10/07/2025 – Sustainable knitted fabrics
Local Fabric Makers set things in motion
„Lokalstoffmacher“ (Local Fabric Makers) – that’s Gebr. Otto, Edelweiss Jersey, and Textilveredlung Keller: three family-run companies from Baden-Württemberg in Germany creating locally produced, sustainable, and transparent knitted fabrics.

Andreas Merkel is the fourth generation to manage the “Baumwollfeinzwirnerei Gebr. Otto”, as it is still formally known today. © Gebr. Otto