1904 | Founding of Forster Willi & Co by Conrad Forster-Willi |
1944 | Transfer to the 2nd generation: Willi Forster |
1965 | Transfer to the 3rd generation: Peter, Ueli and Tobias Forster |
1972 | Conversion into a corporation, Ueli Forster, Chairman of the Board since |
1988 | Acquisition and successive integration of Jacob Rohner AG in Rebstein, Switzerland |
1992 | Merger of Forster Willi AG and Jacob Rohner AG into Forster Rohner AG |
1994 | Joint venture: founding of the MFN Company in Suzhou, China |
2000 | Founding of the SED facility (Suzhou Embroidery Dyeing) in China |
2001 | Entry of the 4th generation: represented by Emanuel Forster |
2001 | Acquisition of a controlling share in the Inter-Spitzen Company in Oberbüren, Switzerland and its subsidiary in Romania |
2003 | Expansion and modernization of Forster Rohner (Suzhou) Embroidery in China: doubling of capacity |
2003 | Expansion of Inter-Spitzen in Romania |
2004 | Founding of Forster Rohner (Hong Kong) Ltd as a sales organization in Hong Kong |
2004 | Initial productive operation of a modern 5-chamber tentering machine at SED |
2007 | Emanuel Forster takes over the operative management of Forster Rohner AG. Caroline Forster takes over the leadership of Inter-Spitzen SA. |
2008 | Rebuilding of the head quarters in St. Gallen into a compact plant with modern rooms and a library with more than 400,000 embroidery designs of two centuries. |