December 20, 1994

• CL Maschinenbau GmbH is founded, with parts of the production range and manufacturing equipment taken over from Claes GmbH.
• The company manufactures shoe repair sewing machines and linking machines, and makes parts and components for customers on a job contract basis.

1995

• The company relocates from Mühlhausen to a modern building at Weinbergen, OT Grabe, Zum Birntal, in the vicinity of Mühlhausen.

2000

• The company has 35 employees.
• Its main products are:
  - Assemblies and components used in warehousing equipment
  - Assemblies used in compressed-air engineering
  - Sewing machines for shoe repair applications
  - Linking machines
  - Parts and components used in general mechanical engineering

As of 2010

• Approx. 40 employees
• State-of-the-art manufacturing for the mechanical engineering sector
• Production of shoe repair (patching) machines