Unrivaled in volume, unique in the niche: While weavers in the clothing and home textiles industry use weaving machines from DORNIER to make carpet, garments and suits from wool, silk or cotton, technical weavers use the same machines to manufacture high-performance fabrics for satellites, aircraft and cars with carbon, glass and aramid fibers. This extraordinary versatility in processing different materials and yarns is based on over 60 years of design and development experience in building rapier and air-jet weaving machines. 

In order to raise weaving to an entirely new dimension, in 2014 DORNIER established its Composite Systems® division. This is where the skills of the globally active Weaving Machine and System Construction business lines are collected. Whether 3D fabrics, fiber-reinforced composites or tapes, the latest high-tech semifinished goods for the aviation and space industry or for car manufacturing as well as ultra-lightweight, high strength cycle frames, ice hockey sticks or musical instruments are all made on the machines and production lines of this new field.