The first IMA machine for packing tea and herbs into filter bags was designed and manufactured in 1966 in a small workshop.
Today, the site of the workshop is the headquarters of the IMA Tea & Coffee Division where more than 150 technical and sales staff work to maintain IMA's leadership for this type of packaging machinery.

IMA's mission in this sector is to produce state-of-the-art, cost-effective machines designed to customers' precise requirements.

IMA has a 70% share of the world market for tea bag making machines. Two thirds of the the world's filter bags are produced on IMA machines.
IMA machines are installed in 67 countries world-wide.

The IMA Tea & Coffee Division employs a sales force of 56 representatives.