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The Textile Magazine
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1974
Fine machine gauges were launched to meet the de-
mands of the fashion world for outerwear. The I3P mod-
els in gauges E28 and E32 satisfied the demand of the
new trend.
1977
Terrot Strickmaschinen GmbH went on to demon-
strate its experience and expertise with a range of new
developments over this period, such as the type UMT
and the high-performance interlock machine I1108.
1982
A new 4-colour striper, developed to provide out-
standing productivity and reliability, proved a resound-
ing market success in conjunction with the machine
model S4F196.
1988
Take-over of the circular knitting machine manufac-
turer Sulzer Morat in Filderstadt served to further re-
inforce the company’s market position, extending the
product range with electronically controlled circular
knitting machines and special high pile machines for
imitation fur production.
1993
Following the reunification of East and West Ger-
many, the company took over the former “Chemnitzer
Strickmaschinenbau” knitting machine production.
There followed a heavy program of investment in build-
ings and machinery, bringing the plant in line with the
very latest technological standards.
1995
Take-over of Albi in Taiflingen. Three new machine
models were added to the product range: The models
APL-E and APL-2 for jacquard and plain plush, and the
RFRM2 for bodywidth production with selvedge.
1996
Around 30 different large-diameter circular knitting
machine models opened up new fields of application for
electronic and mechanical single and double jersey, for
modern outerwear and underwear, sport and leisurewear
as well as technical textiles and for the automotive sec-
tor.
1999
Terrot exhibited the first wide wind-up frame circular
knitting machine to the international public at ITMA in
Paris.
2002
As part of a fundamental organizational restructur-
ing program, production and assembly facilities were
concentrated at the Chemnitz / Saxony location with
capacity for around 1,000 machines a year. The com-
pany headquarters encompassing sales and marketing,
customer services, research & development and admin-
istration remained in Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt, with a
workforce of 350.
2004
Terrot develops the world’s first ultra-fine single jer-
sey circular knitting machine with a gauge of E46 and
thus keeps pace with rapidly changing market trends.
2006
Start-up of Terrot GmbH in Chemnitz. Terrot is under
a new German ownership, managed by Peter Schüring
as the representative of the principal shareholder.
2007
With only one year as preparation time since the start-
up, Terrot is already able to show five innovations at
ITMA, among which notably was a mattress machine
with unreached productivity and flexibility.
2008
Mr. von Bismarck is appointed as further General
Manager. He already was in a managerial capacity since
the start-up of Terrot and affirms as the son of Mr. Pe-
ter Schüring the authentic and long-time commitment of
the new owners.
2010
Four years after the strategic reorientation of the com-
pany, Terrot achieved a new peak in order. The com-
pany expects an increase in sales of about 40 per cent on
the basis of the previous year’s turnover. Especially the
fast growing demand from China, India, Brazil, Turkey
and East Europe have had a remarkable impact on this
boom.
2011
At ITMA 2011 Terrot presented itself with six innova-
tive circular knitting machines out of the current product
range and showed an excellent selection of totally new
and further developed machines. The exhibited ma-
chines chosen in the course of the fair corresponded in
the best way to the present market requirements and the
current customer demands.
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