Company History

2011 Successful start-up of the newly developed JP-4000 projectile loom.
6 m with 230 picks / min. Again a new record.

Jürgens supplies, via Karl Mayer, the first Accutense brakes (induction) for swivel frame creels / overhead pulling for the paper machine clothing market. Warping speeds of up to 400 m/min are achieved. The fastest beamers worldwide for forming fabrics.

Jürgens supplies, via Karl Mayer, the worldwide first tandem beamer for the paper machine clothing market. 2 canisters simultaneously with 250 m / min warping speed.

Successful introduction of the JP-5000 projectile loom – the next generation of wide weaving looms for forming fabrics – the fastest looms in the PMC world. 10 m with 130 picks / min.

Co-operation with Karl Mayer, Obertshausen. Jürgens receives the right to represent and to sell beamers and creels from Karl Mayer worldwide, exclusively for the paper machine clothing market.

Jürgens supplies the widest shuttle loom in the world with 33.15 m. A world record, registered in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Foundation of the Holding - Jürgens GmbH & Co – with Albert Andreas Jürgens as sole associate and CEO.

Entry into the packaging and automation business. Automatic packaging machines for the gypsum, film and non-woven industry.

Modernisation of the first HP200 loom fabricated by our competitors and conversion to band rapier and new loom control.

Albert Andreas Jürgens becomes the sole associate and CEO of Jürgens.

Supply of the first Jürgens band rapier loom.

Introduction of the first projectile loom – JP-2000 for paper machine clothing – the fastest wide weaving loom for forming fabrics worldwide.

Albert Andreas Jürgens enters the company (3rd generation).

The first wide weaving loom (14 m) for paper machine clothing is supplied to Messrs. Heimbach in Düren. Shuttle weaving.

Jürgens is the first foundry in the Federal Republic of Germany to develop and start the production of ferritic ductile iron as cast without heat treatment.

Albert Hubert Jürgens, the eldest son of Albert Bernhard Jürgens enters the company (2nd generation).

Foundation of Jürgens Foundry – production of cast iron.

The first heavy duty looms for weaving jute, coco and sisal are fabricated. Later, carpet looms were included, representing the core business of the machine shop up to the 70’s.

Move to the present premises at Lönsstrasse.

During the Second World War – fabrication of spare parts for the local textile industry – for the production of jute and sisal fabrics.

Fabrication and sale of copying and milling machines for the production of wooden clogs.

Company foundation by Albert Bernhard Jürgens (1st generation)
Trading in pans, basket-weave goods and wooden clogs.