Company
Nonwoven
Paper

Chronicle

1949
 Setting-up of a development location for textile machinery by Eduard Küsters in Krefeld/D
1953
 Founding of Eduard Küsters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
1956
 First patent on the Swimming Roll Küsters®
1961
 First implementation of the Swimming Roll Küsters® in a paper machine
1974
 Founding of Küsters Corporation for the manufacturing of textile machines in Spartanburg, S.C. /USA
1980
 First implementation of the Mat-on-Line® Calender in a paper machine
1987

Eduard Küsters passes away on 18 July at the age of 81
1994
 Founding of a service center for rolls in Spartanburg, S.C. /USA
1994

Takeover of Zima Corp., Spartanburg and reorganisation of Küsters activities in the USA
1994
 Founding of Kuesters Far East Ltd. in Hong Kong
1997
 Joint Venture Küsters Beloit, Krefeld/D (bis 2000)
1999

Küsters celebrates 50 years company jubilee in September
2000
 Reorganisation of the Küsters Group of Companies:
Setting-up of Divisions Textile, Nonwoven and Paper
2002

Takeover of the unit textile and nonwoven calendars of KKA Kleinewefers Anlagen GmbH on 1 Jul
2003
 Founding of Kuesters
Shanghai Co. Ltd., P.R. China
2005

Complete takeover of the shares by Jagenberg AG in August 2005
2005
 Restructuring of the Küsters Group:
Closure of Division Textile in Krefeld - Küsters Textile GmbH in Zittau takes on the lead of the textile business
2005
 Announcement of Andritz AG intent to participate in Küsters
2005
 Transfer of Eduard Küsters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG - without business unit textile - into Küsters Technologie GmbH & Co. KG
2006
 Renaming: Küsters Technologie GmbH & Co. KG, after anti-trust evaluation of the Andritz participation, becomes Andritz Küsters GmbH & Co. KG
2006
 Andritz takes over 100 percent of Andritz Küsters GmbH & Co. KG