Elie W. Labombarde recognized that the painstakingly slow process of hand-folding and gluing paper boxes could be automated. So he conceived of and invented an automatic folding box machine. His early patents covering that first gluer and the operational success it achieved prompted Elie Labombarde to commercially manufacture these machines.

In 1903 he founded The International Paper Box Machine Company. The first machine was sold to the E.B. Munson Company of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. In its first hour, this machine produced as many Smith Bros. cough drop boxes as an entire crew could hand-fold in a ten hour day. Certainly, it obsoleted a costly process.
But it gave birth to a new industry as increasingly more products employed the advantages of folding carton packaging.

In 1950, International introduced the first machine engineered specifically for the production of liquid packaging. This unique machine utilized a gas fueled flame to melt and reseal the carton’s polyethylene coating on Pure-Pak cartons, a gable-topped liquid carton which has become a familiar industry standard. The International Paper Box Machine Company is the only manufacturer that produces a full line of equipment to support this industry segment and continues to develop new technology, addressing new trends and increasing efficiency.

In 1974, The International Paper Box Machine Company acquired Multifold International. The Multifold International Division had been manufacturing material handling equipment since 1953. Multifold’s line of semi-automatic and fully automatic prefeeders and packers proved to be the ideal companion to International’s folder gluers, improving efficiency and maximizing production.

In 1980 International introduced the Royal line of folder gluers when it exhibited a Royal 33 at IPEX. Its ease of set-up, low maintenance and accurate, high-speed production generated immediate appeal within the industry. The KF Royal 333 includes a third, center carrier in the final fold which allows a flame-sealing option to be added for heat-sealing liquid, aseptic packaging.

2003 - Another mile stone in the history of International Paper Box Machine Company is the acquisition of the liquid packaging Division and Multifold International division by International Paper Box Machine Company Geneva / Switzerland. The Geneva branch actively involved in sales and after sales since 1980 acquired the liquid packaging division in April 2003. Consequently International Paper Box Machine Company became a swiss company in 2003 and has been renamed International Paper Box Machine Company Geneva / Switzerland, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and North American office in Concord, New Hampshire, USA.

2006 - Following market requests, INTERNATIONAL PAPER BOX MACHINE COMPANY GENEVA / SWITZERLAND decided to re-design the LF series Flame sealer. The successful flame sealing machine type LF - B available since 1950 has been improved several times over the last 50 years. However, new technologies and changing market requirements requested for a complete face lift and re-design of this machine type. The first model of the new flame Sealer INTERNATIONAL Type LF – III was delivered to the market in 2004 and became operational in 2005. The INTERNATIONAL LF – III is the most performent machine on the world market today offering up to 1000 meter belt speed. This thanks to state of the art drive technology as well as re-designed carrier belt drives and other important improvements to be discovered in this brochure.The LF – III is also available for 750 meters belt speed.

Today - To further improve quality and flexibility of the Sealer International concluded in 2007 an exclusive cooperation contract with the well-known Leary Company of Chicago. Leary is specialized in In-Line Quality Control Systems for high-speed detection of bar codes, cap hole detection as well as various quality criteria related exclusively to liquid packaging containers. Moreover, IPBM Geneva in cooperation with Fortuna receive the patent right for water-cooled burners, which allows to eliminate the danger of burners distortion and at the same time use any length of burner suitable for the machine speed. The exclusive arrangement with Leary gives as the possibility to use the Chicago show room all year around providing the comfort for interested customers to see Flame Sealer and perform machine tests in Chicago.
As per 2008, we have permanently one of the latest  Sealer in the Fortuna show room Weil der Stadt near Stuttgart

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