22nd April 1937
DARAG

'DARAG'

(David Richter A.-G.)

Around 1860 Chemnitz achieved worldwide fame as a center of the textile industry and mechanical engineering. The tradition of textile machine building in Chemnitz dates back to 1789 with the production of carding and spinning machines by the Bernhard brothers.

In 1887 Abraham David Richter founded a sock factory, in 1907 it was transformed into David Richter AG. DARAG was now one of the five most important industrial companies in Chemnitz. Interestingly, the company was active in the production of textile machinery as well as in textile production itself: the factory at Annaberger and Sedanstrasse in Chemnitz owned a machine factory where the machines for socks, heels, lace and tulle 'Cotton' were produced . On the other hand, cotton and silk nozzles were produced in a tulle factory.

In 1939 the production of machine tools, which had already been carried out, was resumed. From 1942 DARAG mainly supplied turret lathes and weapons, in 1945 the company was destroyed by air raids and dismantling, in 1946 it was one of the first companies in Chemnitz to resume production.

In 1954 transfer into public ownership at the request of the workforce (VEB Tüllmaschinenbau Karl-Marx-Stadt, from 1963 VEB Malimo sewing machine construction, from 1985 VEB Textimaforschung in the Kombinat Textima Karl-Marx-Stadt). Reprivatized in 1991 as Textimaforschung Malimo Chemnitz + Malimo Maschinenbau GmbH. Taken over by Karl Mayer in 1992 and merged with KÄNDER Textilmaschinenbau to form KARL MAYER MALIMO Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH.

The Chemnitz company at Mauersberger Str. 2 is today one of the most modern companies in the sector.

Source: scripomuseum-com

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