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
Turning yarn into knitwear – at Edelweiss Jersey in Albstadt-Lautlingen in southern Germany. © Edelweiss Jersey
Ring spinning machines are about 70 meters long – they produce the so-called “flyer”. © Gebr. Otto
Andreas Merkel is the fourth generation to manage the “Baumwollfeinzwirnerei Gebr. Otto”, as it is still formally known today. © Gebr. Otto
Patrick Herter is Managing Director of Edelweiss Jersey. © Edelweiss Jersey
Sebastian Keller (left) and Christian Weiß (right) share the management of Textilveredlung Keller. © Textilveredlung Keller