine are closely woven into the fabric of Probat. It is this close connection between owners, management, and staff that the excellence we are so rightly proud of springs from. We celebrate this anniversary in humble appreciation of the accomplishments of our forefathers and past generations of Probat employees. They inspire and A journey through our company history motivate us as we continue on our path. And they showed us how to reinvent ourselves as a company – time and again, and with great success. They taught 10 us how to find innovative solutions for the coffee industry today and tomorrow. Our anniversary issue PROBAT 150 takes a look at the innovative spirit and cre- ative force with which Probat managed to face the challenges of the past 150 Congratulations from our customers years and emerge stronger every time. These qualities we can rely on as we address current issues in a globalized market shaped by digital transformation. 12 As a family business, we always strive to build on our foundation for generations to come so that Probat will continue to be a reliable partner and exemplary em- Locations of Probat ployer. In short: We expect good things from the future and are looking forward to many 14 more inspiring connections! Kindest regards, Thank you Wim Abbing 16 Publisher: Probat-Werke von Gimborn Maschinenfabrik GmbH, ImpRINT Reeser Str. 94, 46446 Emmerich am Rhein, Germany Editing, text and layout: Marketing Probat, can be contacted at [email protected] and +49 2822 912-597 3 PROBAT IN NUMBERS people were employed by Emmericher Maschinenfabrik in 1888, and 600 in 1968. Today Probat has around 900 94Thaler (2,481 Euro) 100 employees around the world, was the turnover of Emmericher about 550 of them work in Maschinen fabrik und Eisengießerei in 1868, Germany. 9,183 Thaler (249,777 Euro) in 1869, 22,277 Thaler (581,429 Euro) in 1870. In 2017 it amounted to 150,000,000 Euro. offices in Germany, Italy, USA, Canada, Brazil and India are main- 25 a total of years and more 572 Probat tained by Probat. In addition, 40 employees have worked for the company. 7 agencies worldwide ensure proximity to the costumer. Emmericher1877 Maschinenfabrik was granted its 50,000 first patent: Patent No. 100: 1st patent on a roasting machines of various sizes knock off moulding box. Today, Probat is the were delivered until the turn of the world market and technology leader in the century (1900) already. coffee roasting machines and plants segment with 115 16,456 patents. 217 kilometers our customer customers from 39 mad about means had to countries visited us in travel from Melbourne, (first half year 2018) 18,500 Emmerich. Australia to reach us in m² measures the Probat Emmerich, which was production area – that’s the longest customer the size of about 2.6 soccer journey in the first half fields (68 m x 105 m). 1,450 year of 2018. meter above sea level lies the Probat coffee plantation Songwa Estates in Tanzania. 900,000 lines of code were written for the basis of the Probat 122 covered Probat runners data management system. 565 the 5-kilometer course booked flights to custom- at the company run in ers all over the world 26.6 minutes on average. That corresponds to an (first half year 2018) average speed of 11.3 km/h. PROBAT 150 PRESS REVIEW Probat is celebrating 150 years of innovation and market leadership. International and articles and compiled them with further publications from 150 years of Probat history national media are paying a lot of attention to this birthday. This year, there have already here in the media review. been numerous reports worldwide on the anniversary. We have collected all jubilee Global Coffee Report Jan. 2018 Global Coffee Report July 2018 Rheinische Post 6.2.2018 NRZ 3.4.2018 aroma 1/2018 NRZ 23.1.2018 Coffee & Cocoa International March 2018 Instagram NRZ 8.3.2018 Global Coffee Report NRZ March 2018 11.6.2018 HISTORIC Kaffee & Tee Markt 1968 Rheinische Post 22.9.1968 NRZ 23.9.1968 5 Stern 09/2016 NRZ 2.5.2018 Handels- blatt 25.1.2017 Global Coffee Report Jan. 2013 FAZ 31.10.2016 Tea & Coffee Trade Journal April 2018 Wirtschafts- woche 15.6.2018 Coffee & Cocoa Inter- Global Coffee national Report Jan. 2018 Jan. 2015 Coffee Business Coffee 4/2018 Business Global Coffee 6/2017 Report Nov. 2014 Coffee & Cocoa Inter- national Coffee & 1974 Cocoa Inter- Coffee & national Cocoa Inter- 1979 national 1974 Coffee & Coffee & Cocoa Inter- Cocoa Inter- Coffee & Coffee & national national Cocoa Inter- Cocoa Inter- May 2010 2000 national national 1982 Jan. 2011 PROBAT 150 AN INTERGENERATIONAL and autonomous driving. Could there be DIALOGUE comparable developments in the coffee roasting industry? Klümpner: Our revolutions are a bit slow- er and on a smaller scale. But they are still We often arrive at unexpected revolutions. There used to be times when we built eight identical roasters per week. Now joint solutions we have switched to customized production: Mondays, roasters in red, Tuesdays, green, With 43 years of tenure at the company, Head of In-house Logistics Norbert and so on. We are in the process of complete- ly transforming the workstations. Klümpner is one of Probat’s longest-serving employees. His colleague Janek individual colleagues. Fortunately, that isn’t Arntzen started working as production supervisor in December after complet- necessary anymore. New technologies have ing his dual study program. We talked to them about bridges across the gen- made our work significantly more productive erational gap, the things they can learn from one another, and how working at and also less hard. Probat has changed over the past four decades. Different attitudes can be highly productive Mr. Klümpner, you joined Probat as an What does this dual study program entail? apprentice in 1975, when you were fifteen. Arntzen: I started training as an engineering Individual customer Did you have any contacts in the company Let’s talk a bit more about different gener- draftsman at Probat and simultaneously did prior to that? requirements will be a key ations. Do you think you can learn from one a B.Sc. in Engineering at Krefeld University, another? Klümpner: Yes, quite a few. My neighbors, my followed by a Master’s degree in Business challenge over the next uncle, and several people I knew from Em- Engineering. The great thing was that I was 20 years Arntzen: Absolutely. As someone who is merich had worked at Probat at some point or able to influence my career path at all times just starting out I have to learn from senior other.