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Historical photos
A picture is worth a thousand words – discover our rich history
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Founders of the company Schelling & Stäubli in Horgen / Zurich, Switzerland. 1892
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Newspaper note announcing the newly founded mechanical workshop Schelling & Stäubli in Horgen, Switzerland. 1892
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Move to a new production facility on the site where Stäubli AG in Horgen is located today. The company already has 32 employees. 1896
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The Stäubli production site in Horgen. ~1900
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First product brochures No.1 and No.2. 1900
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Advertisement for the first dobby with an automatic run of the pattern cylinder. 1906
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Manufacturing plant in Faverges, France. 1909
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Advertisement for Stäubli shedding systems for frame weaving. 1928
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First two-cylinder paper card dobby for the production of bordered fabric. 1937
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Open dispatch of machines for the Swiss market. ~1940
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First negative dobby operating in correct sequence of picks. 1946
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Production department of Stäubli Horgen, Switzerland. ~1950
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Weaving room ~1950
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Diversification into hydraulics and pneumatics with the production of quick couplings. 1956
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First Couplings Demovan 1960
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Acquisition of the dobby factory Erich Trumpelt, founded in 1954 in Bayreuth, Germany. 1969
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Weaving mill in the USA. Draper looms type X-3 fitted with negative Stäubli dobbies of the type 100. ~1970
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Stäubli products are shipped worldwide. Delivery of 10’000th Sulzer weaving machine equipped with Stäubli dobby. 1974
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Design Department of Stäubli Horgen, Switzerland. 1980
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Finished dobbies ready for shipping. ~1981
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Cooperation with robot manufacturer Unimation Inc. (USA), acquisition in 1989. 1982
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First Stäubli non spill coupling for Hydraulics. 1982
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Factory and offices of Stäubli Lyon, France. 1984
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Factory and offices of Stäubli Carate Brianza, Italy. 1985
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International Textile Machinery (ITMA) tradeshow booth of Stäubli in Hanover, Germany. 1991
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Manufacture of RX-series articulated robots begins. 1992
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Acquisition of Multi-Contact, manufacturer of electrical connection systems founded in 1962 in Basel, Switzerland. 2002