When he founded Terrot-Werke in 1862, Charles Terrot was laying the foundations for a great idea - an idea which has lost none of its validity to this day. The roots of the small easily manageable young company were firmly anchored in a foundation of quality, precision and customer orientation. This same firm foundation remains the solid basis for the internationally active corporation Terrot has become today.

Terrot is unique in its ability to rely on a team of seasoned and committed experts and to turn 140 years of tradition in the construction of knitting machines into innovative products which address the needs of today's marketplace. An underlying tenet of our corporate ethos is that we are never content to rest on our achievements. With developments for ever expanding fields of application and effective production to address market demands coupled with maximum customer acceptance.

An elaborate system of quality controls and the use of state-of-the-art electronic engineering help our customers keep abreast of the headlong pace of market change. Our model range encompasses mechanically and electronically controlled single and double jersey circular knitting machines with a large range of different gauges and diameters.

Terrot machines have proven their outstanding reliability in day-to-day production in knitting factories the world over. The machines are designed to be particularly user-friendly and easy to operate. All machine components are produced and assembled in compliance with the strictest standards of quality and process reliability. Each Terrot machine which leaves the factory is subjected to careful monitoring and complies with the very highest standards of GERMAN ENGINEERING at its best.

The high-quality knits produced are used in the field of fashion outerwear and underwear, functional sports and leisure wear and increasingly also for technical applications. Today, there is endless scope for imaginative design from the latest fashion outerwear through to high-tech textiles, backing material for coatings and roof linings for whole car series. It is not for nothing that some of the biggest brand names hoose to manufacture their products on Terrot circular knitting machines.

All Terrot customers are able to rely on an international network of dealers, Terrot branches and service centers.