Espera-Werke GmbH

Espera-Werke GmbH is a German manufacturer of price and weight labelling systems, labelling machines, checkweighers, inspection systems, sorting systems and related software for the food industry and other industrial sectors. The company is headquartered in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, and describes itself as a family-owned business that has been managed by the Korthäuer family since 2010 in the third generation. Founded in 1924 as a control and scale factory, Espera has developed over more than 90 years into one of the world's leading suppliers of price labelling, labelling and weighing systems. The product portfolio covers automatic weight-price labellers, manual weight-price labellers, labellers, checkweighers, inspection systems, sorting systems, software and labels. Espera positions its solutions as modular and flexible with regard to performance, automation and network connectivity, and serves all areas of the food industry — from meat, poultry and fish to dairy products, fruit and vegetables. The company markets itself under the slogan "One step ahead" and emphasizes long-life engineering, intuitive design and high performance as part of its quality promise, with price and weight labelling "Made in Germany". Espera operates internationally through subsidiaries in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States, Canada and Mexico, and has representatives in Australia, Israel, Russia, South Africa and South America. The company maintains service contacts in Germany and Switzerland. Its systems are used for variable and equal-weight labelling of packaged goods, and the portfolio includes the ESPERA NOVA series such as the ES-E, ES-M, ES-B and ES-C checkweigher, as well as the ES-R, ES-H and ES-L automatic price labelling machines. As a privately held, family-owned company, Espera-Werke is not listed on a stock exchange. Dr. Marcus Korthäuer is the managing director and shareholder, leading the company and its international subsidiaries since 2010. The company continues to develop its systems with digital functions, energy-saving concepts and modular designs aimed at efficiency and quality assurance in production.

Espera-Werke GmbH was founded in 1924 as a "Kontroll- und Waagenfabrik" (control and scale factory). In 1927, the company began production of its first illuminated-display scale (Leuchtbildwaage). In 1959, Espera developed the world's first electronically calculating scale. The production of Constellation scales helped the company gain a foothold in the international market. Over the decades, Espera expanded its product range from scales to price and weight labelling systems, labelling machines, checkweighers, inspection systems, sorting systems and software. The company established subsidiaries in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States, Canada and Mexico, and maintains representatives in Australia, Israel, Russia, South Africa and South America. Since 2010, Dr. Marcus Korthäuer has led the company as managing director and shareholder in the third generation of the Korthäuer family. The company continues to develop its systems with digital functions, energy-saving concepts and modular designs, marketing its products under the ESPERA NOVA series and the slogan "One step ahead".

• 2010

  Dr. Marcus Korthäuer takes over as managing director and shareholder in the third generation.

• 1959

  Development of the world's first electronically calculating scale.

• 1927

  Production of the first illuminated-display scale (Leuchtbildwaage) begins.

• 1924

  Founded as a control and scale factory (Kontroll- und Waagenfabrik).

Market leader for price and weight labelling of pre-packaged foods; family-owned German manufacturer emphasizing innovation, modularity, quality and 'Made in Germany' engineering.

• ESPERA NOVA ES-E

  Automatic price labelling machine, compact and powerful with low consumption, up to 80 packs per minute, no external compressed air required.

• ESPERA NOVA ES-M

  Manual price labelling for the food industry.

• ESPERA NOVA ES-B

  Basic model for fully automatic price labelling.

• ESPERA NOVA ES-C

  Checkweigher with compact integrated sorting and different sorting systems (pusher, air pressure).

• ES-R

  Automatic weight-price labelling machine.

• ES-H

  Automatic weight-price labelling machine.

• ES-L

  Automatic weight-price labelling machine.

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2. 2Über unsespera.com
3. 3ES-Cespera.com
4. 4ES-Eespera.com
5. 5Espera-Werke – Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
6. 6Espera-Werke – Wikidatawikidata.org