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Otto brothers

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legal form GmbH & Co. KG
founding 1901
Seat Dietenheim , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Andreas Merkel, Carl Heinz Otto
Number of employees 160 (2015)
sales 21 million euros
Branch Textile industry
Website www.otto-garne.de

The brothers Otto GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Gebr Otto -. Weaving and twisting and brothers Otto, mechanical twisting and power plant ) is a company incorporated in 1901 spinning in Dietenheim in Alb-Donau-Kreis .

history

The history of the family business in the fourth generation began at the Dietenheim location with a twisting mill and was expanded to include dyeing , mercerization and ring spinning after the Second World War in view of the increasing demand for textiles . In 1953, Plant 2 in Unterbalzheim was put into operation. At that time, the ever increasing and still ongoing globalization after the Second World War led to a total upheaval and relocation of the production locations of the textile industry to the so-called Third World . The 50-year adjustment process ended with the result that only a few spinning mills have retained their location in the former textile state of Baden-Württemberg . In Dietenheim alone there were still over 1,000 textile jobs in the 1970s. Otto decided against relocating production abroad and instead opted for a premium and niche strategy in order to survive on the international market. For this purpose, the current managing director and studied textile engineer Andreas Merkel built up a cooperation that has existed since 2009 with the University of Ulm and the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences , which is also located in a former textile stronghold. The spinning mill is now one of the most modern plants in Europe.

Products

The spinning and twisting mill in Unterbalzheim and the dye works in Dietenheim produce yarns for the clothing industry that are 100 percent produced in Germany. Furthermore, hygiene products are manufactured and sold under the label "Otto Medicare" . The second pillar of the company is the development and introduction of sustainable, holistic product concepts under the label " Sustainable Concepts". In 2015 the company produced 3000 tons of cotton yarn and twisted 1000 tons of yarn. 900 tons were dyed and 75 tons were mercerized. The buyers of the yarn include branded clothing manufacturers in the middle to upper segment from Germany and neighboring countries, such as Trigema , Brax Leineweber , Eterna and Lacoste, including various underwear manufacturers such as Mey , Falke , Schiesser , Triumph and Speidel as well as the children's clothing brand Petit Bateau from Groupe Yves Rocher . Another business area of ​​the traditional company is the development and manufacture of technical textiles .

sustainable production

Engine house run-of-river power plant Otto within the company premises, Plant 2, Unterbalzheim

The “Sustainable Concepts” division of Gebrüder Otto GmbH & Co. KG has been involved in the development and introduction of sustainable, holistic product concepts since 1998. One example of this is the use of kapok as a raw material for yarn production. In 2006 Otto succeeded in processing kapok, which was previously considered impossible to be spun, together with cotton into a yarn. Kapok fiber is a hollow fiber, six times lighter than cotton, it is the lightest natural fiber in the world. Kapok trees grow wild in all tropical countries and do not need to be watered, fertilized or treated with pesticides.

The company's sustainability concept also includes recycling processes developed in-house. Gebrüder Otto processes waste such as faulty yarns , bobbin threads or selvedges and lets them flow back into the production process. This production process is called "Recot²" . The name is made up of the parts Re for recycled (reused), cot for cotton and the factor 2 for the potential for saving water. When producing one kilogram of cotton, depending on the mixing ratio, up to 10,000 liters of water can be saved. Another field of innovation in which Otto is active is the attempt to produce yarns from recycled carbon-plastic fibers, which has already been achieved in some cases.

Real laboratory and textile city

Production in Dietenheim is to be made transparent in a “ real laboratory ” . In this way, consumers can assess the quality and recognize the higher standard for organic products . The "Reallabor" project for the sustainable transformation of the textile industry at the two universities of Ulm University (Chair for Sustainable Management) and Reutlingen University is funded by the Baden-Württemberg state government with 960,000 euros.

Certifications

Awards

Associations

Gebrüder Otto is a member of Südwesttextil , a business and employers association of the Baden-Württemberg textile and clothing industry , in which 150 textile companies in southwest Germany have come together. Otto is also a member of the Ulm Initiative Group for Sustainable Economic Development eV (unw).

