Groz-Beckert - Fashion Company Profile
Groz-Beckert is the Albstadt, Germany precision-tool maker founded in 1852 - the family-owned company whose industrial machine needles, precision parts and fine tools support knitting, weaving, felting, tufting, carding and sewing in more than 150 countries.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - the world's leading provider of industrial machine needles, precision parts and fine tools for textile production
- Type
- Private - family-owned company
- Headquarters
- Albstadt, Germany
- Founded
- 1852
Company Profile
A business-to-business supplier carries no consumer shop box. The record below - the 1852 founding, the production sites, the dated 2016 employment and turnover figures and the essay on why the needle decides the seam, with its needles photograph - is kept in full on the history page. Current specifications and local contacts are on Groz-Beckert's own site, linked above.
The structure is a family-owned company headquartered in Albstadt, Germany, where, in the filing's phrase, everything comes together. Further production sites sit in Germany, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Portugal, the USA at Fort Mill, South Carolina, India, China and Vietnam, with numerous sales affiliates and partners completing a presence in over 150 countries - summarised in its own line: 150 countries, one textile world. The U.S. arm is listed with its Fort Mill address on Lakemont Boulevard and a phone number in the historical record; the kept directory routes below lead to Apparel Search's needles and textile machinery pages for the wider category.
Groz-Beckert History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Groz-Beckert History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What does Groz-Beckert make?
Industrial machine needles, precision parts and fine tools, plus systems and services for knitting, warp knitting, weaving, felting, tufting, carding and sewing, in the historical record.
When was Groz-Beckert founded and where is it headquartered?
Founded in 1852 and headquartered in Albstadt, Germany, with production sites in eight other countries listed in the historical record.
How large was Groz-Beckert in its filing?
Around 7,700 employees and turnover of about 665 million euro in 2016, operating in over 150 countries, in the historical record.
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