"With the expertise of three generations, innovative technology and traditional values — wholly committed to extrusion."
— Management · Bernhard Ide GmbH & Co. KG
Bernhard Ide founds a machinery and equipment manufacturing company in Ostfildern-Scharnhausen. Close collaboration with customers is central from the very beginning — a principle that holds to this day.
Bernhard Ide designs the first impulse welding devices for plastic films — matching the growing post-war market. The foundation for specialisation in thermoplastic processing is laid.
IDE commits fully to extrusion technology. The first extruders and peripheral equipment are built in Ostfildern. The modular construction principle that distinguishes IDE to this day takes shape.
Thomas Ide takes over as managing director. Under his leadership, IDE grows into an internationally recognised supplier of complete extrusion lines. Export business is systematically expanded into over 40 countries.
Family management broadens its base: Silke Ide takes responsibility for the commercial division, strengthening company governance sustainably.
Alexander Ide succeeds as managing director. He combines the heritage of over 65 years of experience with the ambition for digital integration, more precise modularity and even closer customer proximity.
IDE supplies customers in more than 40 countries with modular machines and tooling systems for the complete extrusion line. The company is and remains fully family-owned — headquartered in Ostfildern.
New solutions for new requirements. IDE continuously invests in research and development — because plastics processing never stands still and our customers deserve the best.
Over 65 years of experience in extrusion. This foundation gives us the depth to solve even unusual challenges — and to earn our customers' trust for decades.
We are not an anonymous supplier. At IDE you know your contact — and they know your machines, your processes and your goals. Openness and creativity define every collaboration.
Made in Ostfildern. Every IDE machine is crafted with precision and engineered down to the last detail. For a service life measured in decades — not years.
The engineer who recognised that growing plastics markets needed precise machinery. He designed the first devices in a small workshop in Ostfildern, laying the foundation for everything that followed.
Under Thomas Ide's leadership, a regional machine builder became an internationally sought-after manufacturer of complete extrusion lines. He systematically built up export business in over 40 countries.
The third generation stands for consistent modularity, digital integration and even closer customer proximity. Alexander Ide leads the company with the ambition to develop further the legacy of over 65 years of experience.