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Founder Eduard Küsters
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1949
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Setting-up of a development location for textile machinery by Eduard Küsters in Krefeld/Germany
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1953
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Founding of Eduard Küsters Maschinenfabrik
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1956
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First patent on the Swimming Roll Küsters®
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1961
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First implementation of the Swimming Roll Küsters® in a paper machine
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1974
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Founding of Küsters Corporation for the manufacturing of textile machines in Spartanburg, S.C. /USA
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1980
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First implementation of the Mat-On-Line® Calender in a paper machine
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1987
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Eduard Küsters passes away on 18 July at the age of 81
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1994
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Founding of a service center for rolls in Spartanburg, S.C. /USA
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1994
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Takeover of Zima Corp., Spartanburg and reorganisation of Küsters activities in the USA
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1994
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Founding of Kuesters Far East Ltd. in Hong Kong
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1997
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Joint venture Küsters Beloit, Krefeld/Germany (till 2000)
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1999
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Küsters celebrates 50 years company jubilee in September
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2000
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Reorganisation of the Küsters Group of Companies: Setting-up of Divisions Textile, Nonwoven and Paper
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2002
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Takeover of the unit textile and nonwoven calendars of KKA Kleinewefers Anlagen GmbH on 1 Jul
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2003
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Founding of Kuesters Shanghai Co. Ltd., P.R. China
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2005
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Complete takeover of the shares by Jagenberg AG in August
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2005
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Restructuring of the Küsters Group: Closure of Division Textile in Krefeld – Küsters Textile GmbH in Zittau takes on the lead of the textile business
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2005
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Announcement of Andritz AG intent to participate in Küsters
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2005
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Transfer of Eduard Küsters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG – without business unit textile – into
Küsters Technologie GmbH & Co. KG
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2006
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Renaming: Küsters Technologie GmbH & Co. KG, after anti-trust evaluation of the Andritz participation, becomes Andritz Küsters GmbH & Co. KG
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