Tradition & history
The Sattler Group looks back on more than 130 years of history. The family-run company was founded in 1875, and is by now in its fifth generation.
Founded as a trading company in Graz, production at Sattler started several years later, first in Graz-Thondorf and thereafter in Rudersdorf, both currently production sites in Austria.
During the 1960s the company converted to synthetic fibres and to new finishing and coating techniques. In addition, it started to rely on exportation and the conquering of new markets.
From the 1990s onwards, growth also took place through new acquisitions. Sattler took over the brands and sales structures of well-known awning fabric producers such as Fröhlich+Wolff (Germany), DFU (Norway), OSA (Switzerland), Mehler (Germany) and tabella (Switzerland).
The acquisition of CENO-TEC GmbH (Germany) in 1996 led to the enlargement of the textile construction sector, and in 2006 Sattler took over the environmental engineering sector of TMB (France).
This expansion trend was underpinned with the development of new product lines that highlight our core competences: design of fabrics for outdoor use and textile construction with a high degree of engineering involved.
Today the Sattler Group presents itself as an internationally active company with the goal of taking a leading position in all relevant fields of business.