Lindauer DORNIER GmbH was founded in 1950 and initially manufactured shuttle weaving machines. Then textile finishing machines were added and these supplemented by dryers for the paperboard, paper and gypsum fibreboard industry as well as film stretching machines for the production of high-quality plastic films, products with which Lindauer DORNIER GmbH nowadays counts among the world's market leaders. With the introduction of a shuttleless weaving machine in 1967 the stage was set for the company's advancement to being the biggest German and at the same time internationally renowned weaving machine manufacturer. In 1989 the delivery program was completed by an air-jet weaving machine. Today, the company achieves 70 % of its total turnover with its system family consisting of rapier and air-jet weaving machines.