TV coverage

literature

  • Gert von Klaß : Gebr. Otto Feinzwirnerei, Dyeing a. Bleaching, Mercerising: 1901 ~ 1951. In the special archive of the German economy , Hoppenstedt , Heppenheim 1951.
  • 75 years of progress: Gebr. Otto Dietenheim , Hoppenstedts Wirtschafts-Archiv, 1976 limited preview in the Google book search

Web links

Commons : Gebrüder Otto  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Facts and Figures , February 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Kerstin Renz: Industrial architecture in the early 20th century. The office of Philipp Jakob Manz . Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, Munich 2005, p. 137. ISBN 3-421-03492-3 .
  3. ↑ H. Unold: Address and business manual of the Oberamtsstadt and the district communities of Laupheim , 1909, pp. 128, 178. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  4. ^ Journal of lighting, heating and ventilation technology, volumes 16-17. 1910, p. 393. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  5. ↑ Company profile Gebrüder Otto GmbH & Co KG on YouTube , May 13, 2013, accessed on December 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b press release | Sustainably successful spinning. In: www.oeko-tex.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e Yarn manufacturer Otto-Garne is successful with Öko-Zwirn , swp.de, February 20, 2014, accessed on December 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b CSR examples from practice: Lighthouse projects from the Ulm region ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , unw-ulm.ltg-ulm.de, accessed on December 26, 2015, pages 22-25. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / unw-ulm.ltg-ulm.de
  9. ↑ Otto Medicare planned as a new pillar ( Memento from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (swp.de from August 2, 2010)
  10. ^ Family business Otto Garne since 1901 (swp.de of April 28, 2012, accessed on December 26, 2015).
  11. ↑ The long way from fiber to yarn (swp.de, April 28, 2012, accessed December 26, 2015).
  12. ↑ a b c Oeko-Tex Standard 100plus: Sustainably successful spinning ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (textile-network.de of August 21, 203, accessed December 26, 2015). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.textile-network.de
  13. ↑ Stefan Loeffler: They're crazy about these eco-friendly products! In: company! Issue 46.swp, June 2015, accessed on July 21, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Südwestpresse from December 11, 2010: Environmental Prize for Otto Spinning Mill ( Memento from December 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ Alexander Bögelein: Textile entrepreneur Andreas Merkel from Dietenheim is successful with sustainable concepts , Schwäbisches Tagblatt , March 30, 2013.
  16. ↑ Stefanie Goldscheider: Kapok. In: www.biothemen.de. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Recycling by the thread (swp.de of April 28, 2012, accessed on December 26, 2015)
  18. ↑ Don't look the other way, look for solutions! (ev-akademie-boll.de of April 14, 2014, accessed December 26, 2015).
  19. ↑ The main thing is that it looks good ( memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Umwelt-baut-bruecken.de from January 25, 2014, accessed on December 26, 2015). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.umwelt-baut-bruecken.de
  20. ↑ Ecological orientation as a success factor in sustainable economic development ( memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (unw-ulm.ltg-ulm.de, issue 16 of October 15, 2008, page 29). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / unw-ulm.ltg-ulm.de
  21. ^ Company Otto Garne plans glass production (swp.de from February 14, 2015, accessed on December 26, 2015).
  22. ↑ 960,000 euros for a real laboratory on the sustainable textile industry (idw-online.de of October 17, 2014, accessed on December 26, 2015).
  23. ↑ Is Dietenheim going to be textile town again? (swp.de of October 21, 2014, accessed December 26, 2015).
  24. ↑ a b c d e f g Brief profile of Gebrüder Otto GmbH & Co. KG on Go-Textile.de (go-textile.de, accessed on December 26, 2015).
  25. ↑ Sustainably successful spinning: Gebrüder Otto GmbH & Co. KG is certified according to OEKO-TEX® Standard 100plus (oeko-tex.com from May 1, 2013, accessed on December 26, 2015).
  26. ↑ Database - Sustainable-einkaufen.de. In: www.nachhaltig-einkaufen.de. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
  27. ↑ Invitaton Sustainability Award. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
  28. ↑ Oeko-tex honors sustainable textile production. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
  29. ↑ Baden-Württemberg is looking for: 100 companies for resource efficiency | Overview | Pure BW Portal. In: pure-bw.de. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
  30. ↑ Gebrüder Otto nominated for ITMA award with Mayer & Cie.'s spinitsystems , knittingindustry.com from September 10, 2015, accessed on December 26, 2015.
  31. ↑ Industry Excellence Award Finalist - Gebrüder Otto GmbH & Co. KG on YouTube , November 10, 2015, accessed on December 26, 2015.
  32. ^ Members of "Südwesttextil" (suedwesttextil.de, accessed December 26, 2015)
  33. ↑ Landesschau Baden-Württemberg today and Baden-Württemberg current from April 24, 2003  in the German Digital Library , accessed on December 26, 2015.
  34. ^ Organic spinning mill in Dietenheim: Cotton without poison | Home | Naturally! In: swr.online. Retrieved on July 21, 2016 (German).
  35. ↑ Gebr. Otto Feinzwirnerei, Dyeing a. Bleicherei, Mercerissieranstalt: 1901–1951 , Hoppenstedt, Heppenheim 1951.

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