In 1814, two businesspeople from Herisau founded Appretur Meyer & Mittelholzer, a finishing company, in Glattbach. This laid the foundations for the oldest textiles company in the region of Appenzell. In 1873, this private company, established by Laurenz Meyer and Johann Konrad Tribelhorn, became a public limited company. It was renamed AG Cilander 14 years later. Today, AG Cilander develops fabrics, products and technologies for customers in the industrial, traditional wear, interior design & architecture, protection & health, mobility, sports, and sustainable fashion industries, and exports them to more than 80 countries.
Appretur Meyer und Mittelholzer is founded in Glattbach, Herisau
A newly established bleaching workshop with singeing facility is commissioned at the Eisenhammer workshop in Flawil
A dyeing workshop is set up in Herisau
The company rebrands as Aktiengesellschaft Cilander
The transparent process for manufacturing Swiss organdy cotton, which has since become famous around the world, is invented
A pension fund is established for Cilander staff and the company takes up textile printing
Synthetic resin finishes are introduced, based on the company's own patents
A wastewater cleaning system is installed in the Herisau facility
The company becomes the first finisher in the world to be certified to OEKO TEXT 100
Shares in Alumo Textil AG and Hausammann + Moos AG are acquired
The company is certified according to ISO 9001
The company achieves its first OEKO TEX 1000 certification
Shares in Etacol GmbH are acquired
The company takes over Eugster + Huber Textil AG
The company is certified according to ISO 14001
The company achieves its global first OEKO TEX 100 plus certification
The company purchases a new building to house logistics and administration departments
The company ventures into a new sector with abrasive backing materials
Tamando AG is expanded
Signer & Co. AG is integrated
The company takes over Geissbühler & Co. AG
A new coating centre is opened at Geissbühler & Co. AG
The company takes over Brennet Fashion GmbH
AG Cilander celebrates its 200th birthday
A treatment plant is constructed
The company takes over Alumo AG
Guided by our slogan – we add real, lasting value to textiles – we finish a wide range of materials, including clothing fabrics and technical textiles, to imbue them with additional properties.
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Cilanderstrasse 19
9100 Herisau
SWITZERLAND
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