Since 1948, PKB has delivered over 12,000 filling machines and packaging lines all over the world.
1948 > Pierre Kalix-Barde created PKB in Ménilmontant (Paris), FRANCE. Its activity was focused on liquid filling machines to supply the huge post-war food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics markets. The company later moved to Gentilly (Paris).
1970 > Move to Prey in Normandy, FRANCE.
1998 > Christophe Guyard purchases the company. PKB turns towards a niche market: Perfumery/Cosmetics.
2005 > Purchase of ADV, the world leader in sorting bowls for Cosmetic components (perfume pumps, cosmetics pumps, collars, caps, etc.) located in Montgeron (Paris).
2006 > PKB Inc. founded in Princeton (New Jersey), USA.
2009 > Move to Angerville in Normandy: a new site to meet high demand. To increase its production capacity, PKB invested in a new plant in Angerville (Normandy) specifically to produce complete filling lines that require a large amount of space, and also to test new filling machine innovations. This new 3500m² site optimized the company's input/output flows.
2012 > PKB India Ltd founded in Pune, near Mumbai, INDIA.
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