| 1940 |
The first tensile tester with an electronic force measuring system (German Patent DRP 760 055) |
| 1955 |
ELKOMETER – The first yarn imperfection tester for staple fibre and filament yarns |
| 1955 |
FAFEGRAPH – The first single-fibre tensile tester with automatic clamps |
| 1960 |
AUTOMETER – The first dynamic tensile testing machine for yarns |
| 1963 |
STATIMAT – The first single-drive automatic yarn tensile tester |
| 1971 |
TEXTURMAT – The first automatic tester for crimp contraction testing of textured yarns according to German Standards DIN 53 840 |
| 1972 |
DYNAFIL – The first dynamic thermal stress tester for testing of POY, FDY and DTY |
| 1983 |
STATIMAT M with AUTOCOUNT – The first combination of an automatic tensile tester with a yarn feeder and an automatic yarn count measuring system |
| 1984 |
ASW – The first package changer for yarn testing instruments operating on the running thread |
| 1991 |
FAFEGRAPH HR – The first single-fibre tensile tester with high resolution force measuring system for tensile tests and crimp tests on single fibres |
| 1991 |
STATIMAT 4 – The first automatic tensile tester for yarns with automatic bollard clamps and yarn twisting device |
| 1995 |
FAVIMAT ROBOT – The first automatic tensile, crimp and fineness tester for single-fibres with automatic feed of test specimens |
| 1999 |
DYNAFIL ME – The first dynamic thermal stress tester with automatically operated high-temperature heater and high-resolution load cell |
| 2003 |
DYNAFIL ME with COVAFIL and COMCOUNT – The first combination of dynamic thermal stress test, evenness test and count test |
| 2003 |
STATIMAT MEL – The first automatic tensile tester for elastomeric yarns |
| 2007 |
FIBROTEST – The first fibre length and strength tester with absolute tenacity measurement |
| 2007 |
STATIMAT DS – The first automatic yarn tester combining tensile, evenness and count test with state of the art technology features |
| 2011 |
AUTOFEED – The first automatic single-fibre individualizing system |
| 2011 |
DRAPETEST – The first drapability tester providing important information on the processability of technical textiles |
| 2015 |
MDTA 4 – The first micro-dust and trash analyser with integrated measurement of the fibre length distribution |
| 2015 |
COVASLIVE – The first evenness tester for slivers and rovings with integrated count measurement |
| 2016 |
FIMATEST – The first commercially available pull-out test system for measuring the fibre-matrix-adhesion in composite materials |
| 2017 |
ROVINGTEST – The first commercial single test system ever that measures all important properties of carbon- and glass fibre rovings |
| 2020 |
DYNATENS – The first dynamic tensile tester dedicated to the detection and characterization of weak spots in staple fibre yarns |
| 2021 |
TAPETEST – The first commercially available test system, that characterizes tapes in detail in multiple aspects |
| 2024 |
CLIF – system to count and classify neps, seed coat neps, trash and yarn pieces contained in fibre materials |
| 2025 |
MICRO-BATCH SPINNER – First ever compact melt-spinning instrument designed for the development and testing of polymer formulations and additives |
