Mageba is a producer of

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machinery, based in

Bernkastel-Kues Bernkastel-Kues () is a town on the Middle Mosel in the Bernkastel-Wittlich Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is well-known for its winegrowing. The town is a state-recognized health resort (''Erholungsort''), ...

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History

Mageba was founded in 1957 by Hans Stang in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...

Barmen Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which merged with four other towns in 1929 to form the city of Wuppertal. Barmen, together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first electric ...

. Initially, Mageba focused on the manufacture of dyeing and finishing machines for narrow fabrics. The growth of the company proceeded rapidly, including more varieties of machines for different aspects of narrow fabric production. Today Mageba has a large product programme ranging from weaving to preparation, finishing and making up. Mageba offers a wide range for narrow fabric production from a single supplier. In 2009 it was Europe’s largest manufacturer of textile machinery. Mageba continues to develop new processes for traditional shuttle loom technology.

References

External links

Mageba official site
Textile companies of Germany Weaving Textile machinery manufacturers Companies based in Rhineland-Palatinate {{Germany-company-stub