| 1837 |
Founding of the parent house by Mehler in Fulda
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| 1888 |
Founding of the parent house by HAKU in Wuppertal |
| 1944 |
Manufacture of PVC coated textiles – technical synthetic leather
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| 1954 |
Manufacture of technical textiles as defined today (with polyester fabrics)
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| 1969 |
Tarpaulin fabrics are sealed with acrylic paints
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| 1993 |
First polyolefin coatings are marketed and a recycling concept is developed
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| 1994 |
First weldable PVDF paint "VALMEX® Mehatop F" is presented (improved durability as compared to acrylic paints)
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| 1998 |
Merger of HAKU Hammersteiner Kunststoffe GmbH, Hückelhoven with Mehler Technische Textilien GmbH, Fulda and renaming of the company as Mehler HAKU GmbH, Fulda
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| 2004 |
New light-weight materials with textile appearance are introduced to the market for the application “digitally printed advertising banners" with a width of up to 5 meters (AIRTEX® GT and AIRTEX® magic)
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| 2005 |
First coating of polyester fabrics with temperature and chemically resistant THC (fluor) plastics
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| 2006 |
Renaming of Mehler HAKU GmbH and bundling of the painting and calender coating activities in Mehler Texnologies GmbH
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