About us

Gebr. Dohle. Founded 1870 in Aachen, Germany.


Der Beginn in Aachen, 1870
The beginning in Aachen, Germany, in the year 1870.

The Company Dohle was founded in the heart of the textile industry of Aachen, first as a supplier of accessories for the textile industry, then, very soon, as a manufacturer of special sewing machines.
These machines were a complete success. The company expanded rapidly gaining customers all over the world.

Rechnung über eine Nähmaschine 1924
Invoice about a sewing machine. Year: 1924

Three machines
well known in the textile industry. In the left you see the famous Kl.714 and in the middle the Kl.750. The two stand mounted machines are from the 30s, whereas the rail-mounted machine Kl.789 dates from the 50s. Needless to say that many of these machines are still in use all over the world.
In the 50s expansion continued and a new, bigger manufacturing site was found in Eschweiler, only 20min away from Aachen.

drei wohlbekannte Maschine

Zeitungsartikel

A newspaper article in the Aachener Nachrichten dated from August 25th, 1955 describing the opening of the manufacturing site in Eschweiler DOHLE in Eschweiler

Today
In the past decades, DOHLE consequently developed to a technologically leading company dedicated to top-level quality machines for joining fabrics. Today´s machines are characterized by a long row of features proving the technological leadership of DOHLE.

• Entirely ball beared
• Lowest maintenance
• Easy operation
• Worldwide service and parts delivery

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