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The Textile Magazine
APRIL 2012
1862
Together with the entrepreneur Wilhelm Stücklen,
Charles Terrot founded the Terrot plants. Working
under extremely difficult technical conditions, he pro-
duced his first circular knitting machines, which quickly
conquered the market.
1871
The 500th Terrot machine for knitted underwear made
of wool and cotton was awarded the silver wreath.
1887
The passing years saw the advent of a new generation
with Charles’ two sons, Ernst and Franz Terrot, as well
as his son-in-law August Freund joining the business.
The company’s rapid development led to further expan-
sion of the high performance fast-running double-sided
loop plush, ajour patterns, lacework and striped fabrics.
1891
The first small-diameter circular knitting department
was founded in Bad Cannstatt and the latest “American
circular knitting machine for the automatic production
of seamless hosiery” was launched. These machines
soon gained international reputation and were known
for their reliability and precision which had already
come to be associated with the name Terrot.
1903
After the death of Charles Terrot, the business con-
tinued to prosper in the hands of his two sons, Karl and
Ernst, now trading under the name of C. Terrot Söhne.
1944
The advent of war took its toll on the company for-
tunes, reducing the Terrot factories to a pile of rubble on
the night of October 20, 1944, and destroyed the work
of three generations.
1946
With united effort, work began on rebuilding the Bad
Cannstatt site. New production halls were built for uni-
versal circular knitting machines, whose new patterning
possibilities opened up new markets the world over.
1955
World markets continued to be dominated by newly
developed models such as the FR and FMP, featuring
what was the very latest transfer device for underwear
manufacture.
1968
The 1000th machine type FPM and FM left the facto-
ry in 1967. Outerwear fabrics could be produced in line
with market demand and with the fashion of the day us-
ing mechanical jacquard needle selection. A short time
later one of the first machines with film band control
for large pattern repeats was launched with the model
RMA.
1973
The company’s leading position in terms of quality
and output led to increased demand for new machines to
produce outerwear, such as the J3PN and J3P148.
Historic
developments
With the foundation of the Terrot plants in 1862, Charles Terrot was laying the founda-
tion for a great idea that has lost none of its topicality.
knitting