Leading the industry with integrity and innovation for more than 60 years.
Scroll through our historical timeline to see our history of innovation and excellence!
1956
Foundation of the Company Feinwerktechnik SchleicherZiegler, StädleOHG
1963
A simple pasta maker was the inspiration for the first paper shredder. 1st Patent granted.
1964
Birth of the intimus brand. The introduction of the Simplex line, our top seller for over 40 years. Over 500,000 units sold.
1970
Facility expands. Original building still in use as connector between manufacturing and R&D.
1971
Acquisition of Taifun Wiesbaden. Products directed at end user channel while intimus brand continued reseller strategy.
1975
Launch of cross cut technology with intimus 007 high security shredder. Particles are not bigger than 0.8 x 12 mm. intimus 007 cutting unit is still in production today.
1978
Founding of US subsidiary to better serve commercial, government and military customers in the North America market.
1981 – 1984
The company diversifies with the launch of custom built bicycles for the premium cycling market segment.
1985
The company embarks on an extensive international advertising campaign to build the intimus brand globally.
1986
Special media shredder DatenEX 2000 introduced for the destruction of floppy discs, tape media, etc.
1988 – 1989
The company reorganizes corporate structure an is renamed Schleicher GmbH AG. A public limited company. Initial Public Offering made.
1990
Launch of the Taros line of shredders as an upgrade to the aging Taifun line.
2004
Acquisition of all shares by Martin-Yale. Company begins doing business as Martin Yale GmbH.
2007
intimus PRO shredder line is developed and introduced. Products quickly exceed sales expectations.
2014
Major European expansion with acquisition of 6 Pitney-Bowes sales operations – sales launch of folder-inserter line.
2014
Martin Yale GmbH becomes intimus International Gmbh. Continues marketing popular line of shredders and business information solutions.
2015
intimus brand celebrates 50 year anniversary. Technoexpress is acquired bringing physical security products into the intimus portfolio
2016
Launch of FlashEx – the first machine designed for e-media destruction in an office environment
2017
Gladiator Hard Drive shredders introduced to ensure total destruction of data on rotational hard disc drives.
2020
85 RX Shredder provides a HIPAA compliant in-house destruction solution for pharmacies
2021
intimus further addresses the needs of SSD destruction with the introduction of granulator line including SSD only and SSD-HDD destruction models.
2023
intimus expands its multimedia destruction offerings with OmniShred, a small multimedia destroyer designed for office use.