Ferag Australia Pty Limited

Ferag Australia - committed to your success

Ferag Australia Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the WRH Marketing Group, which in turn is a WRH Walter Reist Holding company employing approximately 1600 people worldwide. The head office of WRH Marketing is based in Hinwil, some 30 kilometres from Zurich, Switzerland.

The Ferag Group is a worldwide leader in the area of conveying and processing systems for the manufacture of newspapers, magazines and illustrated print work. It is recognised throughout the printing industry as a specialist in post press processing.

Ferag Australia has been successfully active in Australia and New Zealand for the past 16 years. The core skills of Ferag Australia lie in the areas of marketing, distribution and after-sales service to the Australian and New Zealand printing industries.

The business has been built up on the supply of :
• Design and layout concept for post press processing systems
• Complete Ferag systems for both the newspaper and the commercial printing industries
• Service, installation and support of the Ferag systems
• A wide range of very high quality equipment and consumable products to the printing industry

Ferag Australia has always focussed on one goal: the committed success of its customers as a partner

Namely, to provide its customers with innovative and progressive solutions, and thus help them consolidate their success in an economically challenging environment.

Milestones of Ferag technology

1955 Ferag conveyor for smearfree conveying of newspapers, developed by Walter Reist, is patented.

1956 Installation of the first prototype at the Zurich Tages-Anzeiger.

1958 First major order for six conveyors for the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung.

1965 Start-up of first complete mailroom system - from printing press to delivery truck - at La Voix du Nord in France.