We talk to our customers and work together to find solutions.
Our family-like company culture is a real strength and shapes our ideas and actions.
We contribute to the success of our customers because we achieve more than expected from a printing inks and chemicals manufacturer.
Going one step further to develop new solutions and services is in our DNA. We act with self-confidence and make courageous but well-thought-out decisions. We push past our limits because that is the only way that we can continue to develop market innovations.
Huber Group Mission
Since the early days of hubergroup in 1765, having the courage to try something new has played an important role in the company. Mathias Mittermayr, a trained mason, decided at that time to forge a new path in ink production. On 29th November 1765, he registered his first patent for the production of the natural inks Vienna Varnish (a rich reddish-yellow colour), Prussian Blue, Carmine Red and the yellow colour of the Munich coat of arms
in 1780, Mittermayr’s son-in-law Georg Huber took over the company and successfully expanded the business before he passed it over to his son Michael Huber (l.) in 1815. Led by Michael Huber, the company eventually became the first German printing ink manufacturer. Huber recognised the future relevance of printing inks early on thanks to his close association with Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography (stone printing). In the following years, the company, known as Michael Huber München, went on to become internationally renowned.
The subsequent Huber generations also worked passionately to expand their ink business. The company even recovered quickly from the decline in production during the two world wars.
In the 1990s and 2000s, the company achieved success in the international printing inks market with new sites in Europe, South America and Asia. One important milestone was the acquisition of Micro Inks Limited in 2006, because up to this day this enables us to produce a large percentage of the raw materials for our printing inks ourselves. With innovations such as low migration printing inks as well as mineral oil-free and cobalt-free printing inks the company – now called hubergroup – set the environmental standards early on and has therefore become a trendsetter within the printing industry.
Today hubergroup is one of the leading international specialists for solutions and technologies relating to printing inks, printing aid and raw materials.
and after more than 250 years This is the only way that we can continue to develop innovative solutions and technologies for the printing and packaging industry, the paint and coating industry and for chemical companies.
