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= History =

HaDeWe
HaDeWe, a company founded by Heert de Wit in 1924, was initially established to manufacture clog machines. In 1936, the company made its first duplicating machine, which led to national fame and even export to the United States.  In 1950 The company continued to innovate by introducing a paper folding machine in the following years. As an innovator, in 1968, HaDeWe evolved to the next logical step by developing an envelope-filling machine. The success of HaDeWe inspired Roneo Vickers, an English company, to acquire the company.

In 1980, Alcatel acquired majority shares of Roneo Vickers, making HaDeWe a French property.

The company’s rapid growth required HaDeWe to expand into a new building. HaDeWe’s new location was festively opened in 1983 by Hans Wiegel, the Queen's Commissioner in Friesland. In 1992, Alcatel sold the mailroom division to a group of French investors, who continued under the name Neopost. HaDeWe now fell under the Neopost group, but kept its original name for the time being.

Neopost
In 1999, Neopost went public on the French Stock Exchange. A year later HaDeWe's name was changed to Neopost Industries. Neopost continued HaDeWe’s tradition of innovation by developing a fully automatic packaging machine, the CVP-500.

Quadient
In 2019 Neopost changed its name to Quadient. The high-tech fully automatic packaging systems was marketed as Packaging by Quadient. Keeping up with growing consumer demands, Quadient launches the CVP Everest.

In 2021 the packaging by Quadient division was divested to, the Amsterdam investment company, Standard Investment. Following the acquisition of Quadient’s Automated Packaging Solution (APS) business and production facility based in Drachten, Packaging by Quadient was rebranded to Sparck Technologies. Sparck Technologies transitioned from being a production facility into a commercial business.

= Operations = The CVP Automated Packaging Solutions are in-line auto-boxing systems that measures, constructs, seals, weighs and labels each custom order and creates the perfect package while eliminating or reducing the need for void fill materials. Its two models, CVP Impack and CVP Everest, use one or two operators and eliminates 10-20 packaging stations. The entire single- or multi-item order of either hard or soft goods are packaged in as little as three seconds. The precision fit virtually eliminates the need for filler material, saving labor costs while reducing the packaging volume and consumption of corrugated boards.