Our history
Our path from slide frame manufacturer to air cushion expert
Re-founding, vision and innovation – The history behind AIRWORKS
In the past, we specialised in the development and manufacture of plastic slide frames under the QuickPoint brand. In the 1990s, company founder Hanns Loersch decided to develop packaging solutions for the company’s own products. With the success of digital photography, the entire framework of our business was changing As a result, the focus of our business ultimately shifted to packaging systems. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of plastic slide frames and machines became AIRWORKS, one of the most innovative manufacturers of packaging systems for air cushion films.
The history behind AIRWORKS
Today
2022
- Investment in new production systems for films
- Opening of the first showroom in England
2020
- Establishment of European field service
2010s
2019
- Investment in new production systems for films
2017
- Market launch of the BioLine air cushion film
2008–2012
- Construction of new production systems
2000s
2009
- Final shift in specialisation to packaging systems
- Introduction of the AIRWORKS® brand
- Transfer of company leadership to Marc Loersch
2005–2007
- Development of the CIRRUS machines
- Development of our automated conveyance systems (CIRRUS System, Station etc.)
2000–2010
- Success of digital photography
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1990s
1996
- Development of the L-Pack brand for the first packaging machines
Mid-1990s
- Development of our first air cushion machine (M-series)
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1980s
1985
- Opening of our production site in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
1970s
- Development of the Quickpoint brand for our slide frames
1978
- Relocation to the current company premises at An der Bleiche 49 in Straelen am Niederrhein, Germany
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1960s
1963
- Founding of the Hanns Loersch GmbH & Co. KG company in Hüls, Germany
- Later that year, move from a barn to the first company building in Broekhuysen, Germany
- Sale of plastic slide frames
