Founder of the Gerhard Schubert GmbH has passed away

Gerhard Schubert, the founder and shareholder of leading packaging machine manufacturer Schubert, passed away peacefully in Crailsheim on 4 July 2023 at the age of 84.

  • July 7, 2023
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  • Gerhard Schubert, 1938–2023
    Gerhard Schubert, 1938–2023

In 1966, he founded Gerhard Schubert GmbH, one of the most innovative and successful companies in international packaging machine manufacturing. To this day, his visionary ideas of a modular robot-assisted top-loading packaging machine continue to influence modern packaging technology around the world. Gerhard Schubert laid the foundation for the company in 1953 with an apprenticeship as a mechanic. He then spent several years gathering experience as a design engineer at the Strunck and Kugler companies before setting up his own engineering & design office in 1964. 

Only two years later, Gerhard Schubert GmbH was founded in Crailsheim. With his pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit, Gerhard Schubert built the small company into an international group of companies over a period of decades and took the family business to the forefront of the world’s packaging manufacturers. He always remained down-to-earth and deeply connected to the region surrounding his hometown of Crailsheim. In addition to his two sons Ralf and Gerald Schubert, the next generation of grandchildren is now working in the company and will continue in the direction taken by this industrial pioneer.