SPARTANBURG, SC — The U.S. subsidiary of German measuring technology business Mahlo is celebrating its 50th birthday this year.
Mahlo America Inc. opened its doors for the first time in Spartanburg, SC in 1968. South Carolina is a center of the textile industry, and the subsidiary of the German machine manufacturer Mahlo GmbH quickly made a name for itself in the field of straightening machines and became synonymous with straight-edged products. However, with the increasing move to cheaper Asian production areas, the U.S. textile industry found itself increasingly in a crisis. Roughly 650 textile factories had to close between 1997 and 2009. Quality measuring systems for all web-type products in various industrial sectors had long been the focus of the machine manufacturer. The Qualiscan QMS had been introduced decades ago. There is a wide range of sensors, traversing the running web on scanners, measure and control parameters, such as thickness, moisture, or basis weight. It is just the right tool for a fast growing plastics and coating industry.