At a special celebration held at its headquarters in Mönchengladbach, Germany, for employees and their families, Monforts recently marked its 140th anniversary. The firm, which was founded in 1884 by August Monforts, has a long and illustrious history. It is still entirely committed to creating technologies that will secure the prosperity of its textile sector clients in the future.
Under the motto, ‘140 Years of Performance, Innovation and Partners’, Monforts is looking forward to further celebrating this milestone with its representatives and customers at the forthcoming ITMA Asia + CITME exhibition in Shanghai from October 14-18, in Hall 5 at stand C09.
According to Gunnar Meyer, Managing Director of Monforts, “we have moved over the many decades through mechanical and steam-powered technologies to the first mass production lines, electronic drives, special machine construction, and highly modular machines.” “We are dedicated to investing in the digitalization of our technology, with concepts which assure an overall quality control and energy monitoring,” the statement reads. “We are firmly in the digital age today.”
Global perspective
The first Monforts machines were mechanical napping devices designed to raise the cotton fabric’s surface, giving warmth and softness as well as value. By 1893, Monfort’s 24-roller sleeping machines were attracting enthusiastic audiences at the Chicago World’s Fair; from the beginning, the corporation placed a high priority on building global commerce networks.
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