1889 - BUDAPEST (Hungary) Foundation of the Hugo Graepel company, manufacturer of perforated metal sheets

1908 - HANNOVER (Germany) Foundation of the Claudius Graepel company, manufacturer of pressed and perforated metal sheets


1919 - HALBERSTADT (Germany) The company moves from Hannover to Halberstadt due to plant enlargement

1944 - HALBERSTADT Russian occupation: the company is put under state control and expopriated

1948 - LOENINGEN (Germany) The Friedrich Graepel GmbH is founded. It then becomes Friedrich Graepel AG


1958 - KINSALE (Ireland) Foundation of Graepel Perforators Ltd.

1967 - SABBIONETA (Italy) Riko Graepel founds Graepel Italiana, which later gains its current name: Graepel Italiana SpA

1971 - WARRINGTON (England) Graepel Perforators Ltd. acquires a competing firm

1980 - GLASGOW (Scotland) Graepel Perforators Ltd. acquires another competitor

1990 - SEEHAUSEN (Germany) Friedrich Graepel AG acquires STUV GmbH