Mahlo celebrates 75 years of successful business

06 Aug '20

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Mahlo recently completed 75 years of successful business. For 75 years, Mahlo has been setting worldwide standards in the measurement and control of web-shaped goods. Mahlo belongs to the worldwide leading manufacturers of measuring, control, and automation systems for the textile and finishing industry as well as the coating, film and paper sector.

As a visionary engineer with a flair for technical innovation, founder of the company, Heinz Mahlo, focused early on the development of measuring and control systems for the textile industry. His work culminated in the patent for the first automatic weft straightener at the end of the 50s and established Mahlo’s position as the world market leader in the industry. Today, the name Mahlo is not only synonymous with straightening machines, but also describes quality and reliability. Mahlo weft straighteners and process control systems for textile finishing can be found in all important markets. Countless products of many large and well-known brands have passed through a Mahlo during their production, according to a press release by the company.

In the mid-nineties, engineers at the company, who carried on the innovative spirit of the late company father, developed the Qualiscan QMS quality control system. The system enabled the nonwovens, plastics and paper industries to measure and control critical process parameters such as moisture, basis weight or layer thickness. A trend-setting decision. These markets are becoming increasingly important. How strong this special year has shown, in which the nonwovens industry is growing, but the textile industry is shaken by the crisis. This makes it all the more important for a company not to stand on just one mainstay.

Changes are not only occurring in the markets, but also within industrial plants. The networking of production is progressing in giant steps. Mahlo has, therefore, developed a digitalisation concept that opens the door to Industry 4.0 for customers. The data generated by the systems can thus be called up at any time to optimise processes and control equipment online.

Technical know-how combined with renowned products and high service quality have established Mahlo with customers all over the world. In order to serve the international markets as reliably as its home country, branches have grown in the US, Italy, Belgium, Spain, and China in addition to the headquarters in Saal. In addition, Mahlo works with service stations and sales partners in over 100 countries. Despite the worldwide business, Mahlo’s focus has always remained in Germany, or more precisely in Bavaria. All machines are developed and built at the headquarters with motivated, mostly self-trained employees. This guarantees Quality Made in Germany and also creates an independence from supply chains, which can be of great importance in times of bottlenecks.

“Our 75th anniversary marks an important milestone in the company’s history. We see it as a confirmation of the continuous development of the company and at the same time as an incentive to further increase the competitiveness of our customers with technologically leading products and tailor-made services,” Rainer Mestermann, CEO of the company said.

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