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During the time Lindauer DORNIER GmbH was making a name for itself for technologically mature and market oriented products as a medium sized enterprise, many of our customers were placing similar emphasis in their own company philosophy. A whole series of these customers are celebrating notable birthdays this year, one that stands out being the textile company Simonis in Verviers, Belgium which specializes in the manufacture of billiard table cloth and can look back over an astounding 320 years of existence.

In the following pages and representative of many of our customers celebrating their jubilee this year, we would like to present five companies from various areas of woven fabric production, and at the same time illustrate the wide spectrum of application offered by our rapier and airjet weaving machines.

Messrs. Arnold Kock has been a family business since the company was founded in 1825 in Münsterland. During its 175 years of existence this company has developed into one of Europe’s leading textile enterprises. A major reason for this is the specialization on jacquard fabrics, which Kock brings to market in an unmatched variety and quality. Kock covers the entire process cycle – from spinning new fiber to delivering finished products ready for market. This offers decisive advantages: on the one hand the precise monitoring of the product and total quality control, and on the other hand the philosophy of Kock is a dynamic approach to the market oriented toward growth, ready to take risks and make investments, and a quick response to change.

The DORNIER Airjet Weaving Machine installation at Kock

Each year 120 million square meters of fabric for napery, top-of-the-bed products, glass cloths and decorative fabrics are produced by Kock in Westphalia for two markets, namely retail and specialized stores, and the contract business. The main emphasis in the retail and specialized stores business is the depth of the product range and a high level of customer care. The contract business places very high demands on the fabrics and finishing processes. The company is well known in both markets for the width and depth of the product range. In addition to European standard sizes, oversized and customized cut and sewn products are included in this range, and all this in the quality required by the customer and de-manded by the market. The Kock facility is equipped throughout with state-of-the-art machinery, keeping pace with the requirements of a constantly changing market. It is thus not surprising that it is here where the first 430 cm nominal width airjet weaving machines equipped with jacquard machines delivered by DORNIER are installed. Also Kock decided on the DORNIER System Family since in addition to these airjet weaving machines also rapier weaving machines are installed to weave the very wide spectrum of fabrics produced. Kock recognized opportunities in Europe at a very early stage and has taken full advantage of these chances. The company has efficiently implemented a strategy of participation and diversification, and purchased production capacity as well as knowhow. This strategy created time and cost advantages. Production processes are optimized, the manufacturing program streamlined and new markets developed. The company also manufactures in various other European countries. And of course all Kock products fully meet international environmental protection standards. We wish this textile company and all 2500 Kock employees a successful jubilee year and a keen eye for continued technolo-gical progress and prosperity.