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100 years!
Our impressive chronicle:

1909
The company is founded in Stuttgart by Gottlob und Karoline Stahl.

The founder Gottlob Stahl
Gottlob Stahl - the founder of the company


1926
Move to Maichingen, about 20 km west of Stuttgart. Production of wood-barrel washers with hydro-motor.

Wood-barrel washers
Wood-barrel washers with a hydro-motor
represented the tandard of wash technology
for a long time.
 

1934
Development and construction of the first STAHL heated-bed ironer which increased the performance in laundries enormously.

The first STAHL flatwork ironer
The first STAHL flatwork ironer built according to the construction principle of a
heated-bed ironer.

 

1938
Willy Stahl represents the second generation at the helm of the company.

Willy Stahl, son of the company founder
Willy Stahl, son of the company founder.

 

1948
Construction of the first STAHL metal washing-machines.

The laundry machine manufacturing plant
The laundry machine manufacturing plant at its old site in Maichingen.

 

1956
Production of the first STAHL washer extractor with integrated spin cycle.

Washer extractor with integrated spin cycle
Washer-extractor with integrated spin cycle

 

1961
Gottlob and Irmgard Stahl take over the company. Development of the pioneering achievement in ironer technology: The combination of a three-phase motor with a frequency converter makes it possible for the first time to set the ironer speed individually and within an infinitely variable speed range.

STAHL Wäschereimaschinenbau GmbH
Gottlob Stahl - now representing the senior
generation at the board of management.
 

1964 - 1966
Settling the company at Ulmenstrasse in Maichingen, which at that time was an independent municipality.
 

1980
STAHL expands into to a new market segment with the development of the DIVIMAT hygiene washer extractor.
 

1982
Invention of the STAHL super chest with an overextension of the bed on the feed side.
 

1987
The revolutionary PTS power transmission system is built into the first machines with great success.
 

1989
Development of the drum bearing that is still in use to this day. It becomes symbolic for STAHL's commitment to quality.
 

1990
STAHL develops a microprocessor control unit, which, although initially exclusively used for washer extractors, was a revolutionary piece of engineering at that time. About two years later it is replaced by the improved FREEpro control-unit.
 

1993
ATOLL - the new washer extractor range proves to be a success story.

ATOLL washer extractors
Today, we manufacture the ATOLL washer extractors in 13 sizes.
 

1992 - 2002
Step by step we increase the surface area of the plant to about 7000 m².
 

1995
Move into the high-performance ironer technology with the introduction of multi rollers (POWER TWIN, POWER STAR und POWER ROLL).
 

2002
The four sons join the board of management as graduated engineers and business economists.

STAHL Wäschereimaschinenbau GmbH
Jochen, Werner, Uwe und Thomas Stahl (from the left) begin the era of the
fourth generation
 

2007
Development of the large high-performance dryer range.

Large drying tumbler T 152
The modern large dryers T 152 - T 156 with
a load capacity of 50 to 90 kg can be heated
by gas, steam, thermal oil and electrcity.


2008
Expansion of the folding technology product range and of the finishing lines. Construction of the largest heated bed ironer with a rol diameter of 2010 mm (MASTER 2010).
 

2009
Extension of the factory space at the Industriestrasse site.

 


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Other inventions of the time

In the past 100 years the STAHL family has repeatedly introduced new developments on the market, which have put them into the illustreous company of other inventors an visionaries.

Below you will find a selection of important events in natural sciences and technology:

 

1915
Albert Einstein publishes his Theory of Relativity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1929
First test transmissions of the newly invented television.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936
Konrad Zuse develops the Z1, the first program-controlled, freely programmable calculator, the forerunner of today's computer.

 

 

 

 

  

 

1942
The Italian Enrico Fermi puts the first nuclear reactor into service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

1957
The Russian satellite Sputnik marks the beginning of space flight.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

1969
The Internet begins its triumphant procession around the world and the first man lands on the moon.

 

  

 

1971
Godfrey Hounsfield develops computer temography, in the following year it is already in use at hospitals.

 

 

 

 

 

1982
In the US the first patient receives an artificial heart.

 

 

 

 

 

1990
The Hubble space telescope circles earth and delivers fantastic pictures of high scientific value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

2008
In Geneva the giant particle accelerator LHC is taking into service. With its aid scientists hope to discover new elementary particles.

 

  

If you would like to find out more about the history of laundry technology or about our company, please do not hesitate to contact us